Hal Leonard Releases Vocal Selections FoliosHal Leonard has released two vocal selections from a Tony-topping Broadway hit and a fan-favorite motion picture. Some Like It Hot has lit up Broadway this season and garnered the most Tony Award nominations of any show (13!), including Best Musical and Best Original Score. The official matching folio features 15 infectious songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman arranged with vocal line and piano accompaniment. It retails for $27.99.

The composer-approved Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile vocal selections folio features nine songs from the 2022 musical comedy starring Shawn Mendes as the voice of everyone's favorite singing crocodile. Featuring original songs by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Shawn Mendes, each song is arranged with vocal line and piano accompaniment. It retails for $22.99.

Booth books are available from music and bookstores everywhere or at halleonard.com.

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From Ed Sheeran’s court victory to Spotify deleting Boomy uploads… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
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Ginger Audio Releases GroundControl Sphere
Ginger Audio releases GroundControl Sphere, a multichannel audio routing app for macOS. Over the past few years, we’ve seen a few GroundControl releases from Ginger Audio, including Room and Caster. Sphere is the latest version of GroundControl, and it supports Dolby Atmos speaker layouts from 2.0 to 9.1.6, making it ideal for any surround sound [...]
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Ticketmaster sold 15,000 tickets per minute at ‘peak sale times’ in North America during Q1 2023Concerts giant Live Nation delivered record results across all its divisions in Q1 2023.
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Spotify to remove historical Artist data, Similar Artists analyticsSpotify has announced that Artist data will only be retained for the past two years plus the year to date across the Spotify for Artists analytics platform. Spotify is also. Continue reading
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Billboard re-adds controversial merch bundles to chart calculationsMerch bundles will again be part of the Billboard chart calculations. The trade magazine stopped including merch and album download bundles in July 2020. A 2019 New York Times story. Continue reading
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DistroKid launches a mobile appD.I.Y. music distributor DistroKid has added a mobile app. Initially only available for iPhone, it makes DistroKid’s suite of tools available to artists on the go. Users can upload new releases,. Continue reading
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MIDI Innovation Awards: Meet the Jury Music Hackspace, The MIDI Association and NAMM are excited to announce a stellar jury for this year’s MIDI Innovation Awards.

Zynaptiq announce Orange Vocoder IV & Zap III Bundle Zynaptiq have released a new version of their popular Orange Vocoder plug-in and launched the latest version of their flagship plug-in bundle. 

Montana governor signs pro-cryptocurrency mining bill into lawThe legislation includes revisions to laws aimed at prohibiting discriminatory electrical rates for mining firms and not allowing taxation for crypto used as a method of payment.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl join Board of Trustees at The Paley Center for MediaThe Paley Center is described as 'the entertainment industry's leading nonprofit dedicated to celebrating the cultural, creative, and social significance of media and its impact on society'
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Persona and Index Ventures talk identity, and identifying a good dealIdentity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: Identity fundamentally underpins how we engage with the digital world, and identity services can take on many forms (and, unfortunately, abuses). I’m excited to host a TechCrunch Live event with Persona co-founder and CEO Rick Song, one of the early movers in the space, about how his company identified ID management as an opportunity.
This TechCrunch Live event takes place on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. PDT. Register here for Hopin access, where viewers can ask questions and network with other attendees.
Along with Rick, Index Venture’s Mark Goldberg is speaking at the event, too. Mark made a prescient move to spot and back Persona during its Series B fundraise and backed the company again for its $150 million Series C.
Rick Song co-founded Persona with Charles Yeh in 2018, and according to PitchBook, the company’s valuation is $1.5 billion as of Persona’s Series C in 2021. Since its founding, the company’s goal has remained the same: provide users with a verification system to protect and secure identity from theft and fraud. The company raised a Series B in 2021 after seeing revenues jump 20x while users increased 5x. In late 2022, Persona introduced new services, expanding beyond identify verification with the launch of à la carte tools, including a risk assessment engine, an identity workflow tool, a graph database aimed at link analysis and fraud detection, and a marketplace for external developers to help connect their business tools to Persona’s identity tools.
I hope you can join this TechCrunch Live event. Rick and Mark are set to provide actionable insights on how companies can better protect users, and how founders, building such services, can stand out among their competitors.
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DiMA Welcomes Feed.fm As Newest MemberThe Digital Media Association welcomes Feed.fm as its newest member, joining Amazon, Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, and YouTube. Feed.fm is a leading B2B music streaming platform that powers end-to-end music licensing and streaming for global consumer brands across mobile apps, connected devices, and digital entertainment systems.“We are thrilled to be joining DiMA. Feed.fm is on the cutting edge of music streaming technology for businesses and we're excited to be a part of an organization that educates its members on the changing landscape and best practices and to participate in helping shape the future of the music streaming industry,” said Bryn Boughton, Vice President, Music Affairs, Feed.fm.“DiMA welcomes Feed.fm as our newest member,” said DiMA President and CEO Garrett Levin. “We’re excited to work with Feed.fm, which is a compelling example of digital audio innovation that drives fan engagement and new revenue streams. Alongside our existing members, we will continue to advocate for a music industry that allows for this type of innovation to flourish.”Click here to learn more about Feed.fm.

19 top organizations form Fix The Tix to reform concert ticketingA broad coalition of music and live event industry organizations have joined forces as Fix The Tix to advocate for more equitable concert ticketing. Included in the Fix The Tix. Continue reading
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