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Don't sleep on what's happening in the music world around you. Peep relevant music news that happened this week. I surf the interwebs continuously (frequently with bags under my eyes) looking for music information & news that is good for independent artists of all genres to be aware of and aid in the advancement of their careers. I tend to tweet this information more often than I share on other social media outlets (Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Tumblr, etc), but here's a "go to" list in the event you've missed my tweets or the posts of sites that have provided the information. These posts typically exclude sensationalized mainstream gossip such as supposed "hip hop beefs", "who's dating/'whatevering' who" & other stuff that may be entertaining, but won't help you advance in your own endeavors.
Paying for the Music: Local Bars, Musicians Open Up About Copyright Fees https://t.co/2LlantO8dz
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 28, 2016
A Quick Guide to How Money Works in Today’s High-Risk Music Business https://t.co/QDx8mRBXud
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 29, 2016
Not Everyone Has the Ability to Compose Music, and Your Genes Could Explain Why https://t.co/rzY3dVsKCe pic.twitter.com/Oe30wb3mPG
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 29, 2016
The Culture Behind Hip Hop Music https://t.co/yeRUaxMnYd pic.twitter.com/8oO959cLRn
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 29, 2016
Music Companies Need a Digital Distributor in China – and Fast https://t.co/LQc15WeRDc pic.twitter.com/xx7w7m0Diy
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 29, 2016
Over 350 Artists are Now Managed by Live Nation companies https://t.co/nkvuLA8z6C pic.twitter.com/8vrSH6yS0s
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 29, 2016
YouTube Making Changes to Its Copyright Complaints System https://t.co/4HLyg1Tw2V
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 29, 2016
UK Government Makes Final Amendments to New Collective Licensing Regulations | CMU https://t.co/ZRDtHOr0WA pic.twitter.com/r4hDVQKsBk
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 29, 2016
Hip Hop, Rap acts needed for 4/20 at Kung Fu Necktie in #Philadelphia PA: https://t.co/5PCja9RmMD #gigging #DIY #gigs4u #IOTM
— Indieonthemove (@Indieonthemove) February 29, 2016
Hip Hop, Rap acts needed for 3/11 at 311 Club in #Austin TX: https://t.co/EzukNjAL5l #gigging #DIY #gigs4u #IOTM
— Indieonthemove (@Indieonthemove) February 29, 2016
March is Music in Our Schools Month. How important do you think the arts are to an education and why? https://t.co/d6DdUi1Nej
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) February 29, 2016
Ladies Of The Underground Daily is out! https://t.co/RXOn3HVIgJ Stories via @achickwitbeatz
— Paradyme (@LUMvmtMusic) March 1, 2016
TIDAL Sued for $5m Over Alleged Copyright Infringement https://t.co/zwdt8iYYO7 pic.twitter.com/tEqFs3AR2G
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
February Singles Roundup: Six Great New Detroit Hip-Hop Tracks https://t.co/LyXPrl1auO #MichiganHipHop
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
TIDAL Just Lost Its CFO and COO in Quick Succession https://t.co/WuHi5PYfh1
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
Animation & Music: The Art of the Animated Music Video https://t.co/vdUQsyfAl0 pic.twitter.com/mf0N2nuMKC
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
Pandora Hires New Head of Public Affairs from Uber https://t.co/Y6JxMQ5Ydm pic.twitter.com/WqAhb7rKr3
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
PRS For Music Launches New Anti-Piracy Tool MAPS https://t.co/A610TQ4Wm2 pic.twitter.com/2gSeEFBNZS
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
How Record Labels Buy Social Media Love From Teenage ‘Influencers’ https://t.co/HNQ68N2naL
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
Spotify is Quietly Funding a Startup That Could Break Open a Whole New Market for Streaming Music https://t.co/sUJlu5tSGf
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
What About All That Copyright Takedown Abuse, YouTube? | Digital Music News https://t.co/SBWBOea74e pic.twitter.com/w5vFYrCcqb
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
Friday Night Hip-Hop on Rikers Island | VICE https://t.co/gnIo6uJBjU pic.twitter.com/E0PNnUBkoP
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 1, 2016
U.S. hip hop band to perform in Taiwan to promote cultural exchanges | FocusTaiwan News https://t.co/FVfn6HeWrv pic.twitter.com/YEDAmCfZA1
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
RT @musicthinktank: Major Vs. Indie: What Really Happens When You Sign A Record Deal https://t.co/dYoiDtqlou
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
