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      Isabel Garvey appointed Chief Operating Officer at Warner Music UKGarvey was most recently MD of  London's legendary Abbey Road Studios
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        4% of all music releases come from the Big 3 companiesJust 4% of the 100,00 tracks uploaded to Spotify daily come via the three biggest music conglomerates – UMG. Sony and WMG – according to entertainment analytics firm Luminate. That. Continue reading
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        Just 4% of the 100,00 tracks uploaded to Spotify daily come via the three biggest music conglomerates – UMG. Sony and WMG – according to entertainment analytics firm Luminate. That. Continue reading

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          Email Marketing 101: 15 common mistakes most musicians are makingEmail marketing is still proving to be a crucial part of promoting music, so it’s important that you get it right. If it hasn’t worked out for you, here are. Continue reading
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            US Government has offered no valid reasons for a TikTok ban [Op-Ed)Adam Schwartz and David Greene of Techdirt share their views on the US government’s ongoing attempt to ban the popular social media app TikTok. Op-Ed by Adam Schwartz and David Greene from Tech Dirt. Continue reading
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            Adam Schwartz and David Greene of Techdirt share their views on the US government’s ongoing attempt to ban the popular social media app TikTok. Op-Ed by Adam Schwartz and David Greene from Tech Dirt. Continue reading

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              Wise Music Signs Co-Publishing Agreement With Shankar EstateWise Music Group, a leading international music publisher, has signed a co-publishing agreement with the estate of the Indian sitar virtuoso and composer Ravi Shankar. The publisher also acquires Ravi Shankar’s archives containing a wealth of unreleased recordings and unpublished compositions, along with the record label, East Meets West Music.

              In his long creative life Shankar was a prolific composer writing traditional ragas, chamber works, concertos, symphonic scores, and film soundtracks. Included are 600 titles from Shankar’s Anourag Music Publishing, notably his famed scores for film director Satyajit Ray’s “Apu trilogy” and his landmark, Grammy-winning, 1967 collaboration with classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

              The archives contain representations of numerous artists including Ravi’s daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones, as well as George Harrison, Herbie Hancock, Philip Glass, Zubin Mehta, Sting, Ray Charles, and Phil Collins, as well as legendary Indian collaborators Ali Akbar Khan and Alla Rakha.

              The holdings comprise hand-engraved scores and handwritten compositions; more than 1,500 audio recordings; 2,100 video recordings; 600 films; over 5,000 photographs; 20 historically significant instruments custom-made for Shankar stage wardrobe, correspondence, posters, clippings, and awards.

              Anoushka Shankar, who oversees Ravi Shankar’s musical holdings with her mother Sukanya, says of the new arrangement, “We’ve been in the Wise family for a while, and we have decided to deepen and formalize that relationship and work directly with Wise as our publisher. It’s a step into a more developed and direct relationship”.

              Anoushka Shankar, a 9-time Grammy nominated artist, composer and sitar master, recently signed an exclusive publishing deal with Chester Music, part of Wise Music Group.

              She notes that the agreement presents an exciting chance to further develop an already glittering legacy: “The archives that we have are very extensive, so the amount of material that is unreleased is staggering. There’s a wealth of material to look at and develop in many ways. It was very important to have my father’s music in good hands with people with a vision and the ability to see that vision through, to keep his music alive and to keep sharing it. It’s a wonderful thing to be able to trust that Wise will do beautiful things with it.”

              Tomas Wise, Wise Music Group CEO, says “I would like to thank Sukanya and Anoushka for entrusting us with Ravi Shankar’s unique musical legacy to ensure it will be protected and promoted worldwide in the future,” said. “I am delighted that Wise Music Group, a family business, will now represent the music of two generations of the Shankar family.”

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              Wise Music Group maintains a global network of standalone offices including London, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Copenhagen, Bergamo, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Tokyo and Berlin.

              Wise Music Group owns or controls nearly half a million copyrights. The group represents nearly 100 of today’s most successful living composers and songwriters working in classical music, opera, ballet, pop, film, television, and advertising. Represented composers include Volker Bertelmann (this year’s Oscar winner for Best Original Score), Philip Glass, John Adams, John Corigliano, Tan Dun, Andre Previn, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, The Zombies, 10CC, Debbie Gibson and Eddie Money.

              Through its classical subsidiary, G. Schirmer, Inc., it is home to multiple Oscar, Grammy and Pulitzer-prize winning composers. Wise Music Group is one of the largest independent publishers of contemporary classical composers such as Ludovico Einaudi, Ólafur Arnalds, Mizzy Mazzoli, Matthew Aucoin and Hania Rani, in addition to publishing historic 20th Century composers including Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Olivier Messiaen, Gian Carlo Menotti, Florence Price, Joan Tower, Sergei Prokofiev, and Dmitri Shostakovich.  

