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UPDATE: Criminal Probes Launched As Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Death Toll Climbs To 36

Investigations have been launched into the cause of the deadly fire at Oakland's Ghost Ship. But even as the death toll climbs to 36, questions are being asked about its. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/06/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adam Schiff, Alabama, Associated Press, Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives, Inhaler, iTunes, Los Angeles Times, Soundcloud, Soundhound, Tobacco, Youth culture

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Music Confidential Releases Unique Music Revenue Report

In special end of year report, we take a unique look at some revenue figures from the year in music business. Rather than sorting revenue by type of right, this. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/06/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Association of Independent Music, Celsius, Climate change, Greenhouse gas, Independent record label, Market share, music industry, Paris, Paris Agreement, Pre-industrial society

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Grammy Nominees 2017 Named [The Full List]

Beyonce and Adele dominated the nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards with both receiving coveted album, record and song of the year noms. The 59th Annual Grammys will air live from. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/06/2016 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Adele, Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Book of Revelation, Conversation, Donald Trump, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance, Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Hypebot, Kanye West, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, music industry

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TUE. BRIEF: 50 Cent Scores $14.5M • PirateBay Back In Court • Weed Save Record Stores? • More

Tuesday 12.6.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Today's top stories involve the decades old combo of lawyers and weed. PS: Go 50! Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 12/06/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adverse effect, African Americans, Airbnb, Alastair Cook, Albany, Android (operating system), Animals as Leaders, Apartment, Associated Press, Australia, BBC, BBC Breakfast, Building, Business journalism, Facebook, Fox Business Network, Google, London, New York, Twitter

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Here Is The Least You Can Do For Your Band’s Social Media

This how-to article takes a somewhat different approach to marketing advice, offering artists who might be less than thrilled at the prospect of spending additional time online advice on how. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/05/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 501(c) organization, Do it yourself, Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, social media, social media marketing, Twitter, YouTube

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Amazon Doubles Down On Vinyl With Launch Of Vinyl Lounge Community, 12 Days Of Giveaways

Amazon has become a key sales outlet for vinyl records, and their music team is promoting the format with two new initiatives.

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 50s progression, Abbey Road Studios, Albany, Amazoncom, Animals as Leaders, Beast (comics), Compact disc, Disc jockey, Google, New York, Phonograph

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Context Awareness: The Music Industry’s Next Frontier

In this article, music-tech writier Cherie Hu delves into the ability of context awareness to reshape creativity as well as create new revenue streams and new business models for the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/05/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, AT&T, CBS, Cord-cutting, DirecTV, Jay-Z, lawsuit, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media

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Vevo Names New Artists To Watch 2017

Music video destination Vevo is in the midst of another makeover and part of it includes a greater commitment to developing new artists. To that end, they've released a Ones. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 2016, 50s progression, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, Ahmed Deedat, Albany, Compact disc, Disc jockey, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Google, Jesus, Lady Gaga, music, New York, Vevo, video

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The Streaming Music Price Wars Have Started

Something many believed to be an inevitable occurrence, it seems the first of the streaming music price wars has broken out. Precipitated by Amazon's joining of the market, other streaming industry major. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/05/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Echo, Amazon Music, Amazoncom, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Google Play Music, iTunes, Spotify, Subscription business model

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Is Facebook Finally Getting Serious About Music? Two Help Wanted Ads Suggest Maybe

Music powers many videos posted on Facebook as well as driving traffic and engagement in other ways. But many uses of music have gone unlicensed and uncompensated on the platform. There. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/05/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Beppu, Brand awareness, Drake (entertainer), Facebook, Fan (person), Hot spring, IOS 10, Ōita, social media, YouTube

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