Everyone else wanted to be Elvis. I wanted to be Scotty. | | | | | Come for Elvis; stay for Scotty and Bill. (Adam Jones) | | | | |  | “Everyone else wanted to be Elvis. I wanted to be Scotty.”
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| | rantnrave:// How many people who helped foment musical revolutions are planning on dying this week? SCOTTY MOORE, who died TUESDAY, wasn't just the last living link to ELVIS PRESLEY's initial volcanic eruption. He was, in many ways, the very volcano from which singles like "THAT'S ALL RIGHT," "BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE" and "MYSTERY TRAIN" erupted. His reverb-drenched rockabilly guitar was the electric prod in the drummerless trio of ELVIS, MOORE and bassist BILL BLACK; it's one of the cornerstones of all of rock and roll. He was also, as rockabilly guitarist DEKE DICKERSON notes in this essential profile, ELVIS's bandleader and first manager: "the man who drove the man who would be King through the lonely highways of the Deep South, chasing a dream that ELVIS alone would take to the bank. He is, more than anything, the archetype of the silent but steady sideman." You know the type. It was not God who gave rock and roll to you. It was men like MOORE. And men he learned from. And men he taught. But for a few crucial years in a few crucial studios, on a few world-changing 45-RPM singles, it all seemed to crystallize on the strings of MOORE's own guitar... YOUTUBE says its content ID function detects audio files uploaded to the service with "99.7% precision." Label execs say it's more like 50%. That's not a rounding error or a small disagreement. That's one side saying blue and the other side saying squirrel, with tens of millions of acorns, I mean dollars, caught somewhere in the middle. The WALL STREET JOURNAL's HANNAH KARP has a nice explainer of where we're at in the growing war between YOUTUBE and the music biz... CHRIS CASTLE gets into the nitty gritty of some of the other negotiating points in that war... Musician/designer TOM VEK has an altogether different complaint about APPLE MUSIC: Its upcoming redesign has it "rounding the corners of artwork"... Two helpful lists if you've fallen behind on your new music the same way that I've fallen behind on "SILICON VALLEY": NPR MUSIC's 100 Favorite Songs of 2016 (So Far) and JESSE JARNOW's suggestions for 12 New Artists to Check Out If You're Still Listening to Classic Rock... Some of these awesome metal emojis might also be useful if you're texting about "GAME OF THRONES"... The U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION's guide to rave culture circa 2001... RIP MACK RICE. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | WSJ |
| On-demand site says its Content ID service matches audio files at 99.7% precision rate. | | |
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 | Music Tech Solutions |
| As I noted in a recent Huffington Post blog, major labels are in the middle of renegotiations with YouTube, Google's subsidiary and the world's dominant video search engine. These deals are relatively short term and are renegotiated every few years. | | |
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 | The Fader |
| The Paris-born, Queens-raised rapper outran his past. Now, with J. Cole's support, he's got better shot at life. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| Nearly 30 years after "Appetite for Destruction," Guns N' Roses are back on tour - and fully in their classic rock phase. | | |
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 | Guitar Player |
| Scotty Moore Elvis’ guitarist, bandleader, and first manager—the man who drove the man who would be King through the lonely highways of the Deep South, chasing a dream that Elvis alone would take to the bank. He is, more than anything, the archetype of the silent but steady sideman. | | |
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 | Gamasutra |
| In this article, we'll be taking a look at how the same technology will allow us to make interesting music using more serious tools that are incorporated directly inside the VR environment -- musical instruments that exist entirely within the VR 'machine.' | | |
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| The Fader |
| After much online debate, the British artist will retain her headline spot at the festival. | | |
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 | Bearded Gentlemen Music |
| Radiohead's "A Moon Shaped Pool" is a devastatingly dejected, spine tingling take on a break up album. The soundtrack to a divorce and a new beginning. | | |
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 | NPR |
| Playlists are a dime a dozen these days. Cheap and charming, updated by algorithm or "curated by hand," the grab bag anchors this post-album, post-download, post-mixtape moment. Still, we don't think you'll find anything quite like this list of 100 songs. Beyonce's here; so is Bowie. | | |
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 | Charlie Rose |
| The twin sister musicians present their latest album, "Love You to Death," and an acoustic performance in-studio. | | |
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 | Toronto Star |
| What is the value of Drake to the Toronto brand? The Star finds out. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| Longtime Prince collaborator Sheila E. outlines the creative process behind her tribute to Prince for the BET Awards, featuring former member of the New Power Generation as well as members of her own band. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| ‘If you wanted to have sex in the middle of the club, you could. No one cared.’ | | |
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 | Clash Magazine |
| An up-front and intimate chat with a true icon. | | |
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 | The Vinyl Factory |
| Restricted, repressed and even imprisoned, black jazz musicians in ’70s and ’80s South Africa were forced underground. | | |
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 | Music Aficionado |
| Ever feel like there're no new artists today as good as the great ones from the good ol' days? Do your playlists still include mostly hits from the previous millennium? Do your kids give you facepalms every time you crank up “Free Bird”? Let’s face it: You’re in a classic rock rut. But there is hope. | | |
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| The Fader |
| On its fifth anniversary, a consideration of how this exceptional album became a pivot point for her career. | | |
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 | Vice |
| Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" turns 20 today and, in retrospect, its release in 1996 was exactly what East Coast hip-hop needed. | | |
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 | Resident Advisor |
| Will Lynch explains how Ital's New York-based label has become a totem for a distinctive new group of American artists. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Of all the musicians who worked with Presley, none was more important than his right-hand man onstage, Scotty Moore. | | |
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 | RIP Scotty Moore |
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