              Shankar Photo by: Henry DiltzThis year Wise Music Group is celebrating its 50th anniversary. wisemusic.com

              Wise Music Group, a leading international music publisher, has signed a co-publishing agreement with the estate of the Indian sitar virtuoso and composer Ravi Shankar. The publisher also acqui…

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                ‘Bad Bunny and Rosalia are just the tip of a very large artistic iceberg. The creative force of Latin Music is unstoppable.’In this feature, we speak to Nando Luaces, CEO of Madrid-based distributor and Latin Music specialist Altafonte
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                  Primary Wave buys artist royalties of Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer and founding member, Bob BurnsCompany says 'multi-million dollar deal' encompasses all recordings from the band’s first two albums
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                    Spotify adds Niche Mixes personalized playlists, renames mix categoriesSpotify is expanding its family of personalized playlists and mixes including Genre, Decade, and Mood mixes with Nice Mixes, a set of personalized playlists that combines Spoitfyt’s Mixes “in a playful. Continue reading
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                    Spotify is expanding its family of personalized playlists and mixes including Genre, Decade, and Mood mixes with Nice Mixes, a set of personalized playlists that combines Spoitfyt’s Mixes “in a playful. Continue reading

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                      US threats to ban TikTok violate freedom of speech: Mike Masnick Op-EdDespite security concerns over TikTok’s connections to China, Mike Masnick of Techdirt believes that a ban of the social media app violates the First Amendment right of freedom of speech.. Continue reading
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                      Despite security concerns over TikTok’s connections to China, Mike Masnick of Techdirt believes that a ban of the social media app violates the First Amendment right of freedom of speech.. Continue reading

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                        The Kinks' Mick Avory Talks New Anthology, 'You Really Got Me,' and If A Reunion Is PossibleJust a few days before the release of The Kinks' The Journey, Pt. 1, the first of several anthology compilations, drummer Mick Avory spoke to AllMusic to discuss the set, his favorite Kinks tracks, and his relationship with the Davies brothers.

                        Sometimes you find yourself wondering if an artist that receives the "anthology" treatment is really worthy of such a thorough musical reexamination. But there are few bands as…

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                          GoFundMe Set Up for Daughter of Saliva Guitarist Wayne Swinny After his DeathA GoFundMe fundraiser has been organized for guitarist Wayne Swinny's daughter after his death last week. The funds will go towards Wayne's expenses and a trust for his daughter.

                          Donations can be sent here: gofund.me/6fcfcab7

                          Bobby Amaru states:

                          The Saliva family is mourning the tragic loss of our brother Wayne Swinny. Wayne left us suddenly from a spontaneous brain hemorrhage on March 22, 2023. Wayne fought hard, but ultimately lost his battle. The one bright light is the fact that Wayne was an organ donor and was able to donate his liver and kidneys which saved 2 lives.

                          Wayne leaves behind the love of his life; his beautiful 11-year-old daughter Nikki. Also, his sister Linda, his very tightly bonded Saliva family, countless friends, legions of musicians whom he inspired past and present, and millions of fans across the world.

                          The pain and loss his loved ones are experiencing is incomprehensible. We are setting up a donation link to help cover Wayne’s expenses and to create a trust for his daughter Nikki. Wayne will miss Nikki’s graduations, dances, extracurricular events, marriage, children...milestones, highlights and those times she would have needed her father’s guidance and strength by her side. We hope to be able to provide her with some support as she begins her journey in life without him. Any donation is greatly appreciated.

                          The Saliva family is overwhelmed by the amount of love we have received. Thank you all for the posts, calls, e-mails, texts, and prayers. They are greatly appreciated and helping everyone cope during this very trying time.

                          Wayne was my best friend and bandmate for nearly 12 years. His sister Linda and I discussed creating a gofundme so that a trust could be created for his daughter Nikki.

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                            Spotify For Artists adds Active Audience data, but no way to reach themSpotify for Artists has added “Active Audience,” a new metric offering insights into an artist’s listeners who have streamed their music in the last 28 days. On average, fans who. Continue reading
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                            Spotify for Artists has added “Active Audience,” a new metric offering insights into an artist’s listeners who have streamed their music in the last 28 days. On average, fans who. Continue reading

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                              Epic Games to share 40% of Fortnite purchase revenue with ‘island’ creatorsEpic says that its flagship game has more than half a billion player accounts
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                                42% of 158M tracks on Spotify were played 10 or fewer times last year67.1 million tracks were played ten or fewer times last year. That is 42.1% of the approximately 158 million tracks available on the top streamer. 38 million tracks on Spotify. Continue reading
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                                67.1 million tracks were played ten or fewer times last year. That is 42.1% of the approximately 158 million tracks available on the top streamer. 38 million tracks on Spotify. Continue reading

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                                  TikTok is testing limits on music, and users are tuning outA test by TikTok, which limited access to licensed music for some users in Australia, was designed to show labels and publishers that it didn’t need music as much as. Continue reading
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                                  A test by TikTok, which limited access to licensed music for some users in Australia, was designed to show labels and publishers that it didn’t need music as much as. Continue reading

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