Challenges for musicians are abundant, but so are the opportunities [MIDiA’s Hanna Kahlert]Anyone can release music thanks to technology, but getting anyone to hear it seems increasingly difficult. Hanna Kahlert of MIDiA Research explores the challenges and the opportunities for change.....
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Tracy Chan exits SoundCloud, joins AI music platform Splash as CEOVeteran music tech executive Tracy Chan has exited his role as COO of SoundCloud after less than two years to become the CEO of red-hot AI music creation platform Splash.....
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12 Impressive Women Who Give Back to the Music Industry [Ariel Hyatt]International Women's Month was the perfect time for Cyber PR's Ariel Hyatt to ask twelve impressive women three questions about how they support others in the music industry.....
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TiaCorine and Friends at the EchoplexIt's a solid fact that all of the best hip-hop shows this writer has been to over the past year have featured all-female bills. "Female rap" isn't a genre, and we're not going to patronize anyone. But this is indeed a golden period, and the women are killing it.

From Doja Cat and Baby Tate to Flo Milli and Bia, with openers including Doechii, Maya the Don and Lakeyah -- every single show has felt like an event, and on Saturday night TiaCorinne, A.R. The Mermaid and BbyAfricka continued the trend with another gig that was gold from start to finish.

The pride of Inglewood, BbyAfricka, opened the show and didn't stop moving throughout. "He loves me 'cos I'm model-skinny and I'm bad and rude," she purrs on the freaking magnificent "Baton Rouge," while proving all of those things to be true. BbyAfricka takes no shit.

Memphis' A.R. The Mermaid is next -- a blur of fine rhymes delivered with her trademark drawl. A.R. is a phenomenon and one of the hottest rappers on the scene right now. She is as close to a magical figure as we have in real-life hip-hop. She’s entering the scene on a wave of positivity, joy and color. She might stick out her tongue and flip the bird, but she’s doing it with a wink and a smile, and it’s easy to get on board with that air of gleeful anarchy. At the Echoplex, we got all that and "Watt We Doingg" was a standout.

North Carolina's TiaCorine headlined, as she celebrates the release of her latest EP Almost There, her first major release since her full length I Can't Wait in 2022. In between guest appearances by a few friends including influencer Aliyah's Interlude, TiaCorinne thrilled the Echoplex crowd with a set of razor sharp tunes including "Pancakes" and a handful from the new extended play.

The crowd was well up for it, the DJs popping, and the Echoplex essentially exploded in a tornado of hip-hop joy. Three strong, talented, female rappers, one awesome evening.

French regulators step in to remove roadblock for possible Warner Music Group bid for BelieveBelieve's board turned to the AMF to adjudicate whether a particular move by a consortium led by Believe founder/CEO, Denis Ladegaillerie, was lawful
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Getting It Done – The Week in D.I.Y & Indie MusicThis week, our tips and advice for all the independent, do-it-yourselfers covered how to cure imposter syndrome, a quick Spotify profile refresh, how songwriters get paid, and much more......
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REWIND – New Music Industry’s Week In Review: TikTok ban, bot farms, Pandora royalties, Music Cities & more!t was another busy week by any definition, and the music industry was no exception, with more talk on the TikTok ban, the capabilities of bot farms, and more.....
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Nelson at the Canyon, MontclairHaving never attended a show at the Canyon, Montclair before, this writer wasn't quite prepared for how surreal an experience it would be. First of all, it's located inside of a mall. Not a strip mall, but a full-on mall with a Macy's, Victoria's Secret, etc. At least that means there's plenty of parking, but it still feels weird when you take an escalator by Macy's and make a turn into a music venue.

Once in the venue, you're faced with a choice between being seated at a table and ordering a compulsory, expensive meal or taking your chances with general access. It's all a bit "dinner theater," and isn't particularly conducive for rock & roll.

That said, Nelson's crowd isn't particularly rowdy. The twin sibling rockers, the children of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Nelson, put on a great show that weighed heavily on their 1990 smash debut After the Rain.

The entire band was in fine form as they blasted through gems like "Fill You Up," and "After the Rain." Guitarist Neil Zaza soloed himself into a frenzy and, despite the seated crowd offering little in the way of energy, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson overcame the odd surroundings and allowed us to recall the days when their flowing blonde locks were all over MTV.

They have a sense of humor about their image; they were selling t-shirts that parody a classic Nirvana shirt -- the iconic smiley face blessed with Nelson's hair. Between songs, they talk about their early days, performing new wave at Madam Wong's club and attracting the attention of punk bands such as the Germs.

But ultimately, we wanted to hear the classics and Nelson delivered. "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" sounded immense, even on this stage. Nelson, it seems, can overcome just about anything.

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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