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Facebook gets its own Content ID with Rights Manager

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Apr 14, 2016

It’s essentially Facebook’s equivalent of YouTube’s Content ID, albeit focused more on managing copyrighted video content uploaded to the social network and tackling infringement, rather than monetising user uploads of it.

The Rights Manager tool will enable rightsholders to: “Easily upload and maintain a reference library of video content to monitor and protect, including live video streams; Specify permitted uses of each video by setting match rules; Identify and surface new matches against your protected content so you can review them and file a report if needed; Whitelist specific Pages and profiles who have permission to use your copyright content; and Outsource management, monitoring and protection of your content by using our Rights Manager API” according to Facebook.

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Toronto to unveil music plaques celebrating Yorkville Village

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Toronto to unveil music plaques celebrating Yorkville Village

Toronto’s Yorkville Village – widely considered the heart of Canada’s bohemian, counterculture community in the ’60s and ’70s – boasted more than 40 clubs and coffee houses that nightly featured such legendary singer-songwriters as Gordon Lightfoot, Ian & Sylvia, Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. Those were extraordinary times. Club 71 the Village’s first coffee house, was opened by Werner Graeber in 1959. By 1964, Yorkville had become a nurturing environment not only for folk music, but also for pop, blues, and later, psychedelic rock. Hippies, teenagers and curious tourists flocked to these unlicensed venues, which offered an alternative to the Yonge Street bars.

Yorkville was also home to three acclaimed recording studios regularly used by such major Canadian artists as Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, The Guess Who, Lighthouse, Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan and Dan Hill and many international artists including Elton John, Cat Stevens and Fleetwood Mac.

The Yorkville scene inspired a generation of songwriters and led to the rise of a new Canadian sound. Many successful groups came to prominence through their performances there including Luke & The Apostles, The Ugly Ducklings, The Kensington Market, to name a very few.

On Friday, May 6th, long overdue, I might add, there will be an unveiling of three new plaques: The Purple Onion, The Penny Farthing and Yorkville’s Music Scene.

Thanks to Heritage Toronto for doing this. They’re the charitable arms-length agency of the City of Toronto established in 1949 to promote a greater appreciation for the city’s rich architectural, cultural, archaeological and natural heritage. Through partnerships with local community groups and volunteers, Heritage Toronto provides city-wide programs and services. Core annual programs include neighbourhood Tours, the Heritage Toronto Awards and Kilbourn Lecture, and a heritage Plaques and Markers program.

Toronto Mayor John Tory Gets Kudos In IFPI Global Music Report

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Toronto Mayor John Tory Gets Kudos In IFPI Global Music Report

The latest IFPI Global Music Report that was released this week had some great mentions of the success in 2015 from Justin Bieber, Drake and The Weeknd in the top Ten of Best-Selling Artists of 2015. But the report contains ven more Canadian content in the Report by way in a chapter on Music Cities that made mention of Toronto and Mayor John Tory.

The report noted that “Cities around the world are increasingly realising the economic potential of music alongside its long acknowledged cultural and social benefits. IFPI’s national affiliate Music Canada campaigned for Toronto to leverage music to benefit its economy based on the strategies deployed in Austin, Texas. It pointed out that Austin is much smaller than Toronto, the hub of Canada’s recording industry, but that the US city was using music far more effectively to generate jobs, taxes and growth.

“The campaign secured the engagement of City Hall and the Mayor of Toronto, John Tory, has put leveraging music at the heart of his political agenda. This successful campaign prompted interest from other cities around the world, looking for a “roadmap” so that they too could tap into the power of music.”

It also quotes Mayor Tory on the topic: “Growing our music industry is key to driving economic growth, job creation and investment. A city’s passion for music is important in attracting talented people to visit and to stay. The Mastering of a Music City report reinforces in my mind the real potential of what supporting the music industry can do to transform and grow a real 21st century city.”

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Here’s video of a quiet evening at Hunter S. Thompson’s house. Ha! Just kidding. He’s shooting at his neighbours

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Here’s video of a quiet evening at Hunter S. Thompson’s house. Ha! Just kidding. He’s shooting at his neighbours

…and now, we bring you a quiet evening at Owl Farm in Woody Creek, Colorado, the homestead where Hunter S. Thompson, aka Dr. Gonzo is spending a quiet moment and having a civil disagreement with his neighbours. Using guns. And NSFW language.

Joe Elliott Of Def Leppard On The First Album He Ever Bought

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Joe Elliott Of Def Leppard On The First Album He Ever Bought

The album was Every Picture Tells a Story by Rod Stewart. It was the first album I ever bought, and it was the first album I ever wanted to save all my pocket money for to buy. The first artist that I got into was Marc Bolan from T. Rex. Everything he did, the whole catalog, I wanted to be Marc Bolan. David Bowie when he did “Starman” on Top of the Pops as the first single from the Ziggy Stardust album, that blew me and everybody away. That song is the reference spot to so many different diverse artists — Boy George, Morrissey, Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet — all have said in the press that when they saw Bowie do that and threw his arm around Mick Ronson, that that just made them want to go out and buy a guitar or be a singer.

