Province of British Columbia and Creative BC announce $4.41 million of funding for music industry
Today the Province of British Columbia and Creative BC announced the allocation of $4.41 million from the BC Music Fund.
Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs,...
Little Steven’s Underground Garage Now Heard On 80 Stations, Moves To Sun Broadcast Group
Sun Broadcast Group announced today that it has entered into a sales and syndication partnership with Little Steven's Underground Garage. The show, heard on...
Drake is Spotify’s Most Streamed Artist for 2016
Today, Spotify unveiled its annual top lists that takes a look back at the artists, albums, tracks and moments that made 2016 such an...
Spotify’s Discover Weekly Playlists Have Been Streamed More Than 9 Billion Times
Included with Spotify's annual lists of artists, albums, tracks and trends that topped the service in 2016, was a mention that should make the music...
Amazon Echo and Google Home Devices Are Currently In An Infinite Loop
Adam Jakowenko tricks his Amazon Echo and Google Home devices into an infinite loop of asking each other about calendar events and will be...
Canadian Invents First Attachable Guitar Amp That Connects to Your Smartphone So You Can Shred Anywhere in Seconds
Canadian musician Christopher Prendergast has created the JamStack, a brilliant handy lightweight amp that easily attaches directly onto the strap button of any electric...
Smithsonian Accepts Donation of Four Historic Instruments From Celebrated Musician Steve Cropper
Guitarist and BMI songwriter Steve Cropper donated three solid-body guitars and an amplifier to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History during a special...
DJ Khaled is (RED)’s first ever social media ambassador
On World AIDS Day, December 1, DJ Khaled will step-up to join the fight against AIDS, becoming (RED)'s first ever social media ambassador. Using...
iHeartRadio Launches First Ever — and Only – Interactive on Demand Radio
iHeartMedia, the creator of iHeartRadio – the all-in-one streaming music and live digital radio service – today announced the beta availability of iHeartRadio Plus...
New BPI report into Artificial Intelligence and its impact on music
UK record labels’ association, the BPI, today launches a new report that explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the potential this fast-emerging...
OMDC Presents Exploring the Value Chain of Augmented and Virtual Reality Content Creation Session in London
The market for augmented and virtual reality is anticipated to grow by 89%, to $16 billion globally in 2020. Content creators from across the...
1,100 artists and creators urge the Government of Canada to put creators at the heart of cultural policy
Nearly 1,100 Canadian musicians, authors, songwriters, composers, music producers, poets, playwrights, film composers, actors, directors, and other members of the creative class have signed...
Record Labels Spent $4.5 Billion for A&R and Marketing In 2015
A new IFPI report has found that record labels remain the largest investors in music, investing more than US$4.5 billion for A&R and marketing...
Minute Maid opened a store with absolutely nothing to sell…wait…what?
Minute Maid wants parents to know they’re doing better than they think. So they built a store with nothing to sell, but everything to...
Stay home and eat all the freakin chips Kip! Napoleon Dynamite Stars Reunite In Burger King Ad
The comeback of the decade is here: No, not Napoleon Dynamite stars Jon Heder (Napoleon) and Efren Ramirez (Pedro), but Burger King's Cheesy Tots....
