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This Week In Music Commentary

This week out music commentary comes from a former RIAA exec letting loose, T Bone Burnett railing against Google, and Roger Waters as he considers a protest concert on the. Continue reading

admin on 02/26/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Amused to Death, Donald Trump, Instagram, Mexico, Mexico–United States border, MusiCares, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd – The Wall, Roger Waters

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Roger Waters Eyes “The Wall” Protest Concert On U.S. – Mexico Border

Roger Waters is considering staging a performance of Pink Floyd's 1979 classic "The Wall" on the US-Mexico border as a protest against the immigration policies of US President Donald Trump.

Bruce Houghton on 02/23/2017 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Agence France-Presse, Ali Khamenei, Ana Marie Cox, Automobile salesperson, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Getty Images, Mike Pence, Pink Floyd, President of the United States, United States

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Vinyl Sales Tops Digital Downloads In UK

For the first time ever, the recording industry made more money from vinyl album sales than downloaded albums in the UK last week. According to figures published by the Entertainment. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/07/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 5BARz International, album, Business Insider, Compact disc, Digital audio, Gramophone record, London, Pink Floyd, Record shop, The Beatles

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11 Popular Artists Still Refusing To Stream Their Music

Although streaming may be becoming the dominant form of music consumption, not all musicians are ready to cave to the medium. Here we look at eleven artists still unwilling to make their. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/26/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: " copyright infringement, Bruno Mars, copyright, Epic Records, Fordham University School of Law, Led Zeppelin, List of British artists, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, The Beatles

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Old Music Is Outselling New Music For The First Time Ever

Even Adele can't save the legacy music industry… Old music is outselling new music for the first time ever, according to Nielsen. Some of its has to do with millennials. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/15/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (19)

Tags: Apple Inc., Athletissima, Australian Pink Floyd Show, David Gilmour, music industry, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd – The Wall, Roger Waters, Spotify

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UK Live Summit Notches Another Successful Year

More than 300 delegates from across the live music industry, including grassroots music promoters, stadium operators and festival organizers, gathered for the annual LIVE UK Summit on 15 October, discussing. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/21/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billie Jean, Bohemian Rhapsody, David Gilmour, Facebook, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Nirvana (band), Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Rolling Stone

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I Think Jay Z Destroyed My SoundCloud Account

A tale of artistic freedom, copyright infringement, hypocrisy, and the music business: "Over the past several years, I’ve uploaded 50 tracks to my SoundCloud account -18 of which are hip-hop remixes. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/05/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (6)

Tags: Abbey Road Studios, Beyoncé Knowles, Disc jockey, DJ Skee, Jay-Z, List of online music databases, London, Pink Floyd, Streaming media, The Beatles

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Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Jay Z's music service TIDAL, Twitter's video service Periscope and The Beatles' recording studio Abbey Road were each the subject of one of Hypebot's Most Read stories last week. And there's more:

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Abbey Road Studios, Alicia Keys, Daft Punk, George Martin, Giles Martin, Google, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Pink Floyd, The Beatles

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The Death of the (Musical) Middle Class

Guest Post by Courtney Harding on This Week In Music Tech Tumblr With the publication of Ethan Kaplan’s totally brilliant “Generic Article About Spotify” a few weeks ago, I thought we’d truly. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/20/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bono, Comfortably Numb, GQ, In Rainbows, iTunes, music industry, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, U2

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Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Puts Spotlight On Apple’s Shortcomings, Looks To Spotify To Raise The Bar

In an interview with GQ, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason talks about Apple's failed release of U2's latest album "Songs of Innocence" and the implications it imposed. He was quick to. Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 01/20/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bono, Comfortably Numb, GQ, In Rainbows, iTunes, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Spotify, U2

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