But the song that I’ve always said is my favorite song of all time and the one song that I’ve tried to write myself a million times and failed miserably is “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople, who are my favorite ever band in the world, as weird as that might sound. But “Young Dudes,” written by Bowie and recorded by Mott the Hoople, is the best song of all time. I tried to rewrite it on “We Belong.” Didn’t get there, but you can tell it’s a reference to it. Elton John once said to me, “If you’re in doubt, write a hymn,” and I tried to make that very biblical in its size and swagger, which I’ve always found “All the Young Dudes” to be. It’s never aged. It never will. It will sound as good in a hundred years’ time as it did in 1972.

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You can be Keith Moon, John Bonham, and Phil Collins, all without a real drumset

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You can be Keith Moon, John Bonham, and Phil Collins, all without a real drumset

Aerodrums is an air-drumming instrument. It runs on your computer and understands your drumming intent by watching you drum through a high speed camera. However, Aerodrums cannot be used to drum outdoors in daylight, so forget those Coachella dreams for a moment.

Aerodrums uses a subset of the Natural Drum Kit sample library, providing very high quality sound and expressiveness on par with a real drum kit.

For example, Aerodrums supports 16 different levels of openness for the hi-hats and uses as many as 58 different sound samples for a given openness level, per hand. Aerodrums uses different samples for the dominant and non-dominant hand.

You can point Aerodrums to your own sample collections to create new drums or cymbals to include in your drum kits. Aerodrums can also output MIDI notes as you drum, enabling you to trigger any MIDI compatible sampler (e.g. VST instruments such as Toontrack’s Superior Drummer), as well as record what you drum straight into a Digital Audio Workstation.

Here is a detailed list of the drums, cymbals and percussion that are sampled in the subset of the Natural Drum Kit library that Aerodrums uses:

Snares: Yamaha Peter Erskine Signature Model, 10 x 4 and Pearl Masters “All Maple”, 12 x 7.
Kick drums: Gretsch USA Maple, 20 x 16 and Gretsch USA Maple, 14 x 11 floor tom, positioned and played as a kick.
Hi-hats: UFIP 13″ “Bionic Series”
Splashes: UFIP 8″ and 12″ “Natural Series” splashes.
Crashes: UFIP 15″ and 18″ “Natural Series” crashes.
China: Zildjian 19″ “K Series”.
Ride: UFIP 20″ “Natural Series”.
Toms: Gretsch USA Maple 8″, 10″, 12″, 14″, 16″, one set of samples tuned for a bop sound and another set for a rock sound
Cowbell: Meinl 8” “Original Realplayer” steelbell
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Canadian Music Week Announces 2016 Indie Awards Nominees

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Canadian Music Week is proud to announce the nominees for the 2016 Indies – the16th Annual Independent Music Awards – presented with Indie88. Whitehorse, The Strumbellas, Carly Rae Jepsen, Grimes, Tobias Jesso Jr. are among the nominated artists being honoured across 14 categories on Wednesday May 4th at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in downtown Toronto. The full list of nominees is below.

The Indies happen at The Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne Street in Toronto. Doors open at 7:00pm, and limited CMW wristbands/passes accepted. CMW wristbands and passes can be purchased here: https://cmw.net/music/wristbands/

Celebrating the best of independent music – both Canadian and International – the #IndiesWithIndie88, supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation through the Ontario Music Fund, promise an unforgettable night out. This year’s awards will be hosted by Indie88’s Raina Douris and will feature special performances from nominated artists, including Wintersleep (nominated for Single of the Year), The Strumbellas (nominated for Single of the Year and Group of the Year), Alberta Cross, and The Zolas (nominated for Alternative Group of the Year).

Public and industry votes decide the winners of the 2016 Indies. Fans can vote online as of today at http://www.indies.ca.
2016 INDIE AWARDS NOMINEES

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen – Emotion (604 Records)
Grimes – Art Angels (4AD / Crystal Math)
Majical Cloudz – Are You Alone? (Arts and Crafts)
Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon (Arts and Crafts)
Viet Cong – Viet Cong (Flemish Eye)

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Arkells – Leather Jacket (Arkells Music Inc. / Universal Music Canada)
Coleman Hell – 2 Heads (604 Records)
Jocelyn Alice – Jackpot (Disruptor Records / Sony Music Canada)
The Strumbellas – Spirits (Six Shooter Records)
Wintersleep – Amerika (Dine Alone Records)

GROUP OF THE YEAR
BADBADNOTGOOD (Innovative Leisure)
Metric (Metric Music International Inc. / Universal Music Canada)
The Strumbellas (Six Shooter Records)
Whitehorse (Six Shooter Records)
Young Empires (Pirates Blend Records / Sony Music Canada)

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Carly Rae Jepsen (604 Records)
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Grimes (4AD / Crystal Math)
Lights (LIGHTS Music Inc. / Universal Music Canada)
YOAN (Productions J)

