#new record label

[ptxweekly]

PENTATONIX is officially signed with Republic Records!

[disruptivevoib]

sometimes I do wanna just build an online horror genre taxonomy

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Oingo Boingo – Stay

[dreamings-free]

"Taylor-made deals: how artists are following Swift’s rights example"

- The Guardian 9/1/24 [excerpt]

Prince and George Michael are bleak warnings from history, but the moves by Swift, Rodrigo and others can stand as roadmaps for the future. It also means the music industry has had to adapt away from contracts based on ownership. There are two kinds of rights at stake here: the rights to the master recordings of an artist’s work, and songwriting rights, known as publishing. One senior music publishing executive says their part of the business was ahead of the curve, explaining that publishing deals tend to work on exclusive licensing terms or retention periods. “Publishers pivoted from a rights-ownership business to the servicing of rights,” they say. Those retention periods are getting shorter, they add, down from about 25 years three decades ago to between 12 and 15 years today.

David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition, says there is “a propensity towards owning rights” for artists, but some acts are still prepared to sign away ownership for what they think might be their only shot at the big time. “We have members who are still signing major label deals,” he says. “Some of the terms in some of those deals are terms that we’d expect artists to be thinking very carefully about.”

Message [,Brian - a partner at Courtyard Management] says he steers acts away from ownership-based contracts. “We have a default position that we won’t advise our artists to do life-of-copyright deals,” he says. “It’s not that we wouldn’t do them, but our strong advice would always be to come up with a licence arrangement of some description.”

This is the ideological underpinning of BMG and AWAL (Artists Without a Label), which is now under the ownership of Sony Music Entertainment. “The philosophy is flipping the relationship,” says Alistair Norbury, president of repertoire and marketing at BMG UK. “There had to be a fairer and more transparent way to work with the creative community.”

Acts on BMG’s roster – notably Kylie Minogue, Suede, Sigur Rós and Louis Tomlinson – are on licensing or assignment deals, so ownership of the recordings eventually reverts to them. “They want to be with a record label where they have creative control and ownership coming back to them at some point,” says Norbury.

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Norbury believes that, with more choices for acts, music companies have to repeatedly prove their worth and think about mutual gains rather than offering one-sided deals that are land grabs for all the rights. He says, “You want something successful in a longterm partnership rather than owning something that failed.”

-> full article at theguardian.com

[tinygmusic]

BTS’ Jin Makes Solo US TV Debut on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’

Rosa Gulliver of TINYGMUSIC | November 21, 2024

Jin made his solo US TV debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with an unforgettable performance of “Running Wild,” the main track off of his first solo album Happy released on November 15. 

Clad in a stylish green fringe jacket and black pants, the multifaceted global superstar lit up the stage with electrifying energy, showcasing his vocal prowess alongside a full band featuring bass, drums, guitar, and keys. A road emblazoned with the track’s title— "Running Wild"—at the centre of the stage stretched endlessly toward a vibrant canyon landscape behind Jin, symbolising his journey toward happiness. The colourful display of road signs further brought the stage to life, perfecting a visually stunning narrative.

During his interview with Fallon prior to the performance, Jin reflected on the inspirations behind Happy, sharing his hopes to bring listeners joy, strength, and comfort in their everyday lives through the album. He also brought laughter to the studio by teaching Fallon the signature dance move from his viral sensation “SUPER TUNA,” as well as providing explanation for his self-titled nickname, “Worldwide Handsome,” which he continues to embrace for its irresistible humour and ability to spark smiles.

Jin’s first solo album Happy is a genuine, heartwarming gesture that invites listeners to join him on a journey to find happiness. It is a testament to his versatility and artistic growth as a solo artist, boasting a diverse range of genres and notable collaborations, including Gary Barlow of Take That, MAX, Taka and Toru of Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK, and WENDY of Red Velvet. 

The official music video for “Running Wild” has already garnered 8.2M views as of November 20, 2024, reinforcing Jin’s status as a megastar at the centre of worldwide attention. Happy is available on all streaming platforms worldwide. 

About Jin of BTS

Jin (Kim, Seok jin) is a South Korean singer, songwriter and member of 21st century pop icons, BTS. Jin’s appealing voice and clear tone amplify the emotions delivered through music. His solo records “Awake,” “Epiphany,” and “Moon,” and Original Soundtracks for Korean TV series including “Yours” (‘Jirisan’ OST), “Even If I Die, It’s You” (‘Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth’ OST) showcase his warm vocal timbre and power of expression. Released in 2021, “SUPER TUNA” set a huge dance challenge trend with its cheerful melody and easy dance moves. Jin participated in the songwriting of his first solo single “The Astronaut” (released in October 2022) alongside Coldplay, flaunting his unique charm as a multi-talented musician. Known as “Worldwide Handsome,” Jin struts his unexpected charms through various content and TV shows. On July 14, 2024, Jin participated in the Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay as a torchbearer from South Korea. On November 15, Jin released his highly-anticipated first solo album Happy.

