Month: November 2016

PRINCE’S LABEL SUES ROC NATION OVER TIDAL’S ALLEGED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

NPG Records, arbiter of Prince’s back catalogue, is suing Jay Z’s Roc Nation for alleged copyright infringement – and seeking damages that could top $18 million. Represented by Stinson Leonard Street LLP, the label claims that TIDAL has been hosting Prince’s material without permission. The lawsuit, filed yesterday (November 15) in the U.S. District of Minnesota court – and…


In Conversation with Pharrell Williams | NPR MUSIC


AMAZON LAUNCHES ITS ON-DEMAND SPOTIFY RIVAL IN THE UK, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

  Amazon has today (November 14) launched its big rival to the likes of Apple Music and Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, in three key European markets. Amazon Music Unlimited is now available in the UK, Germany and Austria – news which comes almost exactly a month after the company unveiled the service in the US market. Like the…


How To Better Understand Your Fanbase

  Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Your place in our current music world is totally dependent upon the development, care, and feeding of your fanbase, and this excerpt from my Music 4.1 Internet Music Guidebook will help you better understand your audience so you can grow it. First of all, understand that your core…


Meridian Audio, Atlantic Records interview: streaming, MQA, high-res audio


Anthony Kiedis From Red Hot Chili Peppers Chats To Edith Bowman


Cortez Bryant On Lil Wayne’s Status With Cash Money And “Tha Carter V” – Rap Radar


L.A. Reid Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 (02/04/2016)


Inside Green Day’s Revolutionary Rebirth

  Not long ago, before he pushed his band to record three albums all at once and landed himself in rehab, before a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction left him with little to prove, Billie Joe Armstrong had some strict rules for Green Day. Most important, each album and tour had to lead right into the…


[RARE] Kanye’s 40 Minute Inspirational Speech At The Oxford Guild [Yeezy Taught Me]