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
City and Colour (Dine Alone Records)
Hayden (Arts and Crafts)
Tobias Jesso Jr. (Arts and Crafts)
Whitehorse (Six Shooter Records)
Young Empires (Pirates Blend Records / Sony Music Canada)

ABORIGINAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
A Tribe Called Red (Pirates Blend Records / Sony Music Canada)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (True North Records)
City Natives (Unsigned)
Drezus (Drezus Music)
Tanya Tagaq (Six Shooter Records)

ALTERNATIVE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Destroyer (Merge)
Half Moon Run (Indica Records / Glassnote Music)
Mac DeMarco (Captured Tracks)
The Zolas (Light Organ Records)
Yukon Blonde (Dine Alone Records)

ELECTRONIC/DANCE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
A-Trak (Last Gang Records)
Braids (Flemish Eye)
Keys N Krates (Dim Mak)
Pomo (HW&W / Ultra Music Canada)
Purity Ring (Last Gang Records)

FRANCOPHONE ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Chocolat (Grosse Boite)
Galaxie (La Meute)
La Bronze (Kartel Musik)
Louis-Jean Cormier (Simone Records)
Marie-Pierre Arthur (Simone Records)

POP ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Coleman Hell (604 Records)
Dan Talevski (eOne Music Canada)
Jocelyn Alice (Disruptor Records / Sony Music Canada)
Ria Mae (Ria Mae Media / Sony Music Canada)
Tyler Shaw (Tyler Ip / Sony Music Canada)

RAP/R&B ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Daniel Caesar (Independent)
Jazz Cartier (Safe & Sound)
John River (Independent)
SonReal (Black Box)
Spek Won (Independent)

ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Dilly Dally (Buzz Records)
Hey Rosetta! (HR Music Inc. / Sonic Records)
Monster Truck (Dine Alone Records)
The Elwins (Hidden Pony Records)
The Glorious Sons (Black Box)

SINGER-SONGWRITER ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Basia Bulat (Secret City Records)
Dan Mangan (Arts and Crafts)
Lindi Ortega (Grand Tour Records / Last Gang)
Patrick Watson (Secret City Records)
The Weather Station (Outside Music)

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST/GROUP OF THE YEAR
Alabama Shakes (Cadence Music / ATO Records)
Courtney Barnett (Mom + Pop)
Major Lazer (Mad Decent)
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote Music)
Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats (Bottleneck Music / Concord Music Group)

Canadian podcast listenership among drivers are growing

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A new survey reveals that Canadian podcast listening in cars has continued to rise. Audience Insights polled more than 2,000 Canadians over the age of 18 about their use of audio in cars. The results showed 8% of the respondents having listened to a podcast in their vehicle in the past week. The rate appears low, but it has been gradually rising from 5% in December of 2010.

The results showed notably more podcast consumption among the 18-34 age group at 17%, compared with 8% for ages 35-54 and just 2% for the over 55 group. It was also most popular among university graduates compared with other education levels.

The podcast listeners demonstrated a more even distribution of time spent across audio formats in their cars. AM/FM radio had just a 40% share for podcast listeners, compared with 66% for all respondents. The podcast fans also had 21% share toward digital personal music collections and 19% share for the podcasts themselves. And while the car listenership is growing, the charts also revealed that home is the listening location of choice.

Radio on the Move Podcast Trend Update from Jeff Vidler

The Netherlands Sees Streaming And Digital Growth in 2015

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The Netherlands Sees Streaming And Digital Growth in 2015

NVPI, the Netherlands’ industry organization, announced the figures for the Dutch music sector’s performance in 2015. The music industry grew 12.5% to €136.9 million last year. All digital revenue totaled €72.2 million, and an impressive €61.3 million of that was generated by streaming. Digital revenue also secured a larger part of the Netherlands’ total music economy at 52.7%. Streaming alone held a 44.8% share of the 2015 industry revenue, falling just shy of the 47.3% share held by physical format sales.

These positive results are even stronger than the initial wave of information NVPI released about 2015. The Dutch data also offers further support for the recent global report from the IFPI, which emphasized streaming as the key revenue driver on a worldwide scale.

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Ticketmaster, Eventbrite confirmed to sell tickets through Facebook

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Following Facebook’s announcement in December that it would start selling concert tickets directly through its event pages via a ‘buy tickets’ button, the social media behemoth has signed up its first two ticketing partners: Ticketmaster and Eventbrite.

The former will start selling event tickets on Facebook by the end of April as part of an agreement that will see it pay the social network an affiliate fee for each ticket it sells, while Eventbrite will pilot a similar scheme but will not pay any fees for the duration of the trial period.

According to DigitalGov, Americans using mobile devices spend 87 per cent of their time in apps versus just 13 per cent in browsers (browsing, for example, the Ticketmaster or Eventbrite website) – and 50 per cent of their time in their most-used app and 78 per cent in their three favourite apps – so it’s obvious why the ticket agencies want a piece of what will be for many their most-used mobile app.

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