Tag: Frank Ocean

Chris Brown Takes “Shit At A Wall” Approach, Releases 45 Track “Heartbreak on a Full Moon” To Game The Charts

Chris Brown has just released "Heartbreak on a Full Moon," a 45 track, 2 hour and 38 minute recording that includes him whining about bottle service. It's hard to imagine. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/31/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Austin, BBC, BET, Billboard charts, Billboard Magazine, Frank Ocean, Grammy Award, Music Ally, Texas

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Spotify To Honor ‘Legendary Genius’ Rick Rubin plus Full List Of Secret Genius Awards Nominees

Spotify will honor super producer Rick Rubin as the first recipient of the Legendary Genius Award at its inaugural Secret Genius Awards. It will be presented to him by singer-songwriter, Frank Ocean.

Bruce Houghton on 10/27/2017 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Charlie Puth, Demi Lovato, Ed Sheeran, Frank Ocean, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Music Ally, Sam Smith, Top 40

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The Problem Of Literal Listening

In this thought provoking piece by Kat Harding, she explores the issue of literal listening in the music industry, particularly when it comes to the music of women and people. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/24/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Beyonce, Chanel, Frank Ocean, iTunes, Jay-Z, Sade (band), Spotify, The Creator, Tidal (service), Tyler

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MON. BRIEF: Roc Nation Renews w/Live Nation, Seeks Label Cash • iHeart On Edge • Neil Young Announces Xstream • More

Monday 4.24.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Live Nation loves Jay Z, but wants out of the label business just as running a label gets profitable again. . Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Beyonce, Chanel, Frank Ocean, iTunes, Jay-Z, Spotify, The Creator, Tidal (service), Twitter, Tyler

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Music Streamer Deezer Explores Radical Shift To User Centric Licensing [MARK MULLIGAN]

"What if that metal fan only listened to Metallica, yet still 10% of that subscriber’s revenue went to Katy Perry?" It is not a hypothetical question. It's actually how payments. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/19/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Music, Chance The Rapper, Frank Ocean, Katy Perry, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group

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Spotify ‘Seriously’ Explores Nixing IPO In Favor Of Direct Listing, Motivated By $1B Funding Terms

This week's announcement that Spotify had cut a multi-year licensing deal with UMG, and the subsequent deals with other rightsholders that will certainly follow, paves the way for Spotify to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/06/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Chance The Rapper, Frank Ocean, Freemium, Initial public offering, Katy Perry, record label, Spotify, Universal Music Group

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WED. BRIEF: Spotify UMG Deal Reaction • Kanye Steams Platinum • ASCAP’s 3rd $1B Year • More

Music Business News From Around The Web The impact of the Spotify and UMG deal will be both more and less than most think. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 04/05/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Chance The Rapper, Eminem, Frank Ocean, Freemium, Katy Perry, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group

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Are UMG, Labels Encouraging Spotify’s 50 Million Free Users To Become Pirates? [UPDATED]

[UPDATED] With today's news of a Spotify, Universal Music Group deal that includes two week windows that make some album releases available only to paid subscribers, this article which we. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/04/2017 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Music, BBC Radio 2, Beauty Behind the Madness, Blood, BTS (band), Def Jam Recordings, Donald Trump, Facebook, Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Sweat & Tears, Taylor Swift, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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The Trial That Will Determine Songwriters’ Income Over The Next 5 Years

Big news in the world of mechanical royalties, the Copyright Royalty Board is opening up hearings to set a new mechanical royalty rate. The board will hear from both music. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/30/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Music, Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, YouTube

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Pandora Under Pressure Even As Music Industry Warms To Westergren

Pandora used to be the company the music industry loved to hate. An aggressive campaign to lower royalty payments and a now ex-CEO who cared more about money than music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/30/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Music, Drake (musician), Financial Times, Frank Ocean, Initial public offering, record label, Royalty payment, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift

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