Universal Music Publishing inks exclusive worldwide deal with China’s Cheerful MusicCheerful Music's catalog includes hits like YI XIAO JIANG HU (KE MU SAN), which has amassed more than 50bn views on Douyin
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Suno could get sued by the record business. Who’s backing it with $125m?Here, we take a look at Suno’s investors, their philosophies, and the other businesses they’ve put money behind...
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Should songwriters get points on recordings? Raye renews call to actionSinger-songwriter Raye renewed her call for record labels to give songwriters a share of recording royalties during her acceptance speech at the UK's Ivor's Awards last week.....
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Top 12 Strategies to book more (and better) music gigsWant to book more live shows? Here are 12 essential strategies for increasing gig opportunities with more gigs that matter.....
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What musicians and creators can do to get ready for the TikTok ‘ban’Biden signed a bill last month that could leave U.S. consumers and creators TikTok-less nine months from now. Here are some steps you can take to prepare for the worst.. Continue reading
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Earth, Wind & Fire legal fight offers lessons for tribute acts, cover bandsEarth, Wind & Fire's lawsuit against a tribute band could redefine legal boundaries for all cover bands......
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2 Days Left to weigh in on Mechanical Licensing Collective’s futureThe MLC's (Mechanical Licensing Collective) sometimes controversial first five years are almost up, and the US Copyright Office is asking for public comment before May 29th as it considers the organization's future......
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Last week’s most-read posts: Live Nation breakup • State of Music Data survey • Spotify vs music publishers • MoreCatch up on what you need to know with this week’s most-read Hypebot posts. We’ve got topics ranging from the breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster to the State of Data in The Music Industry survey tips for an album release, Spotify sued by publishers, and more...
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Hit the Decks! It's Nation BeatScott Kettner of fusion Afro-beat/hip-hop project Nation Beat got his start in music when he was just eight years old.

"I got serious about it when I was about 13 years old when I joined the school band and started my own garage band where we played school dances and parties," he says.

Kettner describes the Nation Beat sound as, "a mix of Brazil meets USA through the lens of jazz improvisation and sensibilities. Our music is uplifting, fun and surprising. It's not like anything you've heard before yet there is a familiar element to the sound. Its carnival meets Mardi Gras. Dr John meets Chico Science. Forro, Funk, Bop and Brass."

The latest release is Archaic Humans.

"We recorded mostly at Mercy University in their state of the art recording studio," he says. "We also recorded some tracks in Brazil and at my studio in NJ, Jumbo Sounds. The album features special guests: South African vocalist Melanie Scholtz, D.C. Beatbox master Christylez Bacon, Brazilian percussionist Luca Texeira and master percussionist Michael Spiro. The concept of Archaic Humans is carrying the past to the present while we look to the future. As humans we all carry the DNA of our neanderthal ancestors. Our music is the same. Nothing is new. It all comes from something before it. Our music aims to carry the past musical traditions into the current day while we also imagine how it would sound in the future."

As for gear:

"I'm fortunate to be endorsed by some of the greatest drum companies in the world: Tama, Sabian, Vic Firth, Meinl and Remo."

Looking ahead, Nation Beat has plenty planned for 2024.

"We're currently preparing to tour on and off all summer to support the release of the album," he says. "We'll also be dropping music videos between now and the end of the year."

Archaic Humans is out May 31.

Photo by Jason Gardner

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Last Week in D.I.Y. & Indie Music: Synching lyrics • TikTok’s Fan Spotlight • Music Marketing • MoreLast week, our tips and advice for the independent, do-it-yourselfers out there covered how to prepare for a music marketing meeting, how to make the most from live gigging, and much. Continue reading
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New music industry’s week in review: Live Nation vs DoJ • Sony vs AI • Songwriters vs Spotify • MoreIt was a busy week by any definition, and the music industry was no exception. The US DoJ announced that they want to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster, Sony. Continue reading
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Kubernik: 'Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir' Now Out!Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir Now Out! 

By Harvey Kubernik 

BearManor Media has just published a terrific 318-page book, Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noirby Jon Burlingame. It’s listed on Amazon. 

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   Henry Mancini (1924-1994) is renowned as the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer of such timeless standards as “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses,” as well as such memorable instrumental themes as “The Pink Panther” and “Baby Elephant Walk.” But preceding all of them was the wildly popular theme from Peter Gunn, a television series whose soundtrack won the very first Grammy ever awarded for Album of the Year. 

   Award-winning author and journalist Jon Burlingame chronicles the backstory of Peter Gunn and how its music propelled Mancini to fame and fortune, launching a decades-long collaboration with filmmaker Blake Edwards that encompassed nearly 30 movies, from Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Victor / Victoria and beyond.

