Bob Dylan nabs his 70th Billboard 200 chart entry, as his new triple album, aptly titled Triplicate, debuts at No. 37. The effort – which features covers of classic tunes like “As Time Goes By,” “Stormy Weather” and “Sentimental Journey” – starts with 13,000 units (nearly all from traditional album sales).
Drake Just Passed A Billion Streams For One Of His Albums – AGAIN
Drake’s More Life, which was released on March 18, continues to rack up staggering streaming numbers. The set’s 22 tracks have now generated more than 1 billion on-demand audio streams in the U.S.: 1.07 billion through the week ending April 6, according to Nielsen Music. The latest tracking week pushed it past the billion threshold, as it collected another 167 million streams in the frame.
To put More Life’s sizzling streaming total in perspective: Ed Sheeran’s former No. 1 ÷ (Divide), which was been out for five weeks and is also big on streaming services, has collected 599 million streams for its tracks. Or, take a look at the streaming total for Bruno Mars’ No. 2-peaking album 24K Magic: it has collected 470 million streams for its tracks since the set bowed 20 weeks ago. (Keep in mind, Sheeran and Mars’ streaming totals are still impressive – just not on the level of More Life.)
Huge streaming numbers are a familiar sight to Drake: his previous release, 2016’s Views, holds the record as the album with the highest number of on-demand audio streams for its tracks: 3.48 billion to-date.
The Trailer for “Detroit” Is Here
From the Academy Award winning director of THE HURT LOCKER and ZERO DARK THIRTY, Kathryn Bigelow’s DETROIT tells the gripping story of one of the darkest moments during the civil unrest that rocked Detroit in the summer of ‘67.
Killing in the Name of Toys
Toys instrument band The Wackids cover Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name Of with…toys. It doesn’t sound so menacing now, eh?
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Jazz FM Presents 2nd Free Music Business Seminar May 7
JAZZ.FM91and Music Ontario are excited to announce the line-up for our second 2017 Music Business Seminar + Artist Showcase in partnership with TD Bank Group.
TUNE UP TORONTO: FOCUS ON JAZZ
Date: Sunday, May 7
Time: 1:00pm –10:00pm
Location: Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario
Admission: FREE
They’ve brought together a fabulous list of speakers and panelists for a full day of learning and networking about careers in jazz music. From the nuts and bolts of money matters to the everyday challenges of being a creative person under stress, this seminar will give you the tools you need to forge a career in jazz.
After the workshops and discussions, stay for an evening of music as they present a showcase of fantastic emerging jazz artists!
To register for this free seminar, go here: www.tuneuptojazz2017.eventbrite.ca
To apply for an artist showcase spot, go here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/tuneuptojazz2017
ASCAP Launches New Member Benefit With LANDR Who Will Provide Free, Unlimited Mastering To Members
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the world leader in performing rights and advocacy for music creators, and LANDR, the world’s #1 automated mastering platform, announced today that it will provide ASCAP members with access to unlimited automated mastering.
This marks the beginning of ASCAP’s larger initiative to offer its 600,000 members an integrated member benefits experience with preeminent organizations, such as LANDR, that deliver services to music professionals. ASCAP will provide easy access to these services as it adds new exclusive benefits that align with member needs.
“Songwriters and composers are the heart and soul of music and ASCAP’s mission is to support them creatively and professionally at every stage of their careers,” said Elizabeth Matthews, ASCAP Chief Executive Officer. “Together with LANDR, we are offering them a valuable tool that they can use to bring their music to the world. In the future, ASCAP members can look forward to more best-in-class benefits that meet their needs and create more opportunities for them to succeed.”
All ASCAP members will be given exclusive access to LANDR’s Basic Subscription plus one HD WAV per month at no charge, including unlimited mastering of demos, live sets, DJ mixes, or even rough studio jam sessions. Unlimited free mastering means songwriters and composers can greatly improve the sound quality of anything they produce— even projects without a budget for mastering.
