Tag: Kanye West

Examining Billboard’s Music Executive Survey

TuneCore offers its take on Billboard's anonymous survey of top ranking music executives and how much their love of Taylor Swift, hatred of rap, and feelings about how fair the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/18/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele (singer), Apple Inc., Billboard Magazine, independent music, iTunes, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, MTV Video Music Award, music industry, Taylor Swift

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BET Hip Hop Awards 2015: A Full List Of Nominees

The 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations are out and Drake leads the nominations with 12. Big Sean follows with 10, Nicki Minaj has 9 and Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/17/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: BET Hip Hop Awards, Big Sean, Drake (entertainer), J. Cole, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg

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Watch The Weeknd, John Travolta’s New Apple Music Service Commercial Part 1 & 2

Just after it launched, Apple let it be known that aggressive promotion of its new streaming music service would begin last night with MTV's Video Music Awards. While it was. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/31/2015 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Goliath tracked mine, IPhone, iTunes, John Travolta, Kanye West, MTV Video Music Award, Spotify, Streaming media, The Weeknd

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Warner Music Act Foals Partners With GoPro For 360 Degree Music Video [WATCH]

Warner Music act Foals has partnered with GoPro to shoot and release a 360 degree music video. Shot with GoPro's new spherical virtual reality technology, the video is interactive allowing fans. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/14/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Foals, Frank Ocean, Google Chrome, GoPro, Kanye West, music video, Music video director, Nabil, virtual reality, YouTube

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Jimmy Iovine On Apple Music, Taylor Swift, Jay Z, Zane Lowe, Napster

In a new interview, Apple Music executive Jimmy Iovine shares stories about tempting Zane Lowe to leave the BBC, facing the wrath of Taylor Swift, Jay Z and the inner workings. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/06/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Evening Standard, iTunes, Jay-Z, Jimmy Iovine, Kanye West, MTV Video Music Award, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Zane Lowe

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Toronto Mayor’s Kanye West Video Killed By Copyright

Is the takedown-first approach to copyright infringement really a good option? A recent video featuring the Mayor of Toronto head-bopping to Kanye has been pulled, with little consideration given to. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/21/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2015 Pan American Games, Apple Inc., Canada, CFTR (AM), Drake (entertainer), John Tory, Kanye West, List of mayors of Toronto, Pan American Games, Toronto

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: 4 Cheap Videos That Musicians Should Make Today • More

When you are a musician, after a while it can be tough to keep things interesting. Check out this week's articles on Music Think Tank to see how to spice. Continue reading

Matt Gibson on 06/13/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2010s in music, Def Jam Recordings, Disturbing tha Peace, Facebook, Global Positioning System, GOOD Music, Kanye West, music industry, musician, No I.D.

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Have Large Music Festivals Peaked?

Music festivals here. Music festivals there. Music festivals everywhere. Are there too many music festivals? Despite some signs to the contrary, legendary music manager and promoter Harvey Goldsmith says we. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/03/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Film festival, Glastonbury Festival, Harvey Goldsmith, Hay Festival, Kanye West, Led Zeppelin, music festival, The Rolling Stones

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50 Cent Trashes Jay Z’s TIDAL [VIDEO]

"The people that you saw there don't even own the rights to their music. So they can't say it's just going to come out on Tidal…Why would you buy Tidal. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/02/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 50 Cent, Alicia Keys, Daft Punk, independent music, Instagram, Jay-Z, Kanye West, List of online music databases, Madonna (entertainer), Nicki Minaj

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Music Publishing News Roundup 6.1.15: BM! vs. Pandora, Paul Williams, Sony/ATV Signings

BMI vs. Pandora Judge Louis Stanton backs his decision to award BMI 2.5% of Pandora's revenue, ASCAP President Paul Williams was awarded the PRS for Music Special International Award, and Sony/ATV. Continue reading

Bob Baker on 06/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Billboard Music Award, British Academy of Songwriters, Britney Spears, Composers and Authors, Ed Sheeran, Iggy Azalea, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Taylor Swift

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