Celebrity Life
Get Ready for a Music-Making ‘Arms Race’ in 2021
Beatport's acquisition of Loopmasters may have just fired the starter pistol on an acquisition frenzy in sector of "sample packs," plugins, and other modern technologies that have become key to music production
When Will Live Music Return?
After a bruising 10 months of Covid shutdown, live music businesses — not to mention artists and fans — are hoping concerts and tours can return in the spring of 2021. But is it a pipe dream?
All They Want for Christmas Is a TikTok Hit
Labels are trying to use TikTok to launch a new song into the Christmas music canon
At Work With Mega House, Maroon 5 and Miley Cyrus’ Secret Weapon
This company fires up hits for everyone from Dua Lipa to Shawn Mendes and Ozzy Osbourne. Its cofounders break down how they built the powerhouse
The Exponential Rise of Leah Kate’s ‘F-ck Up the Friendship’
"She's practically running a full-service label for herself from her bedroom," says Alexis Ohanian, founder of Seven Seven Six, who partnered with Kate through a data-driven music startup earlier this year and provided her with funding
How Do Composers Score Music During a Pandemic? One Single Instrument At a Time
Inside the painstaking and "very convoluted" process of building film scores in Covid, which involves meshing together hundreds of individually recorded files from every member of an orchestra
New Venues, High-Tech Concerts: AEG’s Plan to Come Out of Covid Stronger Than Ever
Construction of new music venues and technology updates are happening faster "as a result of not having to remodel the airplane while still flying in the air," says the concert company's CEO Jay Marciano
Wait, Bob Dylan Owned ‘The Weight’? An Explainer
In selling his own catalog to Universal Music, Dylan also sold the publishing rights of the Band's first album Music From Big Pink — thanks to a peculiar arrangement that goes back to 1967
When an Instagram Meme Gets You a Record Deal
TikTok dominates label marketing conversations, but some digitally savvy acts are having more success seeding their music through Instagram memes
Universal’s Bob Dylan Catalog Buy Is About Survival
Universal Music bought Bob Dylan's 600 songs to fight back against existential threats to its business. The two other music majors, Warner and Sony, have also joined the battle
At Work With Neil Jacobson, the ‘Larry Gagosian of the Catalog Business’
The former Universal exec founded his own company to represent the hitmakers behind the likes of BTS, Ariana Grande, and AC/DC — and to make them some serious cash
TikTok Is Blowing Up Rap Verses Before They’re Even Songs
Championxiii only turns his freestyles into full-fledged tracks if he gets an enthusiastic response from his TikTok followers. "I don't like to waste resources," he says