PlayTreks Establishes Proof-of-Concept In the Indie Music NFT Space

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Photo Credit: Playtreks Who says superstars get to have all the music NFT fun? As jaw-dropping NFT-minting headlines abound, PlayTreks has been quietly building its blockchain solution for indie and DIY artists. Now, the pre-Series […]

BMG Criticizes RIAA, Major Labels, and NMPA Over Mechanical Royalties

Surprise! Spotify Hands Over Your Personal Information to Major Labels When Using 'Pre-Save'

BMG has officially put the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), and the major labels themselves on blast for resisting a mechanical-royalty increase for physical releases and downloads. Berlin-based […]

Forty years of joystick waggling: the glory of multi-sport video games | Games

Moving a joystick left to right propels a runner forward in Track and Field.

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics are memorable for a lot of things – the jetpack at the opening ceremony, the historic performance by Carl Lewis, the greater focus on female athletes – but for nerds […]

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti: Stream His New Album

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Bad Bunny’s latest album is here. Listen to the reggaeton star’s new project, Un Verano Sin Ti, below via Apple Music and Spotify. Bad Bunny first teased Un Verano Sin Ti with an online classified ad selling […]

New Biography Claims Phil Mickelson Lost $40 Million Gambling Over A Four Year Period

New Biography Claims Phil Mickelson Lost $40 Million Gambling Over A Four Year Period

Back in 2016/2017, you couldn’t turn on prime-time television without seeing a commercial starring professional golfer Phil Mickelson. The main Mickelson commercials I remember promoted a prescription drug called Enbrel. Though, perhaps it’s a bad […]

‘I’ve never felt this depth of love’: Emeli Sandé on coming out, race and making music again | Emeli Sandé

Emeli Sandé performs Read All About It at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

I remember, as everyone does, Emeli Sandé performing at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. She sang Abide With Me so seriously, and yet so joyfully, she looked as though there were some kind […]

SGA, SCL & MCNA Applaud Mechanical Royalty Rate Increase In the US

SGA, SCL & MCNA Applaud Mechanical Royalty Rate Increase In the US

Major label and publishing conglomerates Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, as well as other publishers represented by the NMPA, have tentatively agreed to increase mechanical royalty rates on physical products […]