Who will benefit the most? Reportedly the record labels from Mashable.com Facebook intends to launch its long-rumored music service next month with Spotify, MOG and Rdio as three of the company’s launch partners, Mashable has learned. The music and media platform will be announced at Facebook’s f8 developer conference on Sept. 22. It will allow users to listen to music from within Facebook.com. Evidence of Facebook’s music platform first surfaced in the code of Facebook’s video chat service. …read more Continue reading Facebook to Launch Free Music Service on September 22nd
> The website Hello Beautiful recently interviewed soul songstress Amel Larrieux in New York City at a performance at the club S.O.B.’s. She, like many contemporary independent artists who sing the music that is unaffectionately known as Neo-Soul, doesn’t particularly like that label. We couldn’t agree with her, Corrine Bailey Rae, and others more. You might as well say Neo-Soul means no radio airplay. Amel also talks about her daughters joining her group and the upcoming reunion album for “Groove Theory” with Bryce Wilson. Has it really been 15 years since their hit “Tell Me”? Amel Larrieux is one of … Continue reading >Amel Larrieux says “Independent Artists Of Color Are Too Under The Radar”
> Last week, Black broadcasters met in Washington, D.C. to discuss the possibility that a Performance Tax would cause them to go into bankruptcy. Now many small market broadcasters are facing the same dilemma, if the proposed tax is put into place by congress, you might see many stations simply go dark. As it stands now, Sirius XM satellite radio; Radio stations that stream online; Internet music services like AOL Radio, Last FM, Imeem, Pandora, and Finetune; and music download sites like iTunes, pay the artist a royalty fee. Terrestrial radio has never paid the artists or performers for the … Continue reading >Performance Tax Opposed by Small Market Radio Stations
> T3 tweeted -“[Oh] yeah one more thing… This is the last Slum Village album.” Not sure what’s going on,” responded fellow member Elzhi. “I hope Slum Village’s label and T3’s manager respect what I do for SV. Either way I appreciate y’all support.” It’s been a rough road for the members of the Detroit rap group Slum Village. With two of the original members, J. Dilla & Baatin, now deceased, the group soldiered on with original member T3 continuing on with new member Elzhi. However it seems that it’s all come to a grinding halt with Hex Murda, Elzhi’s … Continue reading >Slum Village Calls It Quits
A Lesson in Media Manipulation by an NFL Team This story has been updated [see below]The Philadelphia Eagles cut their Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson last week because of his association with Los Angeles area gangs. Look above… He put up a gang sign in a NFL game! Which means he is a gang member. Right? Less than an hour after a story titled ‘DeSean Jackson’s gang connections troubling to Eagles‘ appeared on the website NJ.com, the Philadelphia Eagles disassociated themselves with the best wide receiver on their team from a season ago. Here’s more proof of his gang affiliation. … Continue reading DeSean Jackson is a Gang Member, Here’s the Proof
The NPR radio program Planet Money takes a look at the secret battle that’s been going on for more than a year to create the song of the summer. It takes a lot of money, but even that does not guarantee success… Planet Money takes Rihanna’s “Man Down” as a case study that began in the spring of 2010, when Rihanna’s label flew in songwriters and producers from around the company for a “writing camp.” (They wrote the song in about 12 minutes) We can safely say the best song this summer is not Rihanna’s “Man Down” despite the heavy … Continue reading What is the Best Song this Summer and What does it take to make it?
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