Record Store Finds Uncashed Kurt Cobain 27 Years Old Royalty Check
The staff at Seattle 's Easy Street Records recently stumbled across an unchased royalty check made out to Nirvana's Kurt Cobain 27 years ago.The check was from Broadcast Music Inc.. Continue reading
Tupac Sees Streaming Bump For Milestone Anniversary Of Death
On the 20th anniversary of the hip hop legend's death, Tupac Shakur is seeing a massive bump in his streaming numbers, as well as a marked uptick in social media. Continue reading
Musicians Killed by Guns 1950 – 2016 [INFOGRAPHIC]
"Guns. They’re the tragic link between John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Kurt Cobain, Tupac and Biggie," Mike “DJ” Pizzo writes on Medium. "Indeed firearms cut short the lives of these superstars of. Continue reading
Fallen Superstars Given A Promise Of Life After Death
As fans of recently deceased artists such as Prince, Bowie, and many others, are forced to confront their favorite musicians' mortality, some innovators within the music industry are working to. Continue reading
Universal Music Removes Twitter Pun Parody Of Nirvana Song
A new Twitter-themed video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," a song which has a historically been ripe for parody, was recently shared on Twitter and met with a very warm. Continue reading
Weekend Box Office: Straight Outta Compton Is #1 Again
Universal Music Group's plan to invest in films related to its artists and catalog is certainly paying off. First the Amy Winehouse film was a success, and now NWA's biopic "Straight Outta. Continue reading
Who Really Owns Music: Exploring The Dizzying Spiral Of Music Rights And Payments
[UPDATED] The controversy surrounding music streaming and artist compensation has been earning quit a bit of press lately. Still, the actual process of licensing, publishing, and compensating those involved in. Continue reading
We’ve Got New Music Seminar Discount Codes!
We're proud to be be sponsoring The Hypebot Sessions at this year's New Music Seminar next month in New York City. It will be a full day of actionable information for. Continue reading
Sign This Label Deal or We’ll Shoot The Dog – Making Choices
Guest Post by Cortney Harding on This Week In Music Tech Like everyone else, I read Zoe Keating’s blog post about YouTube Music Key’s contracts last week. I was a little turned. Continue reading
