Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] is up 17.5% in the last two daysSpotify [NYSE: SPOT] stock rose another 4.82% on Wednesday, closing the day at $118.14 The stock was also up 12.72% to $112.72 on Tuesday after the streamer released a mixed. Continue reading
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Fundraising Campaign Celebrates Black Trans MusicianIn honour of Black History Month, fans and the public are invited to contribute to a fundraising campaign to celebrate and honour musician Jackie Shane with a commemorative plaque in downtown Toronto. Her legacy and influence have enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, including a 2019 Grammy nomination, a Polaris Music Prize Heritage Award nomination, and a recent Heritage Minute featuring transgender activist Ravyn Wngz as Jackie. In addition, Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, a documentary co-produced by Banger Films and the National Film Board of Canada's Ontario Studio, in association with Bell Media and directed by Michael Mabbott & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, is currently in production with an anticipated release in 2024.

Beyond her musical legacy, Jackie’s place as a Black trans pioneer is only now being celebrated. This plaque is but one step towards honouring her, as well as encouraging the celebration of more Black trans lives. 

Any Other Way producer and lead fundraiser Amanda Burt says, “It’s been a gift getting to know Jackie and her history as we work on the documentary. She considered Toronto her home, and while she was here she changed the very sound of the music that came out of this city. We should all know her story”.

Heritage Toronto, through their plaque program and the support of donors, commemorates key people, places, and events from Toronto’s past. Jackie Shane was one such person. Born in Nashville in 1940, Jackie’s musical talent and charisma were clear from an early age. She crossed paths and shared stages with legends like Little Richard, Etta James, Jackie Wilson, and Jimi Hendrix. But as her talent and her popularity grew, so did the danger of being a Black trans artist in the American south. Fearing for her life and wanting more than Nashville could offer, Jackie escaped the south on the “Chitlin’ Circuit” when she was a teenager, and relocated over the border to Toronto where her career almost immediately exploded. 

The Canadian years were exciting, populated by ghosts and gangsters, kidnappers and killers, con artist ministers, crooked record executives, and gamblers, all fueling her artistic growth. Despite the music industry’s reluctance to support a trans artist at the time, audiences and listeners loved her, and her 1962 single “Any Other Way” was a hit. A fabled run at Toronto’s Saphire Tavern led to the classic album Jackie Shane Live!, a visceral, propulsive document, proof of her genius for connecting with audiences and taking them to ecstatic highs. For this reason, the proposed location for the plaque will be the corner of Richmond and Victoria in downtown Toronto, where the Saphire once stood.

All donors will be invited to the unveiling of the plaque, which is planned for June 2023 during Pride Toronto. Jackie’s living relatives will be in attendance. Donors can also follow and join the journey on Instagram at @thejackieshaneplaque. 

Donations, public or private, can be made through the JustGiving Campaign Page  or by cheque, and gifts $20 or over will receive a Heritage Toronto charitable donation tax receipt. Plaque donors will also receive a thank-you letter, and in the case of gifts of $20 or more, recognition on "Our Supporters" page on the Heritage Toronto website and in the Annual Report. 

Any donations over the goal of $10,000 will automatically go to Heritage Toronto's Curated Plaques Fund, to support the commemoration of other worthy individuals and stories celebrated through historic plaques. Jackie, whose personal motto was “live and let live”, and herself celebrated unheard voices, would be proud. 

CONTACT: 

Amanda Burt, producer on Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story and lead fundraiser for the Heritage Toronto Jackie Shane plaque. 

amanda@bangerfilms.com

Biden proposes Junk Fee Protection Act to target concert ticket feesPresident Biden today called for limits on concert ticket fees as part of a White House initiative to battle practices that it sees as signs of a lack of competition. Continue reading
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After reaching milestone of 60m creators, BandLab acquires beat marketplace AirbitProducers have earned more than $50 million on Airbit to date
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Dr. Dre’s The Chronic returns to streaming services via Interscope RecordsOriginal distributor Interscope worked The Chronic in 1992 via its relationship with Death Row Records
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New ‘Friends’ tab and CEO Daniel Ek signal a more ‘social’ SpotifyA new “Friends” tab and comments this week from CEO Daniel Ek point to Spotify becoming a much more social platform. The ability for fans to share and communicate with. Continue reading
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Decentralized Audio Streaming with Jeff Gold, CEO of TamagoThis week, Dmitri Vietze sits down with ,Jeff Gold, founder and CEO of ,Tamago. Learn more about Tamago, the decentralized audio streaming platform developed to support artists. Discover how Tamago is breaking down barriers to music discovery and transparent royalty payments. Find out how Tamago allows artists to generate revenue through streaming, community tipping, and NFTs. Join Jeff as he looks to the future of AI and the metaverse. How do decentralized platforms empower creators? Is the “crypto winter” just seasonal or a sign of larger shifts in the world of web3? Find out on this week’s episode.

