Performing rights organization BMI has announced it will open an office in Austin, it’s first inTexas. The new office, expected to open in early 2019, will allow BMI to work directly with the talented songwriters, composers, publishers and emerging songwriter/artists in the thriving Austin music community and help enhance their ability to earn a living by […]
Singer Joni Mitchell was feted with a 75th birthday celebration by friends and admirers including Seal, James Taylor and Tom Hanks, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles Nov. 7. The festive JONI 75: A Birthday Celebration was reported on by Chris Willman of Variety. Diana Krall and Kris Kristofferson were among those performing. Friends including […]
Bohemian Rhapsody, 20th Century Fox’s operatic biopic of the band Queen was the box office champion this weekend, rocking the multiplex with a $51 million debut. The PG-13 film earned an additional $72.5 from the international marketplace for a global debut of $122.5, outperforming industry expectations and proving the rollicking tunefest review-proof. Overall, it was a […]
Fox has landed Vanessa Hudgens and Brandon Victor Dixon in the lineup for the live musical version of Rent, airing Sunday, Jan. 27. Hudgens will croon as performance artist Maureen Johnson while Dixon portrays Tom Collins, a techie who returns to New York in the re-imagining of Puccini’s La Bohème as the story of seven struggling creatives who strive […]
The “transatlantic digital society” is being called together by Germany music promoter Reeperbahn Festival and re:publica, which launched its five-city US Sequencer Tour with an exhibit of the music-related work of artist Klaus Voormann. The Sequencer Tour will showcase rock acts by night coupled with a digitally-forward conference event during the day. Among the works on display at the NAVEL […]
ASCAP has opened registration for the 14th edition of its signature conference, the ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO, taking place at the at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, May 2 – 4, 2019. The EXPO event draws music creators from all over the world for three days of learning, networking “and the chance to share […]
Spotify’s third quarter earnings show the streaming firm’s first profitability, but the feat was more spreadsheet sleight of hand than earnings increase, and Spotify predicts it will be once again in the red for its fourth quarter. The tax break stems from Spotify’s 2017 stock-swap with Chinese streaming giant Tencent Music Entertainment Group. After the […]
Apple had good news for Wall Street yesterday, when CEO Tim Cook announced fourth quarter results, with revenue of $62.9 billion, $10 billion of it from the company’s Services unit, which includes Apple Music, iTunes and Apple Pay. The $62.9 billion figure represents a 20 percent increase over the same period last year, and beat analysts’ expectations (pegged […]
Quartz and Scientific American report that researchers from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, published a study that found that “death metal”fans who listened to bands that sing about things like “violently reshaping human facial tissue” reported feeling power, joy and peace. Titled “Who enjoys listening to violent music and why?” the study shares the findings […]
Sony/ATV and SOLAR have extended their pan-European digital licence administration agreement. The deal will see SOLAR will continue to provide administration services in connection with licences that cover the exploitation of the combined Anglo-American catalogs of Sony/ATV and EMI Music Publishing for digital services across Europe and other territories. SOLAR is a jointly-owned subsidiary of […]
