How do you show that you like your fans? You don't ding 'em for money every possible chance you get... When kids download your stuff for free off the internet and they tell you about it, you don't get mad at 'em... If you wanna steal my stuff, you go ahead and do to me what record labels have been doing to me. Now you get to play the man. Good for you! | | | | Sidney Bechet recording "Summertime" for Blue Note, June 8, 1939.
(Charles Peterson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “How do you show that you like your fans? You don't ding 'em for money every possible chance you get... When kids download your stuff for free off the internet and they tell you about it, you don't get mad at 'em... If you wanna steal my stuff, you go ahead and do to me what record labels have been doing to me. Now you get to play the man. Good for you!”
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| | rantnrave:// It's unclear, from the photographic evidence, if one of the P***Y RIOT protesters at Sunday's WORLD CUP final was high-fiving French star KYLIAN MBAPPÉ for his awesome play throughout the tournament, or if he was high-fiving her for a righteous political action, or if it was an awkward moment between two mismatched celebrities meeting at an unlikely place and time. All three are equally plausible. As the NEW YORKER's MASHA GESSEN points out, P***y Riot isn't strictly a musical entity, but punk and dance are central to the group's identity, and if you're one of those people who've been wondering whatever happened to protest music, count Sunday's internationally televised action as one more bit of proof that artists are still out there confronting reality, in ways both subtle and not-so-subtle, polite and not-so-polite. Same as always, and bless them for it... One more musical note on the World Cup: This is a good TV sports instrumental that you only heard 10 seconds of during most of FOX's coverage. Take this opportunity, if you're so inclined, to hear the remaining three minutes of Russian composer/pianist KIRILL RICHTER's "WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD"... BEYONCÉ and JAY-Z screened the World Cup final before their "ON THE RUN II" show at Paris' STADE DE FRANCE. Take that, whatever sports bar you watched it at... PUSHA T has a judgy hip-hop app... There are four versions of Pusha T's DAYTONA at TIDAL, two copies at APPLE MUSIC and one copy each at SPOTIFY and YOUTUBE MUSIC. They all have the same seven songs. Each service has its reasons, and I admit to understanding those reasons. But that doesn't mean I need to see them all. As an individual user, I would challenge each service to come up with a way to show me only one... Sometimes TICKETMASTER is kind... Sometimes J MASCIS completely nails TOM PETTY at karaoke... RIP NANCY BARBATO SINATRA and GEORGE THEISS. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Pitchfork |
| With massive user bases and tiny payout rates, streaming services offer a conundrum for modern music fans. | | |
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 | The Outline |
| With the success of his movie "Sorry to Bother You," the musician and long-time radical is having an unexpected second act. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| The late singer’s estate is currently exploring licensing, future releases and even a hotel - all while trying to consider what Prince would have wanted. | | |
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 | CNBC |
| The Bee Gees, one of the most popular acts of the 1970s and early 80s, doesn't appear to be resonating in the digital era. Capitol Records is banking on a way to breathe new life into the group, which has seen weak streaming traffic on platforms like Spotify. | | |
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 | The Illusion of More |
| Well, artists and authors, I guess you can pack it in. Professor Glynn S. Lunney, Jr. of Texas A&M School of Law has declared copyright dead in a recent 12-page paper that is presumably a digest of his new book "Copyright's Excess: Money and Music in the US Recording Industry." | | |
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 | The Fader |
| Watch "Common Misconceptions," an animated short film about what constitutes suitable club behavior in 2018, and read an interview with its creators. | | |
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 | Slate |
| Spotify’s global subscriber and user numbers still beat Apple by a good margin, but that lead could shrink if it doesn’t take action. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| In music, the joy of sex has been supplanted by nihilism and melancholy. Has the digital age made pop lose its loving feeling? | | |
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 | Longreads |
| German tennis player Andrea Petkovic meets the band. | | |
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 | Pollstar |
| "I really can’t get my head around it,” says Billy Joel of his record-setting 100th show at Madison Square Garden set for July 18. This could be in part because he’s “still jet-laggin’” after three sold-out European stadium dates. More likely, it’s as difficult for him as it is everyone else to get a perspective on something as historic and seemingly impossible. | | |
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 | Complex |
| You might learn something about the reality of America's musical climate in the process. | | |
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 | Yahoo |
| Live Aid alumni reflect on the surreal star sightings, the nerves, the backstage shenanigans, the onstage mishaps, the misplaced money, and more. | | |
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 | Newcity Music |
| It was the highest volume level of a ridiculously loud concert performance, usually played at about 130 decibels, which is akin to the volume of a military jet’s engine just before it takes off from an aircraft carrier. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| After a four-year Las Vegas residency, the pop superstar launches a new tour. | | |
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 | Variety |
| "Black-ish" with an upper-case B is an African-American sitcom loved by both black and white viewers. But "black-ish" with a lower-case b doesn't always fly with African-Americans when it comes to their tunes. | | |
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 | Music Think Tank |
| The issue of whether musicians should pursue formal education or remain self-taught is causing heated debate in recent days. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, therefore, as a musician, do not be pushed by what people are saying. It's important that you do your due diligence, weigh the pros and cons of going to college then make your decision yourself. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| The frontwoman's goal with 'Best Kids'? 'Something that had a bit of an edge.' | | |
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 | HipHopDX |
| From Slick Rick to Too $hort, HipHopDX explores the word “bitch” and why it’s so easily tossed around. | | |
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| Rolling Stone |
| How the Northern California punk found a new groove in Nashville with help from Dan Auerbach. | | |
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| Slate |
| Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki on the final years of the Clash and the sociopolitical climate of the 1980s. | | |
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