If TikTok is eventually banned in the U.S., at least Pavement will have a gold record to show for it. The group’s influence far outstripped its record sales, though, until the distant hand of the algorithm decided that Gen Z was primed for the Pavement B-side “Harness Your Hopes.” The song — first released on the CD-only EP “Spit on …
Neeraj Chopra, India’s best hope for an Olympic medal in track and field, plans to spend the next 20-odd days before his javelin throw event at the deferred Tokyo 2020 Games perfecting his release technique Neeraj Chopra, India’s best hope for an Olympic medal in track and field, plans to spend the next 20-odd days before his javelin throw event …
The music industry, at just about every level below the C-suite, has had enough. Among the many organizations that have banded together to speak out against this inequity: • The Music Workers Alliance, formed to provide resources for out-of-work contractors within all facets of the industry • The U.K.’s #BrokenRecord campaign, which is lobbying Parliament to legislatively restructure the industry …
Frustrated by what they consider an inequity, last month a group of independent musicians who’d endured a year without live-performance income commenced a series of protests called “Justice at Spotify” at the music streaming platform’s offices around the world. The musicians’ protest followed Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek’s much-discussed 2020 comment that “some artists that used to do well …
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