DIY & Independent Musician News Last WeekThis week in DIY & independent musician news, our indie readers tuned into topics like how to make more money on tour, make the most of the year end and. Continue reading
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Last week’s top Music Business NewsA busy week by any definition and music business news was no exception, with the Spotify CEO’s alarming net worth, stream ripping cracking down on the wrong culprits, and more…. Continue reading
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Shure SM58 Takes Center Stage at 58th Country Music AwardsAt the 58th Country Music Awards, held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Shure microphones provided audio from the stage. The legendary SM58 and Shure's cutting-edge wireless systems were at the heart of this year's performances, bringing unmatched sound quality to country music's biggest night.A Behind-the-Scenes Look:The event featured an impressive lineup of industry-leading audio professionals, including:Tom Davis - Audio Producer

Paul Sandweiss – Audio Coordinator

J. Mark King – Production Mixer

Rick Shimer – Front of House

Pat Baltzell – House Production Mix

Jason Spence – SL Monitors

Chris Daniels – SR Monitors

Eric Shilling and Peter Gray – Music Mixers

James Stoffo – RF CoordinatorThe Shure Sound System:24 channels of PSM1000

110 Bodypacks

8 P9HW Wired Bodypack Personal MonitorsSpotlight on Artists:Some of the industry's top performers relied on Shure to deliver unforgettable performances. Notable highlights include: Chris Stapleton – Iconic wired SM58

Luke Bryan & Lainey Wilson – SM58 capsules

Luke Combs – KSM11 capsule

Megan Moroney, Ella Langley, Riley Green, Bailey Zimmerman, & Dierks Bentley – Beta 58 capsules

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Andrea Bocelli at the Kia ForumThe great tenor Andrea Bocelli performed at the KIA Forum in Inglewood, CA. Sunday night (12/8) along with his wife Veronica Berti, daughter Virginia, wife and a few very special guest performers. This was a show of not only Bocelli’s incredible music, but also a few Christmas classics, legendary opera compositions, and covers. In the entire 20th and 21st century, few singers have been globally known like Bocelli. Bocelli, now 66, still has a perfect voice. Earlier this year, Bocelli celebrated his 30 years in music with an all star celebration including Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Christian Nodal, Brian May, Lang Lang, Jon Batiste, and many more.  Bocelli is known as one of the greatest singers globally of any genre, however he’s quite a comedian as well, always making the audience laugh. 

Bocelli has been awarded a Guinness World Record for his album Sacred Arias for simultaneously holding the top three spots on the U.S. Classical Albums chart, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is a seven time World Music Award winner. Outside of music Bocelli has earned a law degree. Bocelli can sing in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin. Bocelli also had the best selling Classical album by a solo artist of all time with Sacred Arias. In 2020 Bocelli released his latest album Believe including covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and “Amazing Grace,” with Allison Krauss.

This 2+ hour show featured Bocelli with a full orchestra and choir totalling around 80 members. The show began with the classic “La donna e mobile” (Giuseppe Verdi) a song everyone knows and was famously performed by Luciano Pavoratti in he 1987 film adaption of Rigoletto and parodied by Adam Sandler as Opera Man in Saturday Night Live. The Christmas classics came during the second of the show starting with “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and later “Silver Bells” and “Silent Night.” Bocelli regulars Pia Toscano and Zucchero both performed as well as Il Volo, Edward Parks, Cadie J. Bryan, legendary producer David Foster whose recent 75th birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl included Bocelli, Toscano, and Jennifer Hudson who was a guest as well for this Bocelli show.  If there was one song that left the audience in tears it was the incredible “Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro).” This was the second to last song and Bocelli’s most famous one. This was followed by none other than the grand finale, “Nessun Dorna” from Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot which Luciano Pavarotti sang at the 1990 FIFA World Cup bringing it to a global audience, and has been covered numerous times including versions by Jeff Beck, Chris Botti, Jennifer Hudson and is part of Billy Joel’s shows before “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.”If there is any artist to see today that’ll blow anyone away, it’s Andrea Bocelli. The show left the crowd in awe and stunned.The post Andrea Bocelli at the Kia Forum first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

From the United States vs. TikTok to Sony pulling its catalog from Boomplay… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
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Live Music Society shares impact of $1M in funding for small venuesThe Live Music Society awarded $1 million in Music In Actions Grants to 58 small US music venues in 2024. As they prepare to open a new round of Music in Action grant applications, the non-profit shared some of the most transformative and impactful projects that this year's grants made possible.
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Most popular SiriusXM channels and how to submit musicThis week SiriusXM decided to buck industry trends, pull back on streaming and concentrate on in-car satellite broadcasting. So this Hypebot Flashback Friday resurfaces a perennially popular post sharing the most popular SiriusXM channels and how to submit music.
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US government asks court to reject TikTok’s motion to delay law that could see its app banned in the marketTikTok and parent company ByteDance filed an emergency motion asking for a temporary injunction to delay the law
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Cast Your Vote in the AllMusic 2024 Readers' PollAs the year winds down, we want to hear from you. Vote for your favorite albums in our 2024 Readers' Poll.

