Apple dealt a deadly blow this week when they announced the iPod, originally released in 2001, will be no more. While its memory lives on via features now standard to the casual listening experience (playlists, play counts, and most famously, the shuffle button), there’s one iPod feature that we can’t […]
May 14, 2022 By Chris Vuoncino 2 Apple has decided to officially retire the iPod. The pocket sized portable music player which debuted in October of 2001, will no be longer be manufactured by the tech giant after nearly 22 years of production. What was once a revolutionary shift in […]
May 14, 2022 By Creighton Branch 24 It is an exciting time in the history of Ultra Music Festival. The promotion has just announced that the city of Miami Commission has just agreed to a resolution that will keep Ultra in Bayfront Park through 2027. The decision comes in an […]
If the pandemic proved anything, it was that even the mightiest could fall. Case in point was Las Vegas, a city whose economy was dependent on sin but suddenly found itself devoid of sinners. In March 2021, the number of visitors to Las Vegas dipped a staggering 49.5% compared to […]
The Copyright Royalty Board has reportedly been asked by major rights holders and publishers to increase mechanical royalties for physical products by 32%. This increase would raise the mechanical royalty rate from 9.1 cents to 12 cents per track for physical products (CDs, vinyl), downloads, ringtone, and music bundles, per […]
The Grammy’s have had a tumultuous past, and many artists are turning away from them entirely. So one Redditor took matters into their own hands. The “Reddit Grammy Awards” was forged by a Reddit user who listened through 7,500 songs posted to platform by unheralded independent artists. Last year, they […]
May 9, 2022 By Creighton Branch 29 Some of the biggest hits from Madonna are soon to get the proper remix treatment from some of the industry’s biggest names. The Queen of Pop announced that she will be celebrating her milestone achievement of 50 #1 hits on the Billboard charts […]
May 9, 2022 By Creighton Branch 21 Avicii has always been a name that has transcended beyond just the realm of music. His impact on the world was on a level that not many others have ever achieved. Now that presence takes over the world of golf as a set […]
May 9, 2022 By Jackson Naffa 31 The IMS Business Report 2022 reveals that music sales and streaming of electronic music are now valued at $1.3 billion – a 32% increase from 2020. The annual study of electronic music is led by David Boyle, who brings together hundreds of musicians […]
May 9, 2022 By Ouranios Savva 55 Bringing to life an NFT record label like no other, AlmaD and Kristen Livrand present their brand new concept that combines art and music, in the form of World Has You Records. “A label that is designed by two music lovers for music […]
