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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.

House of Blues' Music Forward Foundation Helps Local Youth Learn About the Music Business https://t.co/LtNbrNzYcn pic.twitter.com/a5OH2RPMBp
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 6, 2016

Georgia Musicians Rally at State Capitol https://t.co/DVW8yfPBy8
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 6, 2016

A Freestyle Hip-Hop Revival at San Francisco’s Boom Boom Room https://t.co/JxIeYQduMj pic.twitter.com/jFPmKJNH6z
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 6, 2016

Live music made £128m revenue for Bristol in 2015 but venues feel threatened https://t.co/WUQexNr49D pic.twitter.com/ib6iqZOKiv
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

Poetry Workshops to Offer Diverse Experiences https://t.co/kKBLg2aD09 pic.twitter.com/L05nLgjnul
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

Independent Label Market Next Month | The Quietus https://t.co/Ga1CDHA7Ey pic.twitter.com/ceIn6jAJF0
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

Hip-Hop in Madison Fights to Exist, Again | The Daily Cardinal https://t.co/ghNDZQzokq pic.twitter.com/HiDfu5Jsdy
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

Pandora's Plan to Stay Independent Means Pushing Beyond Radio | Bloomberg Business https://t.co/kTnXfq5C1u pic.twitter.com/l8zIspi1Vp
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

Google Gets 113,668 Copyright Takedown Requests an Hour in Game of Cat and Pirate https://t.co/yORqjw9xVp pic.twitter.com/vpF1Tx32DT
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

Cür Media Reveals $8M Advance Payments to Major Labels https://t.co/4EhwBlMfFJ
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

SoundCloud Hires Former NBCUniversal Digital Exec to Help Launch Subscriptions https://t.co/rloxNSGJC7 pic.twitter.com/fyRLtC3WlS
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

What's Behind the Surge in U.K. Brick-and-Mortar Stores Selling Music? https://t.co/ADE532FtBk pic.twitter.com/iSqnmNwzXQ
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 7, 2016

RT @digitalmusicnws: SoundCloud Will Become a Paid Service ‘Within 9 Months,’ Sources Say https://t.co/Wxrjcq98Ej
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Why "Friends" Fall Silent on Success https://t.co/wB66CeRZKL pic.twitter.com/CsoxGniVC2
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Finding a Voice Through Hip Hop and Poetry: Dahlack Brathwaite Tours Iowa This Week https://t.co/vVdVYoc4Fe pic.twitter.com/fzFGlQX00U
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

triple j Report Highlights Just How Under-Represented Women Are In The Music Industry https://t.co/RjHBtAZ2bZ pic.twitter.com/NF0sJXvL7k
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Did You See It?: #NinaSimone on Shock | Blank on Blank | PBS Digital Studios… https://t.co/iOXxdPQoRD
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Your Eyes Make Music with This Face-Tracking Production App | The Creators Project https://t.co/oDBUaajNVn pic.twitter.com/dIwCwiAyOw
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

'Licensed to Ill' Features Pristine Hip-Hop, Circa 1986 | Reading Eagle https://t.co/UF27aCnkBR pic.twitter.com/FUnx7l1UiN
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Art tells you what is. But great art tells you what's possible.
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) March 8, 2016

The Women Who Broke Music's Glass Ceiling | https://t.co/Joy57inSL1 https://t.co/loVNRVjj3p pic.twitter.com/uzFQtNLmjz
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Is This the Toughest Job in the Worldwide Music Business? https://t.co/cBm02KSMBC pic.twitter.com/RIZw2wdym1
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

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I am honored to be a @yossoulartistry Board Member and… https://t.co/indkLlqfmT
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Q-Tip Joins Kennedy Center as Hip Hop Director https://t.co/C1e0JHZNeL pic.twitter.com/ww4cAbLVry
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Spotify Threatens 'Clone' Music Service With Legal Action | TorrentFreak https://t.co/G1DEDbjPb4 pic.twitter.com/PJmAJweXDb
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Do Women Artistes Get Their Due in the Music Industry? https://t.co/KL9RTVPLvX pic.twitter.com/pNQ7XdasBr
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Battling Social Injustice with Music | Mission Network News https://t.co/Igx6bnKmUQ pic.twitter.com/lKBJqIxsaG
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

IFPI and SoundExchange Partner to Provide Greater Access to Industry Data https://t.co/JRM3AbhBWN
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 8, 2016

