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• Spotify Concerts Is A Game Changer But There’s Still A Ways To Go

  13-11-2015 23:36
  
  Spotify has just started rolling out its Concerts feature to iPhone and Android users. This has been quite a long time coming. Just a few months back they finally started displaying the artist’s next show (on the Artist’s profile) actually in the user’s location. Previously, Spotify displayed the very next concert on the Artist’s profile – regardless if it was anywhere near where the user lived. Meaning, if Alabama Shakes was playing Los Angeles on Tuesday, but in
  
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• A Lawyer’s Guide to Structuring Paid Music Gigs

  13-11-2015 21:55
  
   
  This is the seventh installment of an 11-part series on music industry agreements by attorney and legal author Steve Gordon, author of The Future of the Music Business (Hal Leonard 4th Ed 2015).  Steve’s earlier installments covered contracts for indie producers, synchronization licensing, management agreements, music publishing agreements, music in films, and production agreements (from hell). 
  This piece will focus on what an indie mus
  
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• Music Review: Kirk Franklin shows brilliance on new album

  13-11-2015 21:37
  
  Kirk Franklin, "Losing My Religion" (RCA Inspirational/Fo Yo Soul)
  
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• Adele's '21' deemed Billboard's greatest album of all time

  13-11-2015 20:56
  
  Adele's Grammy-winning 2011 release "21" was deemed by Billboard magazine the greatest album of all time based on chart position and the soundtrack of the 1965 Julie Andrews movie "The Sound of Music" came in second. The British singer racked up the most weeks - 24 - for an album by a woman atop the Billboard 200 album charts and saw 78 weeks in the top 10, Billboard said in a ranking released this week based on chart positions dating to 1963. Adele's follow-up album, "25," is due to be released
  
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• Did One Direction's Harry Styles just say he isn't working on a solo album?

  13-11-2015 19:12
  
  This is the first time the singer has personally denied he’s working on solo material.
  
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• Barnes & Noble Has a Full-Blown Vinyl Section In Every Store

  13-11-2015 18:56
  
   
  Late last year, Urban Outfitters claimed the throne as the largest vinyl retailer in the United States.  But that was just the beginning in a larger vinyl expansion among major, established retailers.  Like Barnes & Noble, which now has fully-stocked vinyl sections in each and every one of its nearly 650 stories nationwide, with typically hundreds of titles available at each location.
  This is big, and getting bigger: the company shared the stats with Digital Music News
  
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• The Rock Hails #WWE Mentor Pat Patterson - Please Come Back For Wrestlemania, @TheRock!

  13-11-2015 18:35
  
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• The Ultimate One Direction Appreciation Playlist

  13-11-2015 18:19
  
  Everything you need to see under one lovely rendez-roof.
  
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• Taylor Swift: Judge jokingly uses Shake It Off lyrics to dismiss $42m copyright lawsuit

  13-11-2015 18:12
  
  Taylor Swift has not only just won a lawsuit but also earned herself a new fan. A copyright lawsuit against the pop star over the lyrics to her hit single Shake It Off has been dismissed by a judge, who did so in the most creative way. R'n'b singer Jesse Braham filed a $42m (£27.6m) lawsuit against Swift, 25, accusing her of stealing lyrics from his 2013 song, Haters Gone Hate, for her number one single that featured on her 2014 album, 1989.
  
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• #WWE: Could @WWENeville Team Up With @WayneRooney To Take On @WadeBarrett And @WWESheamus?

  13-11-2015 17:51
  
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• Could Neville Team Up With Wayne Rooney To Take On King Barrett And Sheamus?

  13-11-2015 17:51
  
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• Howay! Marnie Confesses Holly Can Do Better Than Kyle, Says He's A Douchebag

  13-11-2015 16:59
  
  The lasses have their say on Geordie Shore's big break-up...
  
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• Social Media Star Grace Neutral Talks Tattoos & Her New Motel Collaboration

  13-11-2015 16:57
  
  We caught up with Grace to get some insight into her style...
  
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• Christmas Is A Time For Giving... Your WWE Rival A Right Hiding With A Festive Tree

  13-11-2015 16:28
  
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• Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson Has Been Pictured Crying, & We Just Want To Give Her The Biggest Hug

  13-11-2015 16:23
  
  Seriously, are the pictures necessary?
  
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• Good Charlotte Are Back And Bringing Mikey Way With Them...

  13-11-2015 16:10
  
  Flashback Friday?
  
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• So It Looks Like Vicky P Is Going Into The Jungle - And We Can't Wait To See What Happens With Spencer Matthews!

  13-11-2015 16:07
  
  The Geordie lass has flown into Australia. Let the chaos begin!
  
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• The Best Twitter Reactions To One Direction's 'Made In The AM', Meltdowns Included

  13-11-2015 15:23
  
  We can't stop scrolling...
  
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• Premiere: The Kooks 'Forgive & Forget' Gets The Isabella 'Machine' Summers Treatment

  13-11-2015 15:15
  
  Listen to this track from The Kooks' forthcoming remix album, first with MTV...
  