This benefit also includes access to LANDR’s latest smart sharing features. These enable songwriters and composers to privately and securely share their work with collaborators. More information on the offer can be found on ASCAP’s Member Benefits page http://bit.ly/2okVRZj.
“LANDR’s mission has always been to support all musicians throughout their careers, which is of course perfectly aligned with ASCAP’s vision to represent, support, and compensate songwriters and composers. We believe firmly in fair compensation for music creators, and by partnering with ASCAP we’re in an excellent position to support that. By using our mastering service, all ASCAP members will be able to take their sound even further. Anything that helps bring more music into the world is always a beautiful thing,” said Pascal Pilon, CEO of LANDR.
LANDR was recently named by CNBC as one of the Top 25 brightest, most intriguing, young startups promising to become the great companies of tomorrow.
The Stone Roses’ Remi And His Isolated Drum Track For “Love Spreads”
The Stone Roses’ drummer Reni’s laid-back style of complex, off-beat rhythms was influential in bringing about the blend of indie and dance music which formed much of the Manchester (or Madchester) sound of the day. He is considered by many industry insiders to be the best drummer of his generation. Check out his isolated drums on Love Sprads shows why The Who’s Pete Townshend once hailed him as ‘the most natural drummer I’ve seen since Keith Moon.”
The man Pete Townshend once hailed as ‘the most natural drummer I’ve seen since Keith Moon.
Nobel Peace Prize winner and education activist, Malala Yousafzai’s Exclusive Interview With 14-Year-Old Blogger Hannah Alper
Yesterday, following the acceptance of her honorary Canadian citizenship in Ottawa, Nobel Peace Prize winner and education activist, Malala Yousafzai sat down for one interview, with blogger, youth activist and WE Ambassador, Hannah Alper for an exclusive interview. In one of Malala’s first interviews as a Canadian citizen, the two young activists discussed Canada, their beginnings as bloggers, youth empowerment and ultimately, how to change the world.
Hannah and Malala, who have known each other from afar through their mutual connection to WE, met in person for the first time today after Hannah was personally invited by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Malala to join the celebratory activities throughout the day.
TESTIMONIALS FROM MALALA
“I’ll always remember this as a very incredible moment in my life, and the thing I was pushing today was investment in education and I think if Canada leads in that, then the world will follow the footsteps of Canada. The world will learn from Canada and I think investment in girls’ education is the best way to which we can solve many of the issues that we are facing.”
“…I think that people often say that youth [are] the future and that their education and their wellbeing will affect each and every one of us. But I think considering youth as the future is one side, but also accept them as the present. If the youth does not have the right of education, if the youth does not get the facilities of good health… If they don’t have equal opportunities… Then it means it is impacting each and every one of us so I would say that the youth, we often call them future leaders, but in my opinion they are present leaders as well and should step forward and believe in themselves…” (sic).
“Your voice is the most important thing. If you have the voice, then nothing can stop you. If you believe yourself, nothing can stop you.”
“…In order to go forward you need to believe in yourself… You need to be your biggest supporter and your best friend. If you don’t’ believe in yourself, you can’t go forward… I always considered myself as a mature person right from the beginning and that was also because my father believed in me and he allowed me to talk, he would listen to me carefully and I think parents and your community can play a big role in that – that they listen to you, that they give importance to your voice and then you start realizing that yes your voice really matters, even if you’re young it doesn’t matter.”
“I would really want all Canadian brothers and sisters that they should come together and join this mission of education for all children. If it is about your children, you would not want your children to be out of school even if that’s for a week or a month to be deprived… So there are many children across the world, more than 130 million girls who can’t go to school, and if we do not speak out for them, they will be a generation lost. They will never get this opportunity … And this is something that we should consider as emergency. We should not ignore it. This is a time that we speak out for it now. We tell our leaders, we tell our local politicians, that we want you to focus on education especially in our foreign policies, that it should become one of our top priorities.” (sic).
David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World Performed On A Gayageum
Musician Luna Lee’s latest cover of David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World seems especially well suited to being played on the classic Korean instrument, the gayageum. It sounds almost as good as Nirvana’s cover. Almost.