Genius Decodes Hamilton’s Numerous References to Classic Hip-Hop https://t.co/jgXIvxky2a pic.twitter.com/rNloyWzi1r
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 9, 2016

Music Therapy Helps NICU Babies Go Home Sooner https://t.co/Du5pEk8Q04 pic.twitter.com/eD4ZAr8Sgu
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 9, 2016

Two Female Music Journos Reveal Sexual Harassment During Review And Interview https://t.co/6IXvKAahCj
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 9, 2016

Spotify Adds $5 Million in Damages to Proposed Settlement With NMPA Over Royalties https://t.co/87haMyQeOu pic.twitter.com/N1v2GjR9Y1
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 9, 2016

PledgeMusic Acquires Two Digital Businesses, Now Boasts 3M+ Audience https://t.co/ZR4YWFg9N4
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 9, 2016

IHeartMedia Plays for Time https://t.co/dvS6K0zbaP pic.twitter.com/K5llx7gtqH
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 9, 2016

Chrome Music Lab Puts Sound Experiments on Your Browser https://t.co/wToVnv7JB4
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 10, 2016

Sonos Will Layoff Employees as It Adapts to Changes in the Music… https://t.co/TfTfKfdqce
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 10, 2016

University Radio Station ‘Breaks’ Out Hip-Hop Show | The Student Printz https://t.co/81jXSMuuAN pic.twitter.com/c6g5CgLWpy
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 10, 2016

AMP Awards To Benefit Musicians Foundation https://t.co/CxeAtMj3ul
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 10, 2016

El-P and His Manager Ally with Monotone Inc | Complete Music Update https://t.co/zxRpvXdu6T pic.twitter.com/93EzLw4mFX
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 10, 2016

Rwandan Music in Exile https://t.co/X1AHydqFae pic.twitter.com/PdWBGfh5cy
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 10, 2016

Cooking Vinyl America names Howie Gabriel President as it expands in US https://t.co/xDC1yQOLlc
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 10, 2016

Ladies Of The Underground Daily is out! https://t.co/VXGRqogADk Stories via @KillerBoomBox @achickwitbeatz
— Paradyme (@LUMvmtMusic) March 11, 2016

Hip-Hop Ban Replaced with a Plan https://t.co/9vnwc940FW pic.twitter.com/Oa5xUF6IsA
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

SXSW Music Releases List of Artists to Perform https://t.co/JKxWTPyCe2 pic.twitter.com/ZiVhozeJ9o
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

Music: The Art of the Surprise Album Drop https://t.co/0ubhvJVSMg
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

Webcasting Ruling Sent To U.S. Copyright Office Register For Review https://t.co/BfRGeYnMfK pic.twitter.com/Rf5InKTImA
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

Cooking Vinyl Launches “Full Service Label Division” in the US | Complete Music Update https://t.co/Cvc9bu1Cmb pic.twitter.com/qQUddZXbIz
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

Early Music Classes Give Toddlers Basic Skills https://t.co/GH9U13FcTi pic.twitter.com/UDOuxexlNI
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

Sir George Martin Knew Something Modern A&Rs Often Seem to Forget https://t.co/Qrd1C3Mdax pic.twitter.com/XBFJr7BG9b
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

Kobalt Signs Partnership with Glee Producer’s Deep Well Publishing https://t.co/n80a8uLc9m pic.twitter.com/BSugmIIjX3
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

Spotify Might Be Secretly Stealing Your Taste in Music — and Pitching it to Other People https://t.co/yKgEUM7xya pic.twitter.com/VOPKVMK0La
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 11, 2016

Science Shows Something Surprising About What Reading Poetry Does to Your Brain https://t.co/FPrjRADIRV pic.twitter.com/b6BnAnlwYN
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 12, 2016

🎸🎶#WomenWhoRock @Cecilie_Hell @Daz0289 @wastelandrocks @womenformusic @SheRocksPlanet @PoleOfficial @achickwitbeatz pic.twitter.com/plMPIpON8E
— Sheryl Pratt - Songs (@SherylPrattERA) March 12, 2016

Hip-Hop Group Aims to Showcase Female Talent | SABC News https://t.co/ASLibj6mDm pic.twitter.com/htrrUpXoVK
— A.Chick.Wit.Beatz. (@achickwitbeatz) March 13, 2016