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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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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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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Spotify steps up efforts to fight music streaming manipulationSpotify’s ongoing effort to stop the purchase of streams or otherwise manipulate stream counts has accelerated in recent days, according to multiple sources. Recent takedowns involving the AI platform Boomy. Continue reading
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How Boygenius started the “Sad” Folk-Pop movement on TikTok and beyondDiscover the rising wave of emotive folk-pop from artists like Lizzy McAlpine, taking over TikTok and the global charts, inspired by the sound of indie supergroup Boygenius. by Michelle Hyun. Continue reading
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Thirteen New Wave Album ClassicsAuthor Daniel de Visé offers a list of new wave classics, favoring recordings that had real impact, yielded at least one semi-legendary song, feature strong songwriting throughout, emanate a new-wavy vibe, and represent the artist's best work.

Larry Jackson’s $1bn-backed gamma expands into Africa and the Middle East, led by Naomi Campbell and Sipho DlaminiSub-Saharan Africa was, in percentage terms, the fastest-growing recorded music region in the world in 2022
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Trials of Cato @ Hotel Cafe in HollywoodMaterial: The Trials of Cato is a trio belting out, what sounds like, traditional folk music but with a modern twist. Every track is a journey into your mind as the tunes take you to lands far and near in traditional Welsh fashion. Banjo, mandolin and acoustic guitar are the main fare this evening, where Williams picks up bass and bass drum duties with his guitar and creates a splendid backdrop on which the tunes sit. That left Jones and Bolton to wander around, giving you superb melodies of banjo, mandolin and vocals.

Musicianship: Extremely good musicianship all around. Bolton and Jones really play well off each other and together, and they use Williams as a springboard to launch their beautiful melodies and vocals. Williams is a solid musician and keeps the beats steady and stable as the songs progress ever so smoothly. Each is well written and you can tell that great care goes into each song to bring out the most out of the lyrics.

Performance: Great. The music spoke for itself as the instruments brought everything to life with each and every stroke of the strings and beat of the drum. All three––Jones, Bolton and Williams––are great storytellers, each telling tales of their homeland, how the songs came to be and the direction the band is headed.

Summary: This is a band that hit with their debut album, Hide and Hair, and won Best Folk Album of 2019 at the BBC Radio Folk Awards. Now they’re at it again with another exceptional album, Gog Magog, which likely will not disappoint, either. Currently on a tour that includes various U.S. dates, including SXSW (South By South West) and a quick stop at The Hotel Café, the Trials Of Cato are bringing you some of the best in contemporary folk and Welsh tunes the music community has heard in a while. If you like bluegrass-y, Welsh, Irish-y folk music, look no further, The Trials of Cato have arrived. – Pierce Brochetti

Web: thetrialsofcato.com

Contact: thetrialsofcato@gmail.com

Players: Robin Jones, vocals, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, percussion; Polly Bolton, vocals, bouzouki,

                       mandolin, synthesizer; Tomos Williams, backup vocals, guitar, keyboard, percussion.

Key Songs In The Life Of… Justin TranterThe hit songwriter selects the tracks that have had the biggest influence on their life and career to date
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Tom DeGeorge and DTOUR want to change how indie artists tourTom DeGeorge, the owner of legendary Tampa venue Crowbar, discusses DTOUR, his game-changing touring model for indie artists and venues. by Randi Zimmerman from Symphonic Music Industry 360 is Symphoni’s. Continue reading
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Music Investing Goes Mainstream: Why opportunities for Artists and Investors are set to explodeFounder and CEO of Marination Music, Justin Longo, shines light on a new way to add stability to musician incomes as well as build a closer bond between artists and. Continue reading
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QUICK HITS: Duetti • Gibson • PIXELYNX • Blackbird StudioDuetti, the new music financing platform founded by ex-TIDAL and Apple Music execs Lior Tibon and Chris Nolte has launched with $32M in funding. The Fin-tech platform gives artists at. Continue reading
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Donate to Holocaust Composers FundThis week, the Hugo Kauder Society will hold a campaign: "The Great Give". It's a 36-hour online event on May 3-4 to support important causes and nonprofits. This takes place

May 3rd 8-9pm EST – May 4th at 1-2am London OR

May 3rd & 4th 2-3am EST – 7-8am London

Every donation counts toward the matching fund awards they are vying for, and will assure they continue to unearth, digitize and present new works to the public.

The Society was created in 2002 as a response to composers whose access to the public was denied by the Third Reich. Hugo Kauder was one of these composers, forced to leave his beloved Vienna to continue his career. He fled to New York in order to resume teaching and writing, completing over 300 compositions. Many of these remain unpublished. The society spends its time finding ways to get his music made available to the public. In November 2022 a concert was presented at:

Carnegie Hall https://www.jns.org/jewish-composer-hugo-kauder-remembered-at-carnegie-hall/

Please check out the website http://www.hugokauder.org/

Donations can be made here https://www.thegreatgive.org/p2p/307998/alex-bourdelon