Why do I have to go about it that way – where I am borrowed by a company? Why can’t I have my own company and visualise a product? |
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| rantnrave:// Though I've never met him, I've heard nothing but the nicest things about WILL.I.AM, as both music dude and technology entrepreneur. He's so nice, he tells THE TELEGRAPH's HARRY WALLOP, that women are quick to put him in the friend zone. WALLOP's profile of the musician/producer-turned-smartwatch-developer offers some great insight into a musician trying to navigate the tech world while seemingly at war with his own ego. These four pages of instructions to journalists who wish to interview him are hilarious and/or horrifying. To his credit, WILL "looks both amused and appalled" when WALLOP mentions them to him… KESHA says she was offered her "freedom" in exchange for apologizing publicly for saying she was raped. She says no deal… YASMINE KITTLES of TEARIST is apparently the first woman to press criminal charges against fallen music publicity exec HEATHCLIFF BERRU. "We have to stop the cycle," KITTLES says… What it was like to see GUNS N' ROSES at the TROUBADOUR on APRIL FOOLS' DAY… What it was like to not see them… What it was like to be at clubs from CBGB and the 9:30 CLUB to FABRIC and MOTOR: Our latest REDEF MusicSET, "NOTHING'S SHOCKING," collects oral histories of some of music's most legendary nightspots... NEW YORKERS: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST will celebrate PHIFE DAWG at 10:30 am today at ST. ALBANS PARK in QUEENS... RIP GATO BARBIERI. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| Hip-hop music and culture informs most things, including works of art and creative expression that don't sound anything like an MC over a break beat. Though not everybody would file Dean Blunt's output as music that falls under the purview of Microphone Check, we are far too intrigued by his work to find out he would be in Los Angeles and not ask him to sit with us. | | |
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| On tour in the United Arab Emirates during the end of 2014, DJ Esco was arrested at the Dubai airport for possession of marijuana. Esco, real name William Moore, is the DJ for one of rap music’s biggest names, Future. Ultimately, DJ Esco spent 56 nights in jail, returning to the U.S. in January 2015. | | |
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 | MTV News |
| What Drake, The Weeknd, and Rihanna tell us about themselves in their late-night calls. | | |
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 | The Telegraph |
| will.i.am on Trump, Tom Jones and being put in the friend zone. | | |
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 | LA Weekly |
| They came on a few minutes past midnight, an hour late, or really f***in' early (depending on what you think of Axl Rose). For "Use Your Illusion"-era converts like myself, who watched the band implode on MTV, this was a miracle, something that's "Not In This Lifetime," which is the cheeky title for GNR's North American tour. | | |
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 | Musonomics |
| Songwriters struggle to get paid while the copyright system designed to protect their rights is partially to blame, but why? In this episode of Musonomics, Larry Miller takes a look at how the copyright and royalty payment system is failing a new generation of songwriters. | | |
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 | Techdirt |
| As we've mentioned, today is the day that comments are due to the Copyright Office on the effectiveness (or not) of Section 512 of the DMCA, better known as the "notice and takedown" safe harbor provisions. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| A report from the other side of the border, where pioneering female producers, culture-mashing crews, and utopian vegan festivals are setting the underground dance scene alight. | | |
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 | Atlas Obscura |
| Vintage albums made for television were pretty groovy, man. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| The country-music superstar on bucking industry conventions, keeping fans happy, and acting his age. | | |
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 | The New York Observer |
| The guitarist chats about his history, his multiple Grammy nominations, his 2015 single with Robin DiMaggio that raised proceeds to benefit UNICEF, and the spread of shred across the globe. | | |
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 | Ebony |
| Nearly 40 years after its debut, fans and industry heads reflect on this historic release. | | |
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 | Magnetic Magazine |
| SoundCloud shafts its most important people, the musicians that provide great original content and the fans who listen to it, in favor of paying the labels. | | |
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 | Cuepoint |
| As Spotify, Soundcloud and Apple Music raise the bar, here’s how YouTube can stay the course. | | |
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 | The Fader |
| A talk with TYGAPAW, the Jamaican immigrant behind some of NYC's most inclusive after-hours parties. | | |
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 | Okayplayer |
| "Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite" is an album that spans generations. As it reaches its 20th anniversary, it’s hard to imagine the bumpy ride it took to get here. | | |
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| NPR |
| Ane Brun recently turned 40, and she -- like many of us who've reached that milestone -- has been taking stock of her life. It's a life filled with music and success, but there have also been a few rough spots. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Ever since grime first emerged in the early 00s, people have been asking questions about how to define the genre. Is it a style of hip-hop? An offshoot of UK garage? A cousin of jungle? Perhaps answering these questions conclusively would chip away at the sense of freedom that has drawn so many people to write bars and make beats. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| Few voices wrote and sang with more clarity than Phil Ochs about the ups and downs of 1960s America. | | |
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