Songwriting and Production
It was Beatlemania gone mad around Christmas 1964. The Beatles played a residency of seasonal shows at a theatre in West London from Christmas Eve right through the first few weeks of the new year. Paul played his Hofner bass, Ringo thrashed a Ludwig set, George switched between his Rickenbacker 12-string, a Gretsch Country Gent,…
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young May Reunite Over The One Thing They Hate More Than Each Other George Pimentel / WireImage / Getty Images Wait…What? Folk rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young have had an on again-off again relationship that’s nearly as famous as their music, their feuds stretching on for decades; in fact,…
Whenever you think of Roger “Syd” Barrett, a certain repartee of words come to mind. Words such as “Genius”, “tortured soul”, “loner”, “gifted”, “lost boy”, “eccentric”, “stunning”, “unique”, “funny”, “misunderstood”, “delightful”, “casualty of fame” , “LSD misuser”, “extraordinary” , “lovable”, “vulnerable”, “magnetic” roll off the tongue. You see, our Syd was special. Not only was…
Just weird. But he’s got balls for trying it. Source: Meat Loaf will do anything for love – but he won’t sing on his new tour | Music | The Guardian
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Source: Spotify Is Booming, But What Are We Sacrificing For Streaming? | Digital Trends I sell lots of songs through Spotify as streams. But unless you are really big and selling millions of them, there is not money in it. But, if the system were made fair for musicians and the product was more robust…
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Canadian music icon Burton Cummings says he is recovering from several injuries he suffered in a car crash last Sunday in Los Angeles. Source: Burton Cummings recovering from several injuries suffered in L.A. car crash | CBC News
SOUND ADVICE: “HOW DO I GET BOOKED?” Story by Perry Stern | January 25, 2018 Ralph James “10,000 hours isn’t sufficient, it’s 20,000 hours now.” If those numbers don’t scare you away from attempting a career in music, read on. Considering the source, veteran agent Ralph James – doubling author Malcolm Gladwell’s rule that it…
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Streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music now account for the majority of music consumption, according to industry figures that also show a continuing vinyl revival. Wrangling over dividing the spoils of the streaming boom continue, particularly over the fees YouTube pays labels and the way artists are paid for individual streams on Spotify…
Last May, Spotify came to a proposed $43 million settlement to resolve a class action from songwriters led by David Lowery and Melissa Ferrick. The plaintiffs in that case had alleged that Spotify hasn’t adequately paid mechanical licenses for song compositions. Not everyone was satisfied by the settlement, which must still be approved by a judge….