This Business Called Music

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2015 - The Year of Adele (via Nielsen) #musicbusiness

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Billboard Cover: Justin Bieber Says ‘I Was Close to Letting Fame Destroy Me’

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No haters here Bieber. Find that #purpose

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I will never be over what Taylor Swift did for the Music Industry today.

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Grooveshark shuts down, apologising to labels for lack of music licences

Streaming music service closes its doors after lengthy legal battle with rights holders, and says: ‘Despite best of intentions, we made very serious mistakes’

Licence your music people.

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I gotta find a flash mob to do this with :)

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Fire!!!

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Missy Elliot is back! #wemissedyou #pharell #chrisrock #blackworldcup #betexperience #nokiatheatre #betawards (at Nokia Theatre)

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#TBT

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In the elevator at work #warning #solange #officeshenanigans (at Goldenvoice / AEG Live Office)

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Never gets old.

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Happy Friday!

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Don’t miss out on an event unlike any other! Electric Forest loyalty tickets are on sale now and regular tickets go on sale tomorrow.

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Now that looks like a party!

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:)

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Almost off. Reenergizing before I join the crowd #monsterenergydrink #rockthebells #guerillaunion #hiphopisnotdead (at San Manuel Amphitheater)

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In my 25 years of choral performance and theatre, I've had my share of nights when I would show up to rehearsal scared that I would drop a line or forget my part.  It's never fun.  I used to wish that I had a hi-tech pair of glasses that could feed me my lines without letting the world know that I had doubt.  Leave it to Google to figure it out.

Google Glass: http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does

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A New Way to Measure Music

Technology continues to change the way we listen to music and now The Ultimate Chart has found a way to measure it.  Combining metrics from physical sales, digital sales, social media, radio and streaming, this new chart creates an easy to read glimpse of who's hot in music.  A new standard in music metrics or an overly simplified way of combining stats?  We'll see.

Check it out for yourself:  http://www.ultimatechart.com/

See what Forbes says: http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2013/08/29/what-adele-psy-and-daft-punk-have-in-common/