April 18, 2024| Reports| Barb Dye
By Alexandra Steigrad, New York Post | Universal Music Group — which owns the rights to superstars... Read More → Taylor Swift’s Music Label Universal Media Group Threatens to Pull Music from TikTok
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Early stage talks are expected to include a potential tool fans could use to make AI-generated songs. Google... Read More → Google and Universal Music Working on Licensing Voices for AI-generated Songs
July 27, 2023| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
By Amy Paturel, Wired | Maybe it’s a commercial jingle, a TikTok song, or a new summer bop. Here’s how to... Read More → “Earworms” – Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them
July 20, 2023| Reports| Barb Dye
Photo: Miranda Lambert | By Curtis M. Wong, Huff Post | Miranda Lambert inadvertently waded into the ongoing... Read More → Miranda Lambert Halts Concert To Reprimand Fans For Taking Selfies
June 29, 2023| News| Barb Dye
Photo: Harry Styles | By Libby Torres, Insider / Yahoo | Harry Styles stopped in the middle of a packed... Read More → Harry Styles Pauses His Concert to Let a Pregnant Fan Use the Bathroom . . .
June 14, 2023| Music Notes| Barb Dye
Photo: President Andrew Jackson | By Ella Creamer, Politico | In 1824, Andrew Jackson ran for president with... Read More → How to Not Screw Up Your 2024 Campaign Song: A Primer
May 4, 2023| Music Notes| Barb Dye
By Crystal Bell, Nylon | Look at the biggest songs in the U.S. right now and you’ll find a bit of... Read More → Is K-Pop Finally Mainstream? And What Does “mainstream” Even Mean in 2023?
April 6, 2023| Reports| Barb Dye
By Pauline Villegas, Insider | A TikTok shared on Saturday sparked an online debate about appropriate concert... Read More → Concertgoers Who Were Filmed Grinding at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Sparked Another Online Debate About Concert Etiquette
November 17, 2022| Research| Barb Dye
By Hannah Devlin, | Music makes you lose control, Missy Elliott once sang on a hit that is almost impossible... Read More → Slaves to the Rhythm: Rats Can’t Resist a Good Beat, Researchers Say
October 27, 2022| Buyer Beware| Barb Dye
By Emily Baker-White, Forbes Staff | A China-based team at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, planned to... Read More → TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens
June 2, 2022| Samplings| Barb Dye
COMBO Board Member Jamie Krutz sent a couple of articles that deal with the music industry in general. We... Read More → Record Labels Want Viral TikToks – Artists Are Pushing Back // Live Nation Subsidiaries Got Millions in Aid Meant for Independent Venues
March 17, 2022| Interesting Bits| Webmaster
(Photo of Abigail Brooks from her Facebook page; by American Idol) By Jennifer O’Brien, ScreenRant | The... Read More → American Idol: What to Know About Abigail Brooks’ TikTok Singing
March 3, 2022| Reports| Barb Dye
Y’all, it’s simple to make it in today’s music business: Just follow these simple 10... Read More → Michael St. James Breaks The Music Business Down For You!
January 20, 2022| Songwriter's Corner| Barb Dye
Encanto cover | By Ashley Spencer, New York Times | “A seven-foot frame! Rats along his back!” a... Read More → We’re Going to Talk About ‘Bruno,’ Yes, Yes, Yes
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