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Kurt Cobain's legacy is evident in the music from the year he died
9 months, 1 week ago

Kurt Cobain's legacy is evident in the music from the year he died

ABC  

Why is Kurt Cobain so important? Loading YouTube content Not to be outdone, Pearl Jam's third album Vitalogy became the second-fastest-selling album in US history, and pushed the band forward sonically — it's a punkier, less grungy, more diverse album that also features Better Man, one of the band's biggest singles. Loading YouTube content The acoustic live album went #1 …

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Elliot Grainge is ready to step out from his father’s shadow
1 year, 8 months ago

Elliot Grainge is ready to step out from his father’s shadow

LA Times  

Elliot Grainge runs 10K Projects, a record label that counts hip-hop sensation Ice Spice among its recent successes. “But other than an upfront check and costs covered, I don’t think an artist wants to sign to a major anymore, unless they want to be on the same roster as their icons, which is still a huge pull.” Discounting acts with …

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State of independence: Why the ‘indie’ artists you love are not as DIY as you think
3 years, 8 months ago

State of independence: Why the ‘indie’ artists you love are not as DIY as you think

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Independence has become a sort of buzzword in the …

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Google updates its iOS YouTube app, the first update to one of its major iOS apps since December
3 years, 11 months ago

Google updates its iOS YouTube app, the first update to one of its major iOS apps since December

India Today  

Google has provided a bug fix to its iOS YouTube app, the first update to a major Google iOS app since December, 9to5Googlereports. The company said in a January 12th blog post it would add the labels to its apps when updates were available saying, “As Google’s iOS apps are updated with new features or to fix bugs, you’ll see …

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A music streaming inquiry in the UK raises questions about where your subscription dollars go
3 years, 11 months ago

A music streaming inquiry in the UK raises questions about where your subscription dollars go

ABC  

Tom Gray has believed for a long time that the music industry is broken. "And then you pay them back from your small, small percentage," Gray said — commonly about 20 per cent of the royalties from streaming. But Universal Music UK chief executive David Joseph said "an average advance deal, which is 90 per cent of deals … average …

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THE DIRT: The Australian Record Label Landscape
4 years, 3 months ago

THE DIRT: The Australian Record Label Landscape

ABC  

Welcome to the latest instalment of The Dirt, the series at triple j Unearthed where we dig into the music industry issues that matter to you and help make clearer some of the complex and baffling intricacies of being an artist in 2020. The Australian Independent Record Labels Association see indies as any record label that isn’t wholly owned by …

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Why Spotify is buying Gimlet.
5 years, 11 months ago

Why Spotify is buying Gimlet.

Slate  

Spotify entered 2019 as a company primarily known for music, but that’s not how it wants to end it. Spotify made a couple of moves last year that underscored its challenges and hinted at a path forward: It introduced a beta program to allow artists to directly upload music onto the service and, much to the chagrin of major labels, …

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