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How the MP3, Pirates and Apple Changed The Music Industry * TorrentFreak
When Karlheinz Brandenburg first released the MP3 format in the early 90s, it started a chain of events that disrupted the music industry.
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Trump reportedly considering pardons for rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black
Trump is expected to issue a flurry of pardons in his final week in office. Lil Wayne and Kodak Black are facing or serving time on federal charges.
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Tracy Chapman Wins $450K in Copyright Suit Against Nicki Minaj
The cost of taking another songwriter's work without permission and illicitly leaking a remade version is $450,000. That's what Nicki Minaj will be paying Tracy Chapman to satisfy her copyright infringement claims over "Sorry," a derivative of "Baby Can I Hold You."
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Dr. Dre Suffers Brain Aneursym and is in ICU in L.A.
Dr. Dre is at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm ... TMZ has learned.
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Gerry Marsden, lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers, dies at 78
Gerry Marsden, lead singer of the 1960s British rock band Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died of a heart infection at 78, his friend and radio broadcaster Pete Price announced Sunday.
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MF DOOM, Elusive Bard of Hip-Hop, Dead at 49
Enigmatic rapper known for intricate rhyme schemes and signature mask died on October 31st
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MF DOOM Dead at 49
Legendary rapper MF DOOM has died age 49, his family confirmed in a statement.
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Charley Pride, Pioneering Black Country Singer, Dead at 86
Country Music Hall of Fame member died in Texas from complications related to Covid-19
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AirPods Max suppliers reportedly call it a niche product
A supply-chain report claims that AirPods Max suppliers consider Apple’s premium over-ear headphones to be a niche product with strong competition from existing players. Two suppliers of printed circuit boards (PCBs) are reportedly not expecting the new headphones to give much of a boost to their sales...
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We've Had 24 Hours With Apple's AirPods Max -- Here's What We Think So Far
Apple made waves when it announced AirPods Max, its first pair of over-ear headphones, via an update to its website earlier this week. The headphones, which cost $549 and will be released on December 15th, are available for preorder on Apple’s site, Best Buy, and B&H. They’re designed to carry some of the momentum from Apple’s earbuds, which have been extremely successful since the first generation was released in 2018.
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Taylor Swift announces another surprise album: 'Evermore,' a 'sister record' to hit 'Folklore'
Less than five months after she dropped "Folklore" with less than a day's notice, Taylor Swift announced another surprise album.
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How John Lennon was made into a myth
Forty years ago The Beatles star was assassinated – and has since held a god-like status around the world. David Barnett looks at the many manifestations of him in popular culture.
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Bob Dylan Sells Entire Catalog of Songs to Universal Music Publishing
UPDATED: The song-catalog bonanza of 2020 just hit a peak that is not likely to be topped: Universal Music Publishing Group has acquired Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs
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82 per cent of musicians earn less than £200 a year from streaming
The vast majority of musicians earn less than £200 a year from music streaming platforms, according to a new survey.
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Spotify’s ‘plagiarism detector’ will expose unoriginal music
Spotify has patented a method which uses artificial intelligence to detect plagiarism in music, able to detect a “similarity value” between songs. The “Plagiarism Risk Detector And Interface” technology will be “trained on a plurality of preexisting encoded lead sheets” (which specifies the melody, lyrics and harmony) to compare new tracks to those in Spotify’s database.
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How old, ambient Japanese music became a smash hit on YouTube
Exploring the comment-section emotion of music as served by a mysterious algorithm.
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$5 gigs, not $10m deals: the story of US punk label Dischord Records
“Do you know what I call an un-played record?” asks Ian MacKaye. “A piece of fucking trash. It’s paper and plastic. So if I make something, I want to make sure it adds value.” Thankfully, as the co-founder and co-owner of Dischord Records, MacKaye has made the very opposite of landfill indie. The Washington DC label turns 40 next month, having created one of the world’s great punk discographies by staying fiercely egalitarian.
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Temporary restraining order granted against Diplo in revenge porn case
A woman alleged that Diplo posted a sexually explicit image of her and threatened others who supported her.
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Researchers’ AI aligns sheet music with MIDI audio
Researchers created an AI system that can predict the most likely position within sheet music that matches an audio recording.
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Techno is music, German court declares
Fans never doubted it, but now a top German court has confirmed it: techno is music and clubs should benefit from the same reduced sales tax rate as concert halls.
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