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• #RIPEddieGuerrero: '#WWE Fans Will Never Forget Eddie,' Says Dean Malenko

  13-11-2015 14:17
  
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• Adele's 21 named greatest album of all time by Billboard with 24 weeks at number one

  13-11-2015 14:13
  
  Adele is yet to release her third LP but the singer is still breaking records with her previous album 21, which has been named the greatest album of all time by Billboard. In addition to claiming 78 consecutive weeks in the top 10, 21 earned Adele the accolade of the most weeks at number one for a female artist. Coincidental given the impending release of 25, Adele told Billboard in 2011: "I'm just going to lay some concrete, set up home and just 'be' for a bit.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Rocks Uber Cleavage And A Confusing Belt-Skirt On Date Night With Tyga

  13-11-2015 13:49
  
  Tyga sure seems happy about it.
  
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• Justin Bieber, Rita Ora & More Do Bohemian Rhapsody For Children In Need 2015

  13-11-2015 13:49
  
  We love these pics!
  
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• 8 Reasons We’re BFF Shipping Grimmy and Rita

  13-11-2015 13:09
  
  Why the BFFs are the best X Factor judges yet
  
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• Your Live Ranking Of Every Track On Justin Bieber's 'Purpose'

  13-11-2015 13:01
  
  Hands up who's not listened to anything else all day?
  
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• Twitter Round Up: Fans Are Freaking Out Over Justin Bieber's Purpose

  13-11-2015 12:37
  
  We love you guys....
  
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• Young jazz guitarist wins fans - and benefactors - in Madrid

  13-11-2015 12:22
  
  By Tracy Rucinski MADRID (Reuters) - If you're a guitar aficionado visiting the Headbanger Rare Guitar shop in Madrid, Spain, you're likely to find a teenager in a baseball cap bent over a 1955 Gibson, his nimble fingers producing jazz scales that belie his youth. The shop, with a selection of vintage guitars carefully hung on black walls, is a second home to Pedro Gonzalez, 17, who is attracting attention in the Spanish capital for his talent playing jazz guitar. "(His technique) seems influenc
  
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• Premiere: Format: B Chunks Up Martin Solveig's '+1'

  13-11-2015 12:10
  
  The 'Chunky' producer fiddles with Martin Solveig's latest single...
  
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• Rita Ora Wears The Disney Princess Dress Of Our Dreams At The Bambi Awards

  13-11-2015 12:06
  
  Can we borrow it sometime, babes?
  
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• REVIEW: TALA @ ICA London

  13-11-2015 12:05
  
  R&B
  
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• These Are Our 2015 Transgender Community Heroes

  13-11-2015 12:01
  
  These people are killing it for the cause
  
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• A Track-By-Track Guide To Justin Bieber's Purpose

  13-11-2015 11:40
  
  Today is a good day...
  
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• Judge Throws Out Taylor Swift Lawsuit Using Her Own Lyrics, Because Law Can Be Fun

  13-11-2015 11:34
  
  Someone’s a swiftie.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner Attacked For Being "An Insult To Trans Women"

  13-11-2015 11:33
  
  Things got nasty at the protest.
  
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• Your Live Ranking Of Every Track On One Direction's 'Made In The AM'

  13-11-2015 11:24
  
  It's all down to you...
  
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• A Track-By-Track Guide To One Direction's 'Made In The AM'

  13-11-2015 10:31
  
  We're into it.
  
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• J. Cole Puts His Spin on 'Can I Kick It?'

  13-11-2015 10:12
  
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• Take a Peek Into a Day in the Life of Konan

  13-11-2015 10:04
  
  UK Rap
  
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• The Popularity of Digital Music Services, 2004-present

  13-11-2015 01:00
  
   
  From Google’s beta-stage measurement analysis of topics, designed to accurately measure overall interest in a broader topic area, not just one specific search term.
  Results are relative to previous interest, but Google doesn’t offer absolute search volumes.
   
  The post The Popularity of Digital Music Services, 2004-present appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Prince: ‘Transcendence. That’s what you want. When that happens – Oh, boy'

  13-11-2015 00:54
  
  When our correspondent was abruptly summoned to an audience with the legendary artist in his Minneapolis studios, he had no idea what to expect. Certainly not being asked to duet on Sign o’ the Times ...In 1985, Prince released a single called Paisley Park, the first to be taken from his psychedelic opus, Around the World In a Day. It’s one of several Prince songs that describe a location that’s a kind of mystical utopia.Related: Prince declares war on touts as his ticket sales
  
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• Prince: ‘I was right about the internet – tell me a musician who’s got rich off it’

  13-11-2015 00:54
  
  When our correspondent was abruptly summoned to an audience with the legendary artist in his Minneapolis studios, he had no idea what to expect. Certainly not being asked to duet on Sign o’ the Times ...In 1985, Prince released a single called Paisley Park, the first to be taken from his psychedelic opus, Around the World In a Day. It’s one of several Prince songs that describe a location that’s a kind of mystical utopia.Related: Prince declares war on touts as his ticket sales
  
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• Music Review: On 5th album, One Direction satisfies

  13-11-2015 00:24
  
  One Direction, "Made in the A.M." (Columbia/Syco)
  
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