ASCAP, BMI, and SOCAN Unify Publisher Registration as MusicMark
By Kira Grunenberg This is no April Fool’s joke. Today marks the first full day of activity for newly launched collaborative endeavor, MusicMark. But what is MusicMark and why would someone possibly think of its existence as a prank? It might have something to do with the idea that multiple performing rights organizations (PROs) are
Unsound Festival Opens Tomorrow in New York
Unsound Festival began in 2009 in Krakow, largely known as the vibrant cultural hub of Poland. The festival, organized by the non-profit Tone Foundation For Music & New Art Forms, focuses on electronic, experimental, independent, and club music, and the intersection between and beyond all of those forms. Now in its fourth year running, Unsound has created
Billboard and Twitter Join Forces
By Jason Epstein Billboard and Twitter have joined forces to create “Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts.” The ranking system will join Billboard’s 200+ Official Billboard Charts to track the top Tweeted songs and artists. Though there’s no solid release date, the charts are due to launch within the coming weeks on Billboard.com. Twitter’s blog announcement provides
Samsung Milks the Streaming Market
By Carolyn Heneghan Yes, we have yet another streaming music service infiltrating the online listening landscape. Will this one be any different, and will if offer new features that the other services haven’t already? Samsung set out to specifically “address consumer pain points” with its new music streaming service, Milk Music: a “fresh” take on
Patatap Brings Joyous Visual Music to Your Browser
Press any key, A to Z or spacebar, and turn up speakers. We like instructions like this, but little did we know the next 15 minutes would be a captivating sensory overload of sound, color, and graphics. Patatap is a visual music browser application controlled by pressing alphabetical characters on a computer keyboard, which trigger
Balance Mastering Shares Funktion-One Impulse Responses from The Hive Project
London-based mastering house Balance Mastering has released a free set of impulse responses from the Funktion-One sound system at The Hive Project nightclub. Funktion One is known as the industry standard in club systems for their clean, painstakingly-tuned output, installed in the most iconic electronic music venues around the world (Funktion-One founder Tony Andrews even