(Credit: Alexander Shatov) September 30, 2021 Sam Kemp Under 800 UK musicians are making a living from online streaming According to a recent industry report, only 720 British musicians make a living solely from streaming royalties. The ‘Music Creators Earnings In The Digital Era’ study has been released by the…
(Credit: Alamy) September 23, 2021 Mick McStarkey Daft Punk biography 'After Daft' in the works A book detailing the life, times and legacy of iconic French dance duo, Daft Punk, is currently in the works. Entitled After Daft, the new book is due for release in 2023 and has been written by…
Credit: Jana Beamer September 17, 2021 Tyler Golsen Taylor Swift continues to reclaim her music with rerecorded 'Wildest Dreams' Do you know what makes great art? Bitterness. Sure, talent and hard work go a long way, and everybody understands that a fair amount of luck is also involved. But in…
(Credit: Alamy) September 17, 2021 Tom Taylor SoundCloud says Portishead song earned 500% more with new royalty plan Earlier this year, protests were staged outside of Spotify offices all around the world, with artists and music lovers alike joining to demand ‘Justice At Spotify’. The protests furthered an ongoing debate…
(Credit: Press) August 27, 2021 Joe Taysom New Noise: Why you need to start listening to Finn Askew Finn Askew is the archetypal Gen-Z talent. The 20-year-old names Nirvana and Justin Bieber as influences on his own art, which amplifies how this current crop of emerging talent don’t care for…
(Credit: Delusion23) August 10, 2021 Mick McStarkey Guns N' Roses song 'Sweet Child O' Mine' reaches a billion streams American rockers Guns N’ Roses have reached a significant point with their iconic single ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’, which has reached over a billion streams on streaming service Spotify. The third…
(Credit: Fabio Venni) August 2, 2021 Mick McStarkey Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter scores new ballet entitled 'Mythologies' It has been announced that one half of the genius behind Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter, is to create the score for a new ballet entitled Mythologies. This will be his first public project since the iconic…
Credit: Shame July 20, 2021 Tyler Golsen Shame to release new remix EP 'Born in Luton' British post-punks Shame have announced a new remix EP set to feature appearances from black midi and Parquet Courts’ Austin Brown. Preceded by the release of Brown’s ‘Maximum Security’ remix, the new EP comes…
(Credit: Fortune Live Media) June 4, 2021 Joe Taysom Spotify set to face US Congress investigation The United States Congress has informed Spotify about its concerns with the Discovery Mode feature currently available on the streaming service platform. The feature was announced last year and allows artists to boost their…
Hundreds of songwriters have signed their names to a letter penned by Helienne Lindvall, the Chair of the Songwriter Committee & Board Director at The Ivors Academy of Music Creators, in protest of the current profit cuts that artists receive for their work. Amongst the 300+ signatories are the Godfather of…