I worked at EMI last century, and my boss told me anecdotes about Bhaskar Menon. Of course he was known as the driving force behind Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon which was in the Billboard charts for 741 weeks.

This is his moving New York Times obituary which came out yesterday.

Bhaskar Menon, Who Turned Capitol Records Around, Dies at 86…[Read more]

I love the French. But what’s with the French? Can’t get my mind around this. The pandemic is leading to more and more streaming around the world. Why not France? It is their national character? Well let’s read Music Ally and do the work to understand this.

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France recorded music revenues grew by just 0.1% in 2020

The 2020 figures are…[Read more]

Did you know that the top 500 artists on Spotify last year generated around $1.85bn in royalties from the streaming service – 37% of its overall payouts?Or did you know that the 286,000 DIY artists releasing through distributors generated $1.17bn of Spotify royalties last year – around 23.5% of the total?You do now. These are just a couple of th…[Read more]

I listened to this great seminar yesterday, by Helena Kosinski at MRC Data. She is particularly interesting on Radio and the relationship of the different streaming services. It is astonishing to me what a hold radio still has over music consumption. All those top 40 stations make it nice and easy to listen.

This is the link and you just have to…[Read more]

What does Eminem revenue look like in 2020?

8 Mile made three times the revenue of Music To Be Murdered By. Delve into granular data for precise insights. At MusicID Revenue we calculate the indicative revenue. For each alum and single, we apply the IFPI audited revenue in each country. It is very clever mathematics which Steve worked out. How do…[Read more]

This is a document we have from a few years ago. It shows the structure of a 20 course History of Rock overview.

Yes, it may seem a bit long, but I wanted to share it. Nothing like the detail of a course structure to make scholarship come alive. I just find this inspiring, and a professor at Tufts gave it to me as an example we could share. I…[Read more]

Just in from the great people at Music Ally.

Rumours that SoundCloud would become the first big music streaming service to adopt user-centric payouts were correct. The company has just announced plans for what it’s calling ‘fan-powered royalties’.

What’s really nice is that some other streaming companies are starting to do things with tip jars a…[Read more]

This is a close deadline, but in case it’s of interest to anyone, Durham University (UK) has a postdoc research opportunity in the digital humanities, for anyone with a PhD (or about to submit) in DH or a relevant CS or mathematics field. The listing is here:…[Read more]

In general Digital Humanities news, CCNY (City College of New York, a part of the CUNY network) recently received a groundbreaking $150k grant to develop a digital humanities program. The initiative, which is led by Renata Kobetts Miller and Thomas Peele, will allow CCNY to establish a digital humanities minor.

CCNY’s digital humanities project…[Read more]

Hi Everyone,

We had a bit of an issue with the new database defaulting to an Excel file rather than a Google Sheet. I’ve converted the database and you should be able to freely edit and add new examples! I will delete the old thread to avoid confusion, but include Christine’s original message…[Read more]

Hi!

I’m currently applying Megan Lavengood’s concept of the “novelty layer” in pop texture (see her 2020 MTO article) to King Crimson’s 1973 album Larks’ Tongues in Aspic.

Is anyone else out there doing work along these lines with selections from progressive rock? art rock? experimental pop? etc.?

Many thanks,

Brian

We now have our HC associated site up and running, at musicidcommunity.hcommons-staging.org.

Our primary site for product and subscription information will remain http://www.musicidhub.com, but please follow the HC blog to keep up with Community announcements. Here we’ll share new case studies and research, upcoming conferences we’ll be attending, and…[Read more]

Please share this with your PMIG friends who might not follow our Humanities Commons site!

We’re deciding on a topic/format for next fall’s SMT meeting, and we don’t yet know whether it will be in person or virtual. Please click on this link and let us know your preferences! (And please, only vote once.)

I will close the survey at 5:00 pm (EST)…[Read more]