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Frankie Knuckles Day, Remembering The Godfather Of House Music
“In 1977 Frankie moved to Chicago to reign over the turntables at the Warehouse for the next five years. read more
Death Row Records Is Now Owned By Toy Company Hasbro
Just in case you thought 2019 couldn’t get any weirder, the toy company Hasbro, who’s responsible for classic toys such as read more
How Artist Imposters and Fake Songs Sneak Onto Streaming Services
Last December, new music from Beyonce and SZA appeared out of nowhere on Spotify and read more
YouTube shuts down music companies’ use of manual copyright claims to steal creator revenue
YouTube is making a change to its copyright enforcement policies around music used in videos, which read more
Want to Get on the Radio? Have $50,000?
When I first started, it was hookers and blow [to help get songs on the air],” Donnelly says. “Then that disappeared and it became sports read more
METADATA IS THE BIGGEST LITTLE PROBLEM PLAGUING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
The problem, they said, was metadata. In the music world, metadata most commonly refers to the song credits read more
Spotify Song Skip Rates Tell Us A Lot About Our Attention Span
One of the byproducts of the digital age is that our collective attention span is a lot shorter than it ever was read more
The Do’s & Don’ts of Sample Clearances
Back in May, The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft made waves when he announced that Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger and Keith read more
The secret ghostwriters of Hip Hop
In most genres of music, including Soul, R&B and Pop, being a songwriter is a legitimate career, but in Hip Hop, writing for another read more
US music companies scramble to sign up K-pop acts
n July 2017, K-pop boy band Monsta X played their first shows in the US: two nights at the 2,400-capacity The Novo in downtown read more
What Streaming Music Services Pay (Updated for 2019)
Early last year, Digital Music News published its streaming royalty payouts list.Thanks to information from read more
How the Big Four Record Labels Became the Big Three
If you’re a music fan, it probably seems like there are literally thousands of music labels out read more