I am pleased to announce that I will be at the Music Expo, on Saturday September 23, giving my brand-new lecture titled “Chickens and Eggs: The Relationship Between Music and Technology.” The trade show portion of the event, which includes my talk, is free to attend for all Music Technology group members! Get your complimentary tickets [&hellip.. more
Leave it to the Internet to find new ways to make Pennywise–the clown from It–even more scary. Check out what’s making the rounds today on Twitter. Follow @Pennywise_Dance for more. Well… #ITMovie pic.twitter.com/eq1oofJuq4 — Pennywise Dancing (@Pennywise_Dance) September 14, 2017 Well… #ITMovie pic.twitter.com/eq1oofJuq4 — Pennywise Dancing (@Pennywise_Dance) Sep.. more
When Wu-Tang Clan put their one-copy-only album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, up for auction, they had no say over who the buyer was. Highest bidder wins, right? They were shocked and annoyed that the CD went to Martin Shkreli, the pharma exec who had made international headlines for all the wrong reasons linked to [&hellip.. more
When it comes to tracking songs played on the radio, the music industry’s two big players are BDS and Mediabase. Both are very powerful when it comes to gathering and parsing data–and also very expensive to use. The price is out of reach for the average indie musician. This is where World Airplay Radio Monitor comes [&hellip.. more
As of this weekend–September 23, 2017–it’s been more than 11 years and five months since Tool released their last album, 10,000 Days. It came out in the spring of 2006. Let’s put that into perspective. The last time Tool gave us a record of new material, the introduction of the iPhone was still more than [&hellip.. more
Rage against it all you want, but streaming is here to stay. Take a look at this chart from Statista that underscores the notion that streaming is too big to fail.. more
Yesterday, these pages had a story about some strange ultrasonic attacks on Canadian and American diplomats in Cuba that have resulted in everything from hearing and memory loss to brain damage. Reader Nicholas would like to advance the story with these observations. Take a look at this product. The above isn’t some military grade weapon [&hellip.. more
My poor iPhone 6S is struggling. The battery is so tired that it can drop from 100% down to 65% during a 45-minute walk with the dog. It’s scratched, scuffed and generally looking pretty rough. After two years of everyday use, it’s time to replace it. But with what? That I’ll go with an iPhone [&hellip.. more
This is the anatomy of a modern hit song. Pay attention because this is how we measure success in the music industry now. The numbers we have to deal with are much, much bigger. There’s a back-and-forth battle between Drake and Ed Sheeran when it comes to streaming supremacy on Spotify. Until recently, Drake’s “One [&hellip.. more
The public comment period on net neutrality might be closed but FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai doesn’t want to talk about it. Internet users, advocates and artists alike all have a lot to say about net neutrality. In fact, more than 22 million comments were filed on the changes Pai introduced earlier this year. In short, [&hellip.. more
The autumnal equinox. Time to start Christmas shopping, I guess. How long before the first commercial radio station flips to all-Christmas music? Ponder that as you go through the music news for September 22. More reviews of the iPhone 8 and Apple Watch: This could give you pause. And there are production issues with the [&hellip.. more
Gene Simmons of KISS is never short of opinions. When the Toronto Sun offered him an opportunity to write an op-ed piece, he jumped at it. Yes. I know. I am an odd choice to write an op-ed piece for the Toronto Sun. However, in the interest of cooperation between our two countries, I am [&hellip.. more
South Park used Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” to send a message to North Korea. If this reminds you of Logic’s MTV VMA performance, the resemblance is purely intentional, of course. (Via Uproxx).. more
Promoting your music through the various social media platforms isn’t just a good idea but bloody essential. A YouTube video. Some samples on SoundCloud. Postings on Bandcamp and Reverb. Making sure your music is on Spotify and all the other streaming music services. Twitter posts. Facebook. And then there’s Instagram, which has rapidly become one [&hellip.. more
There’s mounting evidence that Canadian and American diplomats were attacked by some kind of sonic weapon while were stationed in Havana, resulting in everything from hearing and memory loss to mild brain damage. WTF? Those affected say the attacks usually happened at night in their homes. Only one hotel–the Hotel Capri–is part of the story. (Two [&hellip.. more
With the Foo Fighters promotional machine at full speed, it was a slam-dunk that they accept an invitation to appear on Carpool Karaoke. Here’s the whole thing.. more
A group of seven students in the RTA program at Ryerson University in Toronto are working on a new collaboration platform they call Crescendo. Framed as an “interactive online resource that empowers aspiring Canadian musicians reach their goals,” they’ve launched an Indiegogo campaign. So what is that, exactly? This video explains the project.  .. more
Let’s rewind to when Steve Jobs was young, healthy and completely in charge of everything at Apple. What would he think of the company today? Not much, I fear.. more
It’s still summer. Tomorrow, though… Here’s some music news for September 21. This weekend’s Global Citizen Festival in New York will be broadcast online in VR. About Ontario’s plans to put caps on the price of concert tickets… Apple Music’s Android app has some new social media features. This new app recreates the sounds of [&hellip.. more
There was a kerfluffle at BreakOut West in Edmonton regarding the non-payment of the musicians who appeared at the festival. (See “It Seems Everyone at BreakOut West in Edmonton Was Paid Except the Musicians“). Organizers have responded. This past week, the board of directors of the Western Canadian Music Alliance (WCMA), the governing body of [&hellip.. more
Hee Yeon Lim is a 26-year-old defector from North Korea. She claims to have witnessed a horrific mass execution of eleven teenage musicians who were convicted of making porn. What constitutes porn in the DPRK is anyone’s guess. According to her, an audience of 10,000 people was assembled to watch the sentence carried out. The [&hellip.. more
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