   Jon Burlingame (author of six books including The Music of James Bond and Music for Prime Time) relates the untold story of Peter Gunn and its companion series Mr. Lucky; examines the music Mancini wrote for both series and their chart-topping success as modern jazz albums; and tells how this 1958-61 period in TV history set the stage for one of the most remarkable careers of any American composer in the Twentieth Century. For more than 25 years, Burlingame has taught film-music history courses at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. As a producer, Burlingame is responsible for four volumes of music from the classic spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E, and a series of albums of music from Quinn Martin television shows of the 1960s and ‘70s. 

    In a 2024 emailed correspondence I asked author and music historian Burlingame about Peter Gunn and Mancini. 

    “PETER GUNN was a seminal moment in TV history, the first time that original music for television was taken seriously and would become the basis for best-selling, Grammy-winning soundtrack albums. I have always loved the series, as well as its music, and as the Henry Mancini centennial was coming up in 2024, I wanted to chronicle the show and its music, something that (believe it or not) had never been done in-depth. The research and writing turned out to be one of the most fun projects I’ve ever done, and — I hope — an important addition to the documentation of the career of one of our most important American composers. People forget that Mancini was the first film composer to become a household name, due to his many popular songs and unprecedented role as a pops conductor on the orchestra circuit of the ‘60s, ‘70s and beyond. And PETER GUNN was the show that brought him together with filmmaker Blake Edwards and led, ultimately, to ‘Moon River,’ ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ the ‘Pink Panther’ theme and so many other classic movie and TV scores.”

   Discovering the Peter Gunn detective series, starring Lola Albright (Edie Hart) and Craig Stevens (Peter Gunn) in 1958 and watching it weekly for a few years with my parents in Culver City, Ca. was mandatory viewing. It ran on NBC-TV from 1958-1960, and 1960-1961 on ABC-TV. 

  Gunn as a private eye who frequented a wharf-side jazz club with a jazz soundtrack backdrop checking out his girlfriend, nightclub singer Edie, while teaming or at odds with his cop pal Lieutenant Jacob, played by Herschel Bernardi.  

    The roaring “Peter Gunn” title theme grabbed me when I first heard it blaring from our TV. Since then, there’s been over 120 cover versions of it, including The Art of Noise Featuring Duane Eddy, King Curtis, Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra, Sandy Nelson, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Cramps, Denny Freeman and the Cobras, Jeff Beck, Quincy Jones, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Clarence Clemmons. 

   In 1994, the record label Fresh Sound issued The Jazz Sound from Peter Gunn Music composed by Henry Mancini. The tunes were arranged by Maxwell Davis, Pete Candoli, and Bob Florence.  

    Mancini could be considered the first musician to compose modern jazz for the soundtrack of a filmed television series. 

    "This CD collects most of the material Mancini wrote for the late-'50s, noir-ish TV drama Peter Gunn,” wrote music journalist Stephen Cook in All Music Guide. “The innovative and appropriate jazz soundtrack includes arrangements by Pete Candoli, Maxwell Davis, and Bob Florence and features some of the best Los Angeles session players of the time (Bud Shank, Russ Freeman, Red Mitchell, etc.). Mancini takes up from his earlier soundtrack for Orson Welles' Touch of Evil with brass-heavy, crime jazz tunes like ‘Fallout!’ and rock & roll swing numbers like ‘Spook! and the title-track. The bulk of the material, though, is in a cool, West Coast jazz vein, including brisk swingers like ‘Blue Steel’ and breezy and mid-tempo cuts like ‘Goofin' at the Coffee House.’ Also included are the kind of sleepy-eyed lounge cuts Mancini excelled at, like ‘Dreamsville,’ ‘A Quiet Gass,’ and ‘Soft Sounds.’ This is an excellent collection and one that ranks with Mancini's other fine film and TV work from the '50s and '60s." 

. In 2024 I asked author Andrew Loog Oldham, producer and manager of the Rolling Stones 1963-1967 about the Mancini “Peter Gunn” landmark TV recording moment. “Henry Mancini: The Saul Bass of TV themes.”  

    The great thing about Henry Mancini, known to Hank by friends, was that he was always accessible to students and aspiring music journalists. I recall a 1974 college seminar at RCA Records on Sunset Boulevard, a second home to Mancini and his recording career, often scoring the movies of director/producer Blake Edwards, where he invited the class to a mixing session. 