,Decentralized Underground Audio Streaming Platform Tamago Launches In-App NEAR Wallet

,Web3 Audio Streaming Platform Tamago Raises $1M Seed Round

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Listen wherever you pod your casts:Let us know what you think! Tweet ,@MusicTectonics, find us on ,Facebook and ,Instagram, or connect with podcast host Dmitri Vietze on ,LinkedIn, ,Twitter, and ,Facebook.

The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Weekly episodes include interviews with music tech movers & shakers, deep dives into seismic shifts, and more.

Take part in MIDiA’s music creator surveyIt’s that time of year again: MIDiA is fielding its annual global survey of music creators. If you are a music creator (artist, songwriter, producer, whatever!), whether you are independent, signed to a label or publisher, or not even releasing music at all, we want to hear from you.

The survey explores issues such as income sources, marketing, industry challenges, music production and spend. In short, it will create a full view of what it means to be a music creator in 2023. What’s the reason for taking part? Well, every creator that completes the survey will get an Excel and slide deck summarising the results of the full survey, so that you can benchmark your career against your peers and learn how they are approaching building their careers.

As with all MIDiA surveys, the results will be treated as strictly confidential, so none of your responses will ever be seen by anyone else as we only ever report the total responses for the whole survey. 

You can take the survey here; it should take you less than ten minutes. And, of course, feel free to share with any other creators you think would be interested in taking it and seeing the results.

Hipgnosis is in buying mode again, as company snaps up song catalog of British hitmakers TMSIncluded in the TMS catalog are songs Someone You Loved and Before you Go, which were hits for Lewis Capaldi
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Music industry veteran Rob Gross joins The Syndicate as SVP, Label ServicesExec will be bringing over several of his current clients
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Radio One Is Looking For Music Director/On-Air TalentRadio One is looking for a Music Director/On-Air Talent to join their DC team!

Urban One is the largest African-American owned broadcasting media company and the largest radio broadcaster targeting African-American and urban listeners. Currently, Urban One owns and operates 54 broadcast stations located in 15 urban markets in the U.S. Urban One also owns TV One, Radio One, Reach Media, iOne Digital, R1 Digital, One Solution and ONE VIP. At Urban One, our employees value the opportunity to be passionate, creative, and dedicated to something they love!

Your Role:

Administration, Continuity, Customer Liaison, Surveillance.

Off-Air: Planning, Preparation, Public Appearances, Social Networking

Music

· Listen to, develop and maintain informed opinion on music supplied to the radio station on an ongoing basis.

· Make decisions as to appropriateness of music for airplay on an on-going basis.

· Maintain music library on a weekly basis.

· Liaison with external music sources and suppliers as required on a daily basis.

· Assist Operations Manager/Program Director in development and maintenance of all clocks, rotations, category compositions, rules etc. as they relate to music scheduling.

· Schedule and troubleshoot daily music logs.

Apply on Company Site.

Spotify closed up almost 13% Tuesday after mixed Q4 report to investorsUPDATED: Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] stock rose 12.72% to $112.72 at the close of trading Tuesday after the streamer released a mixed Q4 and year-end financial report. Investors seemed encouraged by. Continue reading
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Songwriting, Music Production are still ‘FOR MEN ONLY’: USC Annenberg StudyDespite more than a decade of industry promises, Billboard Top 100 songwriters and producers remain an almost exclusively male and white club, according to the newest edition of the USC. Continue reading
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Why does Latin music always top the global charts?It is no secret that Latin music finds success in all corners of the world…but how? Is it how amazing it is or something else? by Janelle Borg of AmplifyYou. Continue reading
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Shires & Isbell Named Record Store Day AmbassadorsSince the first RSD Ambassador sash was bestowed in 2009, there have been years when more than one person has taken up the title and sung the glories of the record store–Pearl Jam (2019), Metallica (2016) and Run The Jewels (2018)--but never before has it been two people who have conquered one of the most daunting tasks we know of: combining a record collection!  

