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Apple Music: Are we on the verge of indi labels getting no royalties for three months
As we move toward the launch of Apple music, I am trying to understand what will happen during the free three month trail period to indi artists? According to a recent article, Apple sent a ‘take it or leave it’ … Continue reading
Leaked Contract: Apple Music Pays No Royalties For Free Account Plays
Off the back of the few posts I have made this week – this one is the most disturbing. While I love the idea of giving the new Apple Music service a try out before paying – to hear that … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, apple music, copyright, royalties, spotify, Streaming
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Spotify responds to Apple Music by revealing it now has 75m active users
Another post in The Guardian has revealed that Spotify has made a significant increase in its paid subscribers over the last 12 months – despite the fact that 20 million paid subscribers is a drop in the ocean compared to … Continue reading
Apple Music talks investigated for potential anti-competitive behaviour
The new Apple streaming service is getting more interesting by the second. According to an article in the Guardian – they are now being investigated for anti competitive behaviour. Could we be experiencing a similar situation to the ‘payola’ situation … Continue reading
Apple Music Finally Unveiled
So, Apple have eventually entered the streaming market. It appears that they are now attempting to develop an ‘all in one’ platform that facilities users to access all of their content in one place. What I am interested in is … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, copyright, Music, Music Streaming, paul carr, spotify, Streaming
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Sting Interview: BBC Radio Newcastle on May 29th 2015
My interview on Radio Newcastle on my Sting book is available for the next week below. The interview links into Geordie Identity and the progressive ‘love/hate’ relationship with a region. It also covers how it is possible to negotiate your … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc, Geordie Identity, Hate, Love, Newcastle, paul carr, Radio Newcastle, sting
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The Elements of Music and Musical Form
This podcast is on the relationship on the elements of music and form. It considers the ways in which elements such as musical texture, time signatures, and harmony can interact to create expectations in a listener. In popular music, these … Continue reading
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Tagged elements of music, exptectations, musical form, musicology, paul carr
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Save our Sounds HLF funding – The British Library
I am so pleased to hear that this funding has been given to the British Library to develop this sound Archive. Really interested to see what music is included. See below for details. The British Library has received *earmarked funding … Continue reading
The Elements of Music: How can we use them to discuss ‘interest’ in a piece of music?
This post concerns the elements of music, and the ways in which they are prioritised to indoctrinate interest in a piece of music. How can we use the elements that for most are so familiar, to begin to analyse popular … Continue reading
How Music Means and/or What Music Means?
Here is another very brief snippet asking students to consider the difference between WHAT music means and HOW it means. As Alan Moore points out in his book ‘Song Means’ – there is often a confusion here. For me, it … Continue reading
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Tagged how music means, music analysis, musicology, polysemic, song analysis, what music means
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