It’s a beautiful summer day, and Tom Jones‘ voice is so close to your ear that it feels like he’s breathing on your brain, slowly whispering, “What’s new, pussycat?” No, you’re not on mushrooms — but you might be calming down. As the world keeps getting weirder, the music industry …
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This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Read the other stories here. Holograms aren’t a pipe dream anymore. If you ask Asad J. Malik, they’ll be soon one of the most important marketing …
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Live Nation and Veeps are outfitting 60 Live Nation-operated music venues across the U.S. with audio and visual tech to optimize livestreams, the concert giant and livestreaming startup announced on Wednesday. The move brings what the two companies are calling “turnkey livestreaming” to the venues, which will allow performing artists …
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Unless they’re at the level of Drake or Ariana Grande, musicians aren’t making very much from streaming as it stands now. But earlier this month, SoundCloud surprised the music industry when it announced a major change: For select artists, instead of paying from a pro-rata model, the service will translate …
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Video game streaming company Twitch has secured its latest victory in its ongoing push into the music industry, announcing a content partnership with hip-hop festival Rolling Loud on Monday. Rolling Loud will air three virtual music festivals exclusively on Twitch, which the organization is calling “Loud Streams.” The first of …
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As the music industry continues to explore ways of addressing longstanding racial inequality, the Recording Academy is partnering with civil rights nonprofit Color of Change for a series of new initiatives, atop a $1 million donation to the organization, the two organizations announced on Tuesday. Color of Change will work …
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Lush yet still head-rattling, simple but deceptively complex, horny and consensual: There are few songs in existence better than “Back That Azz Up.” Juvenile’s 1999 song has it all — the New Orleans rapper kindly requesting his paramour “back that ass up” instead of demanding it, a blistering Lil Wayne …
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TikTok is backing out of Austin’s South By Southwest global music-tech festival, the company has confirmed to Rolling Stone. Joining Facebook and Twitter, TikTok — which has been exploding in both user growth and employee count around the world in recent months — is the latest major tech company to …
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The drama around Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan’s unexpected ouster from her post last week continues to rapidly unfurl. On Tuesday, Dugan filed a 46-page discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, contesting her exit from the Academy and accusing members of sexual harassment and assault. In it, Dugan …
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On Thursday, October 17th Rolling Stone will join Mondo.NYC as part of its four-day event at the Williamsburg Hotel. Rolling Stone editors and writers Emily Blake, Brittany Spanos, and Amy X. Wang will curate panels centered around critical topics around the “Business of Music.” Mondo.NYC festival and global business conference …
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