Proud owner of a vintage guitar collection? This is sure to be a prized collection and worth a lot of money, so you will want to do everything that you can to protect your collection. There are a few ways that you can do this that will help you to
Ticket prices have been rising for decades, new pricing structures, global events, and the current economic prices are exacerbating the problem. As a consequence, fans are increasingly prevented from attending live music events – to illustrate this point, a recent study by YouGov showed that tickets prices prevent nearly 20%
Goldenvoice, the organisers of Coachella, have been fined $117,000 (£94,071) for breaching curfew rules each night during the first weekend of the festival. Coachella signed an agreement with the city of Indio in 2013 which included a curfew policy of midnight for Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 PM for Sundays.
Canadian singer-songwriter and music producer, Grimes, will be delivering the keynote speech at the International Music Summit (IMS) in Ibiza. The three-day event, which will be taking place later this month, will focus on the theme of “Face the Future”. The summit will conclude with Grimes’s speech on the topics
Heardle, a music-guessing app spun-off from The New York Times’ Wordle game, is set to shut down less than ten months after its acquisition by Spotify. Similar to the popular word game, Heardle challenges players to identify a song every day for points. Spotify purchased the game in July 2022,
A new report called Fix the Mix has highlighted a significant gender pay gap and lack of women and non-binary people in music tech roles across the industry. The report, produced by We Are Moving the Needle, Jaxsta, Middle Tennessee State University, and Howard University, found that women and non-binary
Two music organisations, Black Artist Database and shesaid.so, have decided not to participate in the International Music Summit this year. According to Resident Advisor, the two platforms are putting their partnerships with the thought-leadership event on pause, following Beatport’s majority acquisition of IMS earlier this year. As previously reported, a
Bandcamp United, the recently launched union for Bandcamp employees, has accused the company’s leadership of attempting to undermine unionisation efforts. According to an article from Resident Advisor, the newly established union expressed concerns in an Instagram post that Bandcamp was delaying the National Labor Relations Board hearing needed to legitimise
Spotify has decided to shut down its live audio streaming app, Spotify Live. Spotify Live, which functioned as a separate app to Spotify, allowed users to stream and interact with live audio, including podcasts and music. According to MusicAlly, who broke the story yesterday, the company believes that there is
Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away. The pioneering Japanese composer was 71 years old. The news of his death was announced on April 2nd, and it was revealed that he had died on March 28th. Sakamoto was known for his work as the keyboardist for Yellow Magic Orchestra, as well as
