What’s in Prince’s secret vault? Enough music for our entire lives
From The Guardian:
Prince puts out in a decade what most musicians couldn’t put out in a lifetime. Prince may not want to talk about...
Producer Chris Hughes on the making of Tears’ For Fears “Shout”
I distinctly remember the making of “Shout.” I came to the studio on a Monday morning after the weekend, and (keyboardist) Ian Stanley walked...
MOJO Magazine Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Vinyl Edition… Unboxed!
It looks good. You can tell from the pictures. And it sounds good, which you can tell from the tracks we’ve already posted online....
Singing: The Key To A Happy Life by Brian Eno
Today is International Day of Happiness 2015, which invites everyone to focus on their connections with others.
This campaign is a global celebration to mark...
Adele’s 21 is the U.K.’s best-selling artist album of the millennium so far
Adele’s 21 is the biggest selling artist album of the millennium to date, the Official Charts Company can reveal. The singer-songwriter’s second studio album...
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino On Why Rock Stars Are the Best Marketers in the World
Live Nation launched a channel on Yahoo last year that shows one live concert every day. What's the response been?
Michael Rapino: We think...
New research provides insights into what UK consumers think about music
From CMU:
Media Insight Consulting, the consultancy business set up last year by former Universal Music Global Insight Director Chris Carey, has released some top-line...
Blissdom Canada is coming to British Columbia
BlissDom Canada is one of my favourite conferences, drawing more than 400 of Canada’s top social media influencers for a weekend of professional development,...
Luminaries from the Canadian music industry reflect on the state of the industry
Alan Cross; Murray Foster, Paul Morris from HTZ FM, Noah Mintz and I gathered at Brock University last night to reflect on the state...
Producers, Mixers and Engineers to Get Digital Royalties in New House Bill
From Music Times:
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives is being introduced in Congress this week that would give producers, engineers and...
Music Industry Leaders Offer Hot Topics Workshops For Musicians, April 10-12 In Toronto
I'll be the Workshop for Musicians on April 11th - hope you can make it!
The workshops are the initiative of the International Resource Centre...
Adam Levine To Produce NBC Songwriting Competition Show
From Billboard:
NBC's next big music show could come from those who've helped make The Voice a hit.
The latter's executive producer Audrey Morrissey and coach...
The infamous Troggs Tapes
An in-studio tape of Reg Presley's running commentary on a recording session, filled with in-fighting and swearing (known as "The Troggs Tapes"), was widely...
These Are Some of The Most Beautiful Album Covers Found – And Here’s What You Can Learn From Them
From Canva:
They say you should never judge a book by its cover, and the same rule should probably apply for music.
We all know that...
Kevin Drew gets it right. Again.
As a founder of the indie collective Broken Social Scene, Kevin Drew nails it when talking about his new solo album, Darlings:
"I’m not doing...
Star Wars Cups (1977) – Majik Market Commercial
Filmed on October 18, 1977, this ad for the first series of Star Wars plastic cups from a convenience store chain called Majik Market...