Steven Hill is new A2IM Board ChairA2IM (American Association of Independent Music) representing over 600 independent record labels, has today announced Steven Hill, Head of North American & Global Marketing at Warp Records, as the new Chair of its 2024-2025 Board of Directors.
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After Spotify’s $100bn market cap milestone, Daniel Ek cashes out another $28mSpotify's co-founder and CEO has sold $248.3 million-worth of company stock so far this year
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TASCAM December 2024 News: TASCAM's Portacapture X8 Brings Creative Versatility to Rico Casazza's WorkflowAs an electronic music producer, DJ, and film sound designer/location sound recordist, the ability to capture a wide array of sonic innovation keeps Rico Casazza very busy. As a music producer, he has been creating electronic music for over 15 years. As a film sound designer, he records sounds on film sets, focusing primarily on dialogue. He also captures a variety of ambient sounds, which he uses to add various textures to his projects. And to capture all this and more, Casazza relies on the versatility and creativity inspired by his Portacapture X8 Portable Audio Field Recorder from TASCAM.Since 2007, Casazza has released music under his own name and other aliases in both vinyl and digital formats. These efforts have given him the opportunity to work as a DJ while also performing live sets of his own music. He also teaches sound design at the Prague Film School in the Czech Republic and has worked as the main sound designer on numerous independent films—earning several sound design nominations in the process. His passion for music and sound design has resulted in many creative opportunities. He discussed his use of the TASCAM Portacapture X8, which is central to much of what he does creatively.“For songwriting, I use the Portacapture X8 to record percussion sounds to build my drums in electronic music projects,” Casazza explained. “Sometimes, I also capture sounds with interesting textures, which I then load into Ableton Live, my preferred DAW for music composition. In Ableton, I can transform and modify these sounds to create something entirely new, similar to Musique Concrète.”Casazza also uses his Portacapture X8 for various types of sound design work. “As a location sound mixer, recording sound is an important part of my daily routine,” he reports. “I capture dialogue, foleys, and ambiances for film sound design. I also have a page on freesound.org where I upload various sounds that I've collected worldwide for free download, as I believe in giving back to the community I'm part of.”When queried about the various Portacapture X8 features he finds so well suited to his manner of working, Casazza focused on the recorder’s 32-bit floating point recording capability and its various presets. “The Portacapture’s 32-bit float recording mode is a game-changer, especially for recording loud percussive sounds. Sometimes, striking an object hard risks distortion, but with the recorder’s 32-bit float capability, I don’t have to worry about that. I can lower the gain in post-production and retrieve the sound quality, ensuring clean recordings even in intense sessions.” “The ability to switch between the Portacapture’s specific field recording presets, like Nature, Birds, Vehicles, and City, has been incredibly useful,” Casazza added. “Each preset tailors settings like mic sensitivity, EQ, and dynamic range, which optimizes the recorder’s audio for different environments. This feature is especially helpful when I need to capture the unique characteristics of each soundscape accurately. The Portacapture’s field recording mode is fantastic. Being an avid ambience recordist, I find it the best way to customize recordings with different ambience presets—enabling me to capture a wide variety of soundscapes with precision.”The Portacapture X8’s Manual Mode enables the operator to customize one’s own settings for various types of recording tasks—providing the highest level of flexibility for capturing sounds. Here too, Casazza is finding the feature to be very beneficial. “Thus far, I've used the manual mode with the built-in microphone, but I can see it being ideal for filmmaking when you need four inputs, such as a boom mic and three radio mics. The ability to adjust gain staging between the gain and volume fader, along with the option to assign panning, makes it a highly professional multi-track recorder.”With much of today’s electronic music and audio gear, questions inevitably arise. Hence, responsive and capable support services are crucial for assisting customers. Here too, Casazza was very complimentary of TASCAM, “I have always found TASCAM to be very supportive of its customers. They clearly have musicians and recording enthusiasts on their support team—and since they understand what you’re trying to accomplish, they are very helpful. While I’ve only had the Portacapture X8 for a few weeks, I have used the TASCAM DR-40 handheld recorder for over 10 years. In the process, I’ve also learned how TASCAM approaches audio recording, which makes it easier to adapt to a new piece of equipment.”Before turning his attention back to the business of the day, Casazza offered these parting thoughts on his Portacapture X8, “I feel incredibly fortunate to have this fantastic device, and with each use, I discover more of its potential. It's the perfect recorder for world travel, offering professional multi-track recording with a range of powerful features. The touchscreen adds a sleek touch to the design, making it even easier to navigate. The built-in microphones have impressively clean preamps with a very low noise floor. While recording my voice for a tutorial, I was amazed by the crystal-clear quality the recorder delivered. This is a very capable recording tool and I’m confident others will find it equally compelling.”To learn more about Rico Casazza, visit him online at https://rico-casazza.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/ricocasazzamusic/.The post TASCAM December 2024 News: TASCAM's Portacapture X8 Brings Creative Versatility to Rico Casazza's Workflow first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Antonious Porch, SoundCloud’s General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer to exit; Ama Walton promoted to EVP & General CounselPorch to join magazine publisher Condé Nast as its new General Counsel in February
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How to Create a Social Media Calendar for MusiciansBoost your marketing game with an easy-to-follow social media calendar for musicians.
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Music Tech News: #1 for UnitedMasters • DAWn wins • EVA expands • Rostr adds app • un:hurd + IndieKnow • BootlegIn the latest music tech news: UnitedMasters artist FloyyMenor recently had the #1 global song on TikTok. It's the latest proof that indie and diy musicians can now compete on a global stage.
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