Pakistan’s Spotify? How One Streaming Site is Trying to Revive Local Music https://t.co/hF1CFk7mWm pic.twitter.com/P4pN4DTyo3
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
Deloitte Digital to Host Interactive Music Lab at SXSW https://t.co/vs0xRafm3T pic.twitter.com/VAtECFYtnz
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
SFX Entertainment to Sell Off Beatport https://t.co/Rkr1QMxNLI pic.twitter.com/dDI7JTfvME
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
Pirate Bay Offers Tech Support to Pirating Kanye West | TorrentFreak https://t.co/NyyNwpzrwq pic.twitter.com/pXVJpNv7QC
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
I'll be a guest co-host on The Digital Breeze Show today at noon ET. Click to tune in https://t.co/wC9ImF867d pic.twitter.com/eLoCr8VcXe
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
Indie Label Agency Merlin Calls Foul on Streaming Rates with Pandorahttps://t.co/Dlj79Sxc5Q pic.twitter.com/a8rlI8XR9O
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
Sony Music Sues DIY Radio Platform Owned by Universal Music’s Parent Company | CMU https://t.co/FM71TKXoKj pic.twitter.com/PKRA6poOvQ
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
Sony Acquires Essential Music & Marketing, Launches Red Essential https://t.co/5MsvYbckep pic.twitter.com/ftkSDIksxH
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 2, 2016
Proposed Credit Union Seeks to Capitalize on Film, Music Industries in Atlanta https://t.co/nOQR0bEo28 pic.twitter.com/YKJZYhpu91
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 3, 2016
Now Google is Sued for Alleged Copyright Infringement in the US https://t.co/LmJCADhGng pic.twitter.com/GybmcgbScJ
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 3, 2016
Loudr Hands Off Distribution To CD Baby https://t.co/tmdodifdtj pic.twitter.com/ZZqU9smHxn
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 3, 2016
'Beat Street' Vividly Captures the Early Hip-Hop Years https://t.co/fFeGMl3FeX pic.twitter.com/O5aghnpO4u
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 3, 2016
Dear CHH,
— SHAKIAH (@mzshakiahmc) March 3, 2016
In the past year I've seen a ton of female emcees come up and out that snap, yet most of the CHH labels keep signing fellas.
YouTube Contributed Less Than 2% of Norway’s Streaming Income Last Year https://t.co/5P5lfG85hM pic.twitter.com/1pZbPOHiov
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 3, 2016
Music Supervisor Matt FX on the Joys and Challenges of Picking Tunes for Broad City https://t.co/AviIpB5mvW pic.twitter.com/47twgpjMjp
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 3, 2016
Rhapsody/Napster Lost $3 Million a Month Last Year as Revenues Hit $202M https://t.co/TVJndNuCLV pic.twitter.com/m5IJ6N26sc
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 3, 2016
Discover These Business Conferences That Double As Music Festivals https://t.co/TYJKfgceCW pic.twitter.com/09DT2Wfo7w
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 3, 2016
Revisiting the Style of Hip-Hop's Fashion Icon Lil' Kim https://t.co/IrZepPWtIz pic.twitter.com/tpR5MVrS6e
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 4, 2016
Warner sells off 80% stake in Christian label Word Entertainment to Curb Records https://t.co/eqDoaHmIiy
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 4, 2016
Sony Develops App for Artists Which Shows Real-Time Streaming Earnings https://t.co/HHlT9KD6fO
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 4, 2016
Would ‘100 Percent Licensing’ Unshackle the Market for Music, or Make it Worse? | R Street https://t.co/Tz5Tr5bDBE pic.twitter.com/7TUPJ1XmbE
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 4, 2016
SoundExchange Appoints Indie Music Leader Richard James Burgess to Board of Directors https://t.co/gKeDM8V5T5
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 4, 2016
Let's Do The Show Right Here: Crowdfunding Site Targets Concert Promoters https://t.co/jJwHCMI4s6
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 5, 2016
Castle Row Studios Launches 'Castle Row Discovers' Contest for Indie Musicians https://t.co/bpX5Vwk2qQ pic.twitter.com/8KBjjwiB7x
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 5, 2016
Music Band Sarabi Launches Docu-Film https://t.co/HMZM9SVrcF pic.twitter.com/XZafT266ru
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 5, 2016
New York School Offers Gospel Music Degree https://t.co/TtOiwzqfoh pic.twitter.com/K0AxHKKuwM
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 5, 2016
Samsung to Close Milk Music Service | TheTechNews https://t.co/1lsPYSIRb6 pic.twitter.com/ER7tjAsW59
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 5, 2016
Tidal, Microsoft, Google, Rhapsody Facing Class Action Lawsuits https://t.co/hxIkRPRcun
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 6, 2016
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