It’s ‘business as usual’ at Live Nation despite DoJ antitrust lawsuit, and 3 other things we learned on the company’s Q2 earnings callLive Nation addressed the antitrust suit, the slowdown in stadium activity, and the impact of the Paris Olympics on its live events
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‘This is just the beginning. There’s still so much potential for Afrobeats and Amapiano in the coming years.’MBW's Trailblazers series meets Camillo Doregos and Mark Mac, co-founders of Africa focused management and booking company, DC Talent Agency
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Report reveals Financial, Career Challenges Faced by SongwritersA new report examines the challenges faced by songwriters. "Songwriters Take The Stage" is based on the first-ever survey of over 300 songwriters, providing insights into their needs and offering recommendations for support.
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Stationhead adds Voice Notes to enhance artist-fan connectionsSocial streaming app Stationhead has added a new way for artists to stay connected fans. With Voice Notes, artists share audio messages, promotions, and more with their superfans directly on their fan channels.
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Everything artists need to know about free music app TREBELSome music listeners are getting tired of racking up subscription bills every month to hear their favorite bands. The free music app TREBEL offers great benefits to artists and listeners so everyone can enjoy music offline for a change.
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Live Review of Kacy Hill in Los AngelesContact: niquita@biz3.net

Web: kacyhill.com

Players: Kacy Hill, vocals; Valerie Franco, drums; Daniel Lape, guitar

Material: Kacy Hill sang plenty about disappointment at The Lodge Room. Ironic, given that the show didn’t seem to disappoint anyone in attendance. The concert featured opening acts from Hamond and Love Spells. Kacy Hill was performing in support of her new album, BUG. Lyrically, the new material struck a chord with the fans. The lyrics were undoubtedly one of the stars of the night. Hill mentioned that after her last tour, she considered leaving music behind to pursue a career in software engineering, as many struggling musicians do… She spoke of doubt and disatisfaction—feelings that come through loud and clear during the set. Look no further than the tune “Damn.”

Musicianship: Hill wasn’t just playing music; she was telling a story. Even the imagery of bugs, sometimes flying, sometimes eating or running in circles, played into one of the many themes of the night—insignificance. Small creatures in a big world. There’s also plenty of fun to the melancholy, too.

There’s a joyfulness to the playing, sometimes serving as just the right contrast to any down-and-out, smooth lyricism. The playing is as strong as the songwriting. When Hill picks up a saxophone, the concert takes extra flight. Her bandmates, drummer Valerie Franco and guitarist Daniel Lape, also made the stories come to life just right. 

Performance: Franco brought the house down. Talk about a drummer and a voice connecting. Franco knew how to bolster the lyrics and singing, letting her drums provide sounds of thunder even for the most peaceful of melodies. It’s hard not to watch and listen to Franco at work and not be all smiles. There’s a vulnerability to Hill on stage that’s reflected in her body of work, which now spans four albums. She’s honest with her crowd, and that honesty is clearly appreciated among her fans, who seemed to hang on every lyric.

Summary: Given the audience’s reception, hopefully, Hill has forever left behind the thought of a career in software engineering. She writes about lows, but she performs them at such highs. What a warm show about cold feelings. Keep the contrasts coming, Kacy Hill.The post Live Review of Kacy Hill in Los Angeles first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Bill Ackman massively scales back expectations for the IPO of his Pershing Square USA, from $25bn to $2bnAckman confirms that IPO will be priced at less than a tenth of original $25 billion target
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As Spotify readies $18 per month ‘deluxe’ tier, do consumers care about high quality audio?Luminate study sheds light on what consumers really want from streaming
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Music Votes: Major Industry Partners Join CoalitionMusic Votes, the groundbreaking coalition of music voting and activism nonprofits, has announced a wave of major industry partners ranging from ASM Global to Wasserman and Bandsintown to the National Independent Talent Organization (NITO) pledging to support its three steps to solve obstacles to voting: voter registration, ensuring the correct voter ID, and voter turnout.
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Streaming Data for Musicians: Unlocking Success in the Digital AgeExplore the most important streaming data for musicians and what they need to understand for success in the digital age. This guide highlights key metrics and provides insights on leveraging. Continue reading
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Frequency Factor: Rethinking Your Engagement StrategyUnfortunately, even daily fan engagement might not be enough to connect with your audience effectively. Here's how to better understand how often to reach out to improve audience relationships.
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Live Review of Aigel in Los AngelesThe Echoplex  Los Angeles, CA

Web: instagram.com/aigelband

Contact: susan@susanvonseggern.com

The Players: Aygel Gaysina, vocals, mixer; Llya Baramiya, mixer

Material: Aigel is a DJ duo that creates rave music, with mostly dark, trance-type beats that mesmerize and captivate the listener into submission. That said, submission was not needed on this warm, summer evening as the audience, willfully and willingly, accepted the thundering bass loops that filled the Echoplex. Gaysina sang and pranced around the stage with gleeful abandon and Baramiya did his magic finger-work on his mixer. Sometimes happy tunes, and sometimes not-so-happy dark tunes, the music had the audience jumping and dancing to every beat.

Musicianship: Gaysina has an impressive voice with an equally impressive vocal range, and can work the mixer like the expert that she is. Baramiya had a separate mixer going as he improvised many musical notes and tones. Setting off the looper along with so many other bells, sounds and whistles, he was the impetus that kept the train rolling. He worked so well within the tunes that he gave them that extra push that made everyone want to dance, bump and grind. Together they made the whole night gel in impressive style.

Performance: They hail from Russia, but music is the great unifier, a universal language.  Therefore, the fact that the lyrics are in Russian is no great obstacle for the listener. Claiming that her English was not too good, Gaysina kept the whole audience entranced for the whole night. We might not be able to understand every single word that she sings but, ultimately, the audience liked what she was doing. The Echoplex crew were also on point with smoke and exceptional lighting. 

Summary: Gaysina and Baramiya are consummate music lovers and it shows with the enthusiasm and effort they put out on stage. All over Europe in early June, their recent tour took them to Helsinki, Berlin, Warsaw, Belgrade, and Istanbul, just to mention a few. And just so we wouldn’t feel left out, they managed to grace the States with their presence, hitting New York and Chicago, and then ending the tour with mid-June dates in San Franciso and finally Los Angeles. See you next year.The post Live Review of Aigel in Los Angeles first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Gloria Gaynor sues music producer for alleged copyright infringement, breach of contractGaynor alleges that producer named in lawsuit is falsely claiming to own the rights to a number of her works
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Apple Music has added Radio Monitoring: Track Your Radio PlaysApple Music has added radio monitoring. Activity on 40,000 global radio stations can now be tracked within the free Apple Music For Artists portal.
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‘Artists like Drake and Travis Scott push me to go to my limits every time I make music for them.’From a small village in Switzerland to the top of the charts alongside Drake and Jack Harlow, OZ tracks his journey and tells his story...
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