Last year, SoundCloud launched their new royalty structure based on the actual listening habits of its subscribers. Now, Warner Music Group becomes first major label to adopt this royalty model. Beginning in April 2021, and billed as an industry first, the “fan-powered royalties” system drives revenue directly from fans to artists who monetise through SoundCloud, with each fan’s subscription…
Month: August 2022
Moog presents the Mavis, a semi-modular analog synthesizer that users can assemble themselves.
Mavis is a powerful build-it-yourself semi-modular analog synthesizer that invites creatives to begin their journey into the Moog ecosystem or expand their existing synth setup. With the legendary Moog sound and quality, Mavis delivers serious value in the form of an affordable, compact musical machine. Available and shipping worldwide now, Moog’s new build-it-yourself semi-modular synth costs $349. “Mavis comes…
The TR-808 Drum Machine Changed the Sound of Pop Music Forever
Sometimes, technology has more impact after it’s obsolete Even if you don’t know the Roland TR-808 drum machine by name, you’ve almost certainly heard it. If you’re familiar with the percussion on Marvin Gaye’s 1982 hit “Sexual Healing”—those bursts of bass and snare drums amid robotic ticks and claps that collapse atop one another—then you…
Trans Women DJs Are Taking Over the Club.
Artists including Jasmine Infiniti, Honey Dijon, Juliana Huxtable, and Eris Drew are lighting up dancefloors and seeing their collective influence reflected back By Delilah Friedler — A stall door clangs open in the bathroom of beloved New York City club Nowadays, and out pour four lanky girls with tiny purses under their arms, each over six…
THE HISTORY OF HOUSE MUSIC AND ITS CULTURAL INFLUENCE.
Take a journey back through the history of house music and explore this genre’s explosive cultural evolution. THE HISTORY OF HOUSE MUSIC House music is an influential genre of dance music that has become a global phenomenon. It has been keeping people dancing for decades, spawned subcultures, influenced technology, united people, and propelled music innovation….
Festival fave Biomassive diving into ‘deeper level’ of electronic, heavy progressive rock.
The Traverse City band which lit up Cowpie Music Fest on Friday also debuted new music for Local Spins on WYCE, which aired fresh tracks by Act Casual, The Accidentals, Adrian Jay and more. In its element from the get-go, Traverse City’s Biomassive lit up the main stage at Friday night’s Cowpie Music Festival near Caledonia with jam-fueled electronic…
Electronic Music Market Growth | Demonstrates A Spectacular Growth By 2030 – Spinnin’ Records, Mad Decent, Ultra Music, Armada Music.
The research study Global Electronic Music Industry offers a strategic assessment of the Global Electronic Music Market. The industry report focuses on the growth opportunities, which will help the Global Electronic Music industry to expand operations in the existing markets or aid its development of the emerging markets. The study assess new product and service positioning strategies…
‘Pirate infrastructures’: Why more and more electronic artists are exploring new distribution tools to release their music.
We spoke with A Guy Called Gerald, music PR veteran Melissa Taylor and more about fairer models of distribution. Electronic artists are increasingly exploring new and fairer ways to distribute their music, including some Web3 tools. The combination of the ongoing pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and decreasing rates of streaming revenue are causing some producers…
Thom Yorke Soundtracks New Greenpeace Ad With Solo Version of Radiohead’s “Bloom”: Watch
The rendition soundtracks a tragic shark romance, as part of Greenpeace’s campaign to protect the oceans Thom Yorke has shared a solo rendition of Radiohead’s “Bloom” for a new Greenpeace ad. Check out the video, which is part of Shark Week, a campaign to protect the oceans, below. “In the last 50 years the global shark population has…
Fall In Love was conceived by the late Virgil Abloh.
Louis Vuitton has revealed its pre-spring 2023 collection, Fall In Love. Inspired by David Mancuso’s legendary New York party, The Loft, the collection was conceived by the late Virgil Abloh and offers a contemporary take on the brand’s classic styles. It includes footwear, luxury workwear and casual activewear. On Valentine’s Day 1970, Mancuso held a…
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