Album Review: "Young Love & Saturday Nights" by Chris Young (9/10)A generous 18 track, straight-to-the-point Contemporary Country album with just the right amount of Pop and nostalgia to invoke personal memories. A “play-all-the-way-through” experience, as long as you can resist repeating party track 7 “Double Down.”

From movie-ready “All Dogs go to Heaven” to “Gettin Older”, a coming of age trip through familiar yet creative songwriting. Despite the heavy use of auto-tune and strict quantization, Chris Young is a singer/songwriter's singer with contagious hooks and rhythmic lyrics.

A solid 9 out of 10 for Young Love & Saturday Nights

From the ‘secret’ composer behind 650 fake artists to BandLab’s 100m users… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThis week's biggest stories...
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In 1 week, this bot farm generated 5.5M fake streams of 244 songsA Danish man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for using fake accounts and bot-generated streams to defraud streaming services of 2 million kroner ($290,000 USD) in royalties.....
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Bandlab passes 100 million usersBandLab has passed 100 million registered users of its flagship social music creation platform, up 40 million in a little over a year. Thirty percent of the platform's creators are based in the US......
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Will all the musicians leaving CA create new Music Cities in Tampa, Denver, Phoenix & More?Musicians are leaving California in droves as part of a larger exodus from the state, and new live music communities are growing in Denver, Tampa, Phoenix, and elsewhere. Are we. Continue reading
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Streaming fraud leads to prison sentence for Danish man in case called ‘historic’ by artists’ groupsStreaming fraud and manipulated audio are two of the biggest headaches in music today, and a criminal case shows how the two go hand in hand
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Music-making platform BandLab surpasses 100 million usersApp has grown by 40 million users since January 2023
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ELVIS Act signed into law in Tennessee to protect artists’ voice and likeness from the misuse of AIThe bipartisan ELVIS Act was signed into law on Thursday (March 21) by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
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Fast Company Names 10 Most Innovative Music Companies of 2024Business journal Fast Company has released its annual list of Most Innovative Companies, including ten focusing on music, and it contains a few surprises.....
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Five questions to ask yourself before supporting the TikTok banBefore backing the bipartisan supported ban, maybe ask yourself these questions about the true intentions behind the bill.....
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What is the ‘right amount’ to charge for tickets to your shows? Are your shows too cheap? Or maybe you worry you are robbing people? This guide explains calculating your door charges and finding your Goldilocks ticket price.....
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Still not convinced about TikTok’s AI music ambitions? This web of patents and trademarks will change your mind.MBW has uncovered a series of US patents and trademark applications filed by a mysterious ByteDance affiliate
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James Blake joins $5-per-month ‘artist subscription’ platformVault says that "artists can share their unreleased tracks directly" with fans and "tap into a new recurring revenue stream".
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