Today Record Store Day is thrilled to announce that the 2023 Record Store Day Ambassadors are husband and wife record store lovers Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell!

“It’s so wonderful to be able to formally celebrate what Amanda and Jason mean for us here at Record Store Day with the title of Record Store Day Ambassador”, says Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton. “Even through their social media feeds, it’s such a delight to get to know them, they are both such genuine fans of each other, all genres of music, the album as an art form and most importantly for our purposes, the brick and mortar record store. And I do like that we’re celebrating in a small sense the way music brings people together in such an obvious, romantic way with this… they’re the “First Couple” of record stores, as far as I’m concerned!”

“We’re so happy to be your Record Store Day Ambassadors for 2023,” says Jason in a video shared on the Record Store Day website. “We think record stores are so important, not only for the musicians who play in them, like Amanda did so many times this year and I have in the past, but also to the communities and to people who love art.”

Alongside several titles on past Record Store Day release lists, both musicians make sure that the planning for both their many solo albums and those of their bands (Jason’s The 400 Unit) and supergroups (Amanda’s The Highwomen, with fellow RSD Ambassador Brandi Carlile!) places not only physical formats front and center, but record stores as well, with special vinyl variants and/or early release dates for stores. It only makes sense that together they have a title on the list of releases made to celebrate Record Store Day 2023, and The Sound Emporium EP is that title. The exclusive EP, which contains new songs from both Jason (“Hired Gun”) and Amanda (“Old Habits”), a Richard Thompson cover, and a reimagined track from the Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit album Here We Rest, comes to participating indie record stores on April 22. 

“Over the years I’ve fallen in love many times and many of my greatest loves have been discovered in record stores,” Amanda says. I fell in love with Leonard Cohen at Ralph’s Records in Lubbock, TX. I found Big Star at Offbeat in Jackson, MS. The people that work in these stores and the community of people that support record stores are passionate and care deeply for music and the place that it holds and occupies in our lives. Record stores are environments where you can be yourself, like what you like and love what you love. I’m proud to be a Record Store Day Ambassador this year and always. Go meet someone at a record store; discover music personally. They’re all out there waiting for ya! Tell them Ol’ Monster Shires sent ya (they probably won’t know what that means though).”

More exciting announcements about Record Store Day 2023 to come! Watch the video from the Record Store Day 2023 Ambassadors, find participating record stores and get more information about this year’s party at recordstoreday.com

A truly singular creative force, GRAMMY award-winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Amanda Shires is in the midst of an extraordinary career.  Amanda’s latest album Take It Like A Man received wide critical acclaim and landed on many “Best Albums of 2022” lists including NPR, Stereogum, BrooklynVegan and The New York Times, who noted Amanda is, "a fearless woman gathering all her strength and belting out her truths with a poet’s diction and a bird of prey’s voice."  Her national tour in support of the album also brought raves from the likes of Variety who included her show at LA’s famed Troubadour in their “50 Best Concerts of 2022.”   Since getting her start playing fiddle with the legendary Texas Playboys at the young age of 15, the West Texas native has displayed nuanced songwriting and boundless originality. She has collaborated with the likes of John Prine and Justin Townes Earle, and earned the 2017 Emerging Artist of the Year prize from the Americana Music Association (AMA). In addition to being a member of Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit, Amanda is the founder of The Highwomen – a supergroup she performs in along with Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile and Natalie Hemby. The group hit #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Album chart. 

Jason Isbell has established himself as one of the most respected and celebrated songwriters of his generation. The North Alabama native possesses an incredible penchant for identifying and articulating some of the deepest, yet simplest, human emotions, and turning them into beautiful poetry through song. Isbell sings of the everyday human condition with thoughtful, heartfelt, and sometimes brutal honesty. Isbell broke through in 2013 with the release of Southeastern. His next two albums, Something More Than Free (2015) and The Nashville Sound (2017), won Grammy Awards for Best Americana Album and the songs “24 Frames” and “If We Were Best Vampires” have both won the Grammy for Best American Roots Song. Reunions (2020), is a critically-acclaimed collection of ten new songs that showcases an artist at the height of his powers and a band fully charged with creativity and confidence. His most recent release, Georgia Blue (2021), is a collection of Georgia-related cover songs and proceeds from this album benefit voter’s rights organizations in Georgia. In April of 2021, it was announced that Isbell would appear in the upcoming Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon.