This week’s good reads in music news include a ‘season’s end’ survey of festival execs, a post on the return of Winamp, and the Beastie Boys recalling the recording of ‘Paul’s Boutique.’ These were three of thirty links offered this week by the Daily Chord, SXSW’s music news aggregator. Check the Chord page each weekday morning for new stories, and subscribe to the email update for a handy reminder.
Monday, October 15
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Universal signs multi-year direct licensing agreement with Mixcloud
Post from Music Business Worldwide -
How Hillsong Church conquered the music industry in God’s name
Story from The Fader -
Apple acquires analytics firm that claims it can ‘find the next Justin Bieber’
Post from The Verge -
Need a song for your commercial? Try these campers
Story from NY Times -
The B-52’s “The B-52’s”
Review from Pitchfork -
Inside drummer-author Martin Atkins’ punk rock rules on how to break the rules
Post from Grammy News
Tuesday, October 16
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Winamp returns in 2019 to whip the llama’s ass harder than ever
Post from TechCrunch -
Your local cafe is probably streaming music illegally
Post from Bloomberg -
Warung: The Brazilian paradise that had to fight for the right to party
Story from The Guardian -
Did Japan’s seedy teen idol business drive this girl to death?
Story from The Daily Beast -
Best of ’88: Run DMC’s ‘Beats To The Rhyme’ was the throwback the world wasn’t ready for
Story from Rolling Stone -
‘A Star Is Born’ soundtrack gives Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper a no. 1 album
Post from NY Times
Wednesday, October 17
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YouTube suffers extended global access problems, outages
Post from Variety -
Fender study finds half of new guitarists are women
Story from Rolling Stone -
Shamrock Capital purchases Stargate music catalog
Item from NY Post -
Zane Lowe knows the industry is changing but he’s not scared
Interview from Noisey -
The story behind Jason Isbell’s new live album
Story from AL.com -
The making (and unmaking) of ‘Paul’s Boutique’
Excerpt from Vulture
Thursday, October 18
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Fortnite is a video game phenomenon. The music business could learn a lot from its success
Post from Music Business Worldwide -
Festival industry survey: Charles Attal, Ashley Capps, Jennifer Justice, John Reese and more weigh in on the changing festival market
Interviews from Pollstar -
Rules for success for blockchain music entrepreneurs
Guest post from Hypebot -
Meet Chai, the eclectic Japanese rock band redefining what it means to be cute
Interview from Pitchfork -
Fembots, dancing queens, and love fools: 60 minutes of Swedish pop
Post from AV Club -
Spotify Premium gets personalized artist radio stations and better search
Post from The Verge
Friday, October 19
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40 under 40: Music’s top young power players of 2018
List from Billboard -
Colin Kaepernick: Rihanna ‘declined Super Bowl invitation in support of quarterback’
Item from BBC News -
Body-positive rapper Lizzo: ‘My job is to emote and communicate and bop’
Interview from The Guardian -
DJs will soon be able to mix songs streaming from SoundCloud
Post from The Verge -
Ticketmaster buys a blockchain company to guard against ticket fraud
Post from Engadget -
YouTube’s music videos now sell you concert tickets
Post from Rolling Stone
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