    I then sat with him at a 1974 Bob Dylan/Band concert at the Forum in Inglewood and we discussed the group Cream and he praised the jazz/rock sounds of the late sixties/early seventies. That same year we found ourselves sitting in the same row at an Andre Previn recital at UCLA’s Royce Hall venue. He re-introduced himself to me, I said hello to Previn, we went to the same junior high school in Los Angeles, and Hank wanted to know if I was going to his yearly event at the Hollywood Bowl. I must have gone for an entire decade. What a bargain for $5.00 to hear his movie and TV catalog under the stars.    

    During 2024, 2 episodes of Peter Gunn are broadcast on Sundays on MeTV.  

    Gain additional insights into this groundbreaking sonic expedition by reading Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir.    

Harvey Kubernik is the author of 20 books, including HollywoodShackJob:RockMusicInFilm and on Your Screen, published in 2004 by the University of New 

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TOMORROW X TOGETHER at the Crypto.com ArenaLos Angeles has long been at the forefront of embracing different genres of music and entertainment. K-pop especially has received a warm welcome from the city. One group that has consistently seen the most appreciation is the rising Gen Z group TOMORROW X TOGETHER -- also known as TXT. Last year, the group (composed of five members: Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and HueningKai) sold out two nights at the BMO Stadium with their 2nd world tour ‘ACT : SWEET MIRAGE.’ Replicating this massive success, they sold out the Crypto.com Arena on May 21 and 22nd with their 3rd world tour 'TOMORROW X TOGETHER WORLD TOUR .'



The group has had whirlwind success since its debut in 2019 by HYBE (formally known as BigHit Entertainment). TXT is the second boy band to debut for the company after megastars BTS. In July 2022, they became the first K-pop group to perform at LOLLAPALOOZA in Chicago and returned a year later in August 2023 to become the first K-pop group to headline the festival.



The group's eclectic use of genres, including sprinkles of R&B, electronic, pop-rock and hip-hop, have been an essential part of their thriving career. Their latest project Minisode 3: Tomorrow landed in third place on the Billboard 200 chart and has dominated the top album sales and Artist 100 charts. A big triumph for a Korean singing act in the U.S. market.  



From their stunning music videos and photo concepts, the band's visual storytelling was one of the things I was most looking forward to seeing live. And they did not disappoint. As you entered the area we were greeted by big LCD screens that transported us into their world. The theme of the tour is the band’s commitment to move forward together towards a hopeful future, a promise to the fans. It also continues the narrative of TOMORROW X TOGETHER's minisode 3: TOMORROW that 'tomorrow with you is a source of salvation and hope.' 









Deafening screams and dog woof chants (an fun homage to their track "Cat & Dog") filled the arena as TXT made their grand entrance. Wearing white cloaks, the group made a striking appearance emerging from an elevated platform in the middle of the catwalk stage to the tune of "Deja Vu." Some MOA's (the fanbase name and acronym for Moments of Alwaysness) might be disappointed to hear that the group's background dancers aren't part of this tour run, but I think this created an intimate atmosphere. You could admire the intricate dance moves of each performance and listen to their vocal harmonies. 



For not being fluent in English, I applaud TXT for the time they spent on stage interacting with their fans and playing games. Their youthful energy and charismatic personalities brightened up the room. 



Each arc of the show featured different themes and wardrobe changes. For “Sugar Rush Ride” and “Farewell, Neverland” the group paid homage to their their Korean heritage by wearing hanbok clothing and incorporating the traditional Korean fan dance, buchaechum.



Unfortunately, Beomgyu had to leave the stage mid-show after suffering from a nosebleed. But like a champ, came back to finish off the show strong. Beomgyu, alongside HueningKai and Taehyun, had everyone singing along to the snappy chorus of "Quarter Life." Soobin and Yeonjun next had a turn on stage performing a seductive dance to their R&B duet "The Killa (I Belong to You). Keeping things interesting, TXT had a rock segment with the head-banging songs “Puma,” “Good Boy Gone Bad” and “Growing Pain.” HueningKai had MOA's screaming with joy when he pretended to play a fake electric guitar. The band's 27-song set list featured all the favorites from the euphoric “Chasing That Feeling,” to the catchy “LO$ER = L."



As the night was coming to an end, each member of the group took time to address the fans in their native language. Each sweetly thanked the fans for all the support and called LA a second home. TOMORROW X TOGETHER had the entire arena dancing til the very end, finishing off their set with the fan favorites "Miracle," "Cat & Dog" and "MOA Diary (Dubaddu Wari Wari).













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From Spotify’s battle with music publishers to the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
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How strong is the case against Live Nation? An anti-trust attorney weighs inWill the Department of Justice be able to force the breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster? How strong is its antitrust case filed yesterday.....
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