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Lukas Harnisch | January 29, 2021 - 11:00 am Share this article: CREDIT: Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It’s become crystal clear this year that without touring revenue, many musicians have little hope of making a living. Streaming royalties are a pittance, and musicians have had to turn to new creative ways to stay afloat. Some sell exclusive vinyl, cassettes, and other merchandise on Bandcamp....

This week **Music streaming royalties strike a bum note **The BBC screw turns again Media Moment of the Week Elon Musk is no stranger to social media spats. His indiscretions on Twitter have moved stock markets, led to a highly-publicised defamation suit and landed him a $20m fine. So there was some surprise when Tesla listed a job advert for someone whose responsibilities included defending the brash billionaire from social media trolls. Image: Twitter/@jaymboller Tesla hastily removed this se...

As artists have repeatedly explained, the economics of music streaming are more than a little broken. Adding to that ever-growing list is no...

Gary Numan says he was paid £37 from a million streams "The streaming companies should pay more money" Gary Numan. CREDIT: Stefan Hoederath/Redferns Gary Numan has revealed that a million streams of one of his songs saw him receive a pay out of £37. Advertisement Numan hasn’t appeared at the inquiry, but gave his thoughts on the revenue from streaming – putting the figures into context. “The solution’s simple,” he told Sky News. “The streaming companies should pay more m...

The Broken Record Technique is a form of assertive behavior. It is a verbal response that is firm and clear and conveys a message that you mean what you say. It tends to work well in situations where people want to argue, dont want to listen, are non-compliant with treatment, forgetful or disorganized. Your aim is to prevent further conflict, manage the message more effectively or clarify information. You acknowledge what the other person is saying or doing and then explain your expectations, u...

Gary Numan has told Sky News he received just £37 for a hit that had been streamed more than a million times, as an inquiry into the economics of digital music services continues.

0 January 17, 2021 16:47 by Olivia Stock Nieve O’Donnell High-octane, bursting with vim, and almost obnoxiously addictive, Millie Manders and The Shutup write music to jump up-and-down on your bed too. In the wake of a thrashing debut LP, the London lead-singer talked flouting genre, saving the planet, and nurturing creativity in the Covid-age with Impact’s Nieve O’Donnell. Last October saw the release of Millie Manders and The Shutup’s debut LP Telling ...

- - - ‘On A Mission’ was released when electronic music was almost exclusively a phallocentric profession, but Peckham’s own, navigated the hallowed ground of dark distortion with sangfroid and a feminine cool. The Benga-produced title track ingeniously filtered club-generated moments to the mainstream: it’s injection of heavy-duty bass subordinate to Katy B’s cat-and-mouse role play, vocals contorting to match the brazenness of the syncopated beats; beckoning a call-a...

Justin Richmond has interviewed some of the world’s finest songwriters, so he’s got a lot to draw from when considering one particularly brilliant song to discuss with us. As host and lead producer of the popular Pushkin Industries podcast Broken Record, Richmond’s recently been privy to the creative processes employed by legendary artists like Bruce Springsteen, Pharrell Williams and Carlos Santana, as well as legends in the making, such as Brandi Carlile and Flying Lotus and rising sta...

FAIM deliver dark, fiery hardcore on debut LP ‘Hollow Hope’ Its year-end list season, and weve been posting a bunch of lists, as well as reading lots of other peoples lists, which means weve been coming across some great albums that we regrettably missed earlier this year. One of my new favorite discoveries of 2020 is Hollow Hope, the debut full-length by Denver hardcore band FAIM, who previously released a demo (2017), a 7" (2018), and a split with Discourage and Lift (2019). Ive seen FA...