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# This Week In Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-week-in-music-commentary-1-17/
- Published: 2017-11-12T09:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2017-11-12T09:03:00.000Z
- Description: This week commentators from within the music industry included Ice-T's talk from IEBA 2017 and Mark Mulligan on Musical.ly's sale, as well as a look at why songwriters should pay. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/11/this-week-in-music-commentary-1-17.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Business, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Google, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, Tech Stories, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:05

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This week commentators from within the music industry included Ice-T's talk from IEBA 2017 and Mark Mulligan on Musical.ly's sale, as well as a look at why songwriters should pay attention to a Trump tax reform.

  
- [**Q&A With Ice-T at IEBA 2017: "You have to understand how lucky you are."**](https://www.hypebot.com/ieba-2017-recap-a-qa-with-ice-t/)
- **[Musical.ly Just Sold For $800M, But Its Already Peaked, says Mark Mulligan](https://www.hypebot.com/musically-just-sold-for-800m-but-its-already-peaked-because-if-being-too-silicon-valley-says-mark-mu/)**
- [**Why Songwriters Must Pay Attention To A Trump Tax Reform Plan**](https://www.hypebot.com/why-songwriters-must-pay-attention-to-a-trump-tax-reform-plan/)