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Joshua Bell went viral in 2007 after a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial had him playing violin at a D.C. Metro station for indifferent commuters. Here, he talks about that experience, his new classical album and shares with us an exclusive playlist. -
Rhapsody Rebrands as Napster à la Early 2000s Peer-to-Peer Music Piracy Heyday
Yesterday, music streaming service Rhapsody announced they are rebranding themselves as Napster, the name of the popular but ultimately doomed early-aughts peer-to-peer file sharing service the company acquired in 2011. -
Spotify Co-Founders Threaten To Leave Sweden In New Letter
They are unhappy with restrictions on housing, stock options and lack of technology in education. Sweden may be the envy of other Europeans, right behind Switzerland, but Spotify doesn't exactly feel the same way. -
Spotify Raises $1 Billion In Convertible Debt To Fight Apple Music
Spotify just bolstered its war chest for the intensifying streaming wars. In the race to be the biggest and most powerful in the streaming game, having the most cash on hand is one of the major keys to success for aggressive growth and marketing schemes needed to signing up new customers and entering new markets. -
Spotify, Nightlife Music Announce CrowdDJ, Giving Users Ability To DJ Venue
Only available in Australia for now. Over the past few years technology has both been a blessing and a curse for DJs. It has given DJs more tools at their disposal to mix, dissect and recreate tracks on the fly live. -
Spotify Hits 30 Million Paid Subscribers According To CEO Daniel Ek
Damn Daniel that's a lot of subscribers. 30 million is an operational word for Spotify at the moment. On Friday they just agreed to a $30 million settlement with NMPA over unpaid royalties and today Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced on Twitter that the streaming service had eclipsed the 30 million paid subscribers mark. -
Spotify, NMPA Announce $30 Million Settlement Over Unpaid Royalties
The have also agreed on a plan to try and make sure this doesn't happen again going forward. Spotify has been facing a rash of lawsuits lately over royalty payments from mechanical licenses, but it just settled a major suit with the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) on the behalf of its constituents to the tune of $30 million over unpaid royalties. -
WhoSampled Unveils Spotify iPhone App Integration
WhoSampled has not been a mainstream music app during its eight year existence, but with its latest integration it could be heading down that path. The website and app that allows users to unearth various different samples that your favorite artists used in their tracks and from there see how else the song was sampled who else your favorite artist sampled on other songs. It just announced a new integration with Spotify on its iPhone app. -
Tidal Free Trial Users Check Your Bank Account, Jay Z's Music Service Might Have Charged You
If you're one of the 1 million current subscribers or among the hundreds of thousands of former free trial users, you may want to take a peek at your bank account and make sure you haven't been charged $19.99, the price of one month of Tidal's high fidelity audio service. -
Soundcloud to Launch Paid Subscription Service After Signing Deal With Universal
Apple Music, Tidal and YouTube Music all launched music subscription services in 2015. Now Soundcloud is preparing the debut of its own paid service. -
Nielsen Report: Unless You're Adele, Music Biz Is in Disarray
The 2015 U.S. Music Year-End Report compiled by Nielsen had a lot of media outlets exclaiming how much positive growth there is in the industry right now, but one analysis is showing that the numbers are up for interpretation. -
Pusha T, Tinashe, Diplo Want You To Go "Behind The Lyrics" With Genius & Spotify
Despite a few lawsuits, Spotify is continuing to expand its empire. Today, Jan. 12, it has announced a new partnership with crowd-sourcing lyrics company Genius that will take user "behind the lyrics." To help inaugurate these new playlists, Spotify has enlisted the help of a few artists well versed in making big tunes, Diplo, Pusha T and Tinashe to take listeners deeper into the meaning of these songs as the artists intended them.
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