About BTS 

BTS, an acronym of Bangtan Sonyeondan or “Beyond the Scene,” are a GRAMMY-nominated South Korean boyband that has been capturing the hearts of millions of fans globally since their debut in June 2013. The members of BTS are RM, Jin, SUGA, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook. Gaining recognition for their authentic and self-produced music, top-notch performances, and the way they interact with their fans, the band has established themselves as 21st century pop icons breaking countless world records. While imparting a positive influence through activities such as the LOVE MYSELF campaign and the UN ‘Speak Yourself’ speech, the band has mobilised millions of fans across the world (named ARMY), collected six No.1 Billboard Hot 100 singles since 2020, and performed multiple sold-out stadium shows across the world. They were also named TIME’s Entertainer of the Year 2020. BTS are 5-time GRAMMY nominees (63rd to 65th GRAMMY Awards) and have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards like the Billboard Music Awards, American Music Awards (Artist of the Year 2021) and MTV Video Music Awards. 

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Keep up with BTS

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[eonars]

bestie just put an offer in for a house and im sitting on my bed in my parents house eating bbq chips and debating if i want to make a curated toughest most punishing breakdowns playlist or if my 8hr hardcore compilation im constantly updating is already covering enough bases

[weneverlearn]

Happy Birthday Long Gone John!

This week contained a load of election gloom. One way to beat it is by spinning one of the records that came out on the great Sympathy for the Record Industry label, headed by Birthday boy, Long Gone John Mermis! (November 13, to be exact.)

Long Gone was one of the first indie imprint moguls that offered New Bomb Turks a hoot, and he ended up releasing three 7" singles and included us on everyone's favorite trashy Xmas compilation, Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus (1993).

It was an honor to be on a label that has released a mountain of wild, weird, wacky, and wonderful trash-rock since 1988, and sorta kinda still does sometimes...

I did a lengthy interview with Long Gone in my book, We Never Learn, as his import to the 1990s underground R'n'R milieu cannot be overstated. But I recently stumbled on this quickie article I did about him for the April, 2007 issue of CMJ New Music Monthly, when John was on the precipice of finally moving out of his beloved L.A., back in 2007.

I was Associate Editor at CMJ (College Music Journal) at the time, and this was for the monthly mag we were still producing. Since the whole company went kaput in 2017 and the website disappeared, you'll have to scroll down to page 9 here to see the story. But it's also kinda interesting to see what was going on in the indie world around then while scrolling through the whole issue. (My 2006 Best Of list is in there somewhere…).

Happy Birthday, Long Gone, and thanks!!

[daisiesonafield-blog]

i’m confused about the relation between columbia, azoffs and harry? and sony?

Sony is a parent record label, they own Columbia, who Harry is signed to. The Azoffs are a powerful music industry family, who have business connections in a lot of things. Jeff Azoff owns a talent management company, who Harry is signed to for management. Jeff is his manager. Jeff's dad, Irving Azoff has been a music manager for decades, owns/owned a management company, has served and still serves on the board of many music industry companies like Ticketmaster/Live Nation, MSG and more. He's also started a record label before, which he sold, and now he started a new one.

For more about record labels etc check this tag, and related tags under those posts.

[gala-xyzz]

if i turned the ceo into a fic what would the title be

[myfriendtheghost]

goodnight goober

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

The rep tour feels like a lifetime ago to me, I can’t imagine how it feels for Taylor.

[breadoverbed]

BeYourOwnBoss Records BombSquad hoodies now available inspired by @nike2times @airkastle @pastaseason

📦🛒shop now🛒📦

[mildmayfoxe]

made banana chocolate chip pancake & slathered em in butter & my mom’s homemade red currant jelly & also homemade smoked maple syrup

[dreamings-free]

In response, TikTok claims it has reached “'artist-first' agreements with every other label and publisher” and that “Universal's self-serving actions are not in the best interests of artists, songwriters and fans”

31st January 2024 By Surej Singh

Last night (January 30), Universal Music Group (UMG) published an open letter announcing its intention to withdraw music from artists signed to the publisher and label from short-form video platform TikTok, which has since responded in a statement of its own.

A short list of UMG artists whose music is expected to vanish from the platform is Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Drake, Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, Adele, Coldplay, J Balvin, Post Malone and Sophie Ellis-Bextor – whose 2001 track ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ has gone particularly viral through TikTok following the release of Saltburn.

In its statement, UMG announced that its licensing agreement with TikTok expires today (January 31, 2024) and that negotiations to renew the contract have fallen short. According to Reuters, TikTok and UMG first reached an agreement in February 2021.

-> read the full article on nme.com

[crossbackpoke-check]

Hello, im wehaveagathering from my main blog, im kind of obsessed with your hockey poetry edits and I think your blog is great! I guess I kind of have a dumb question, where do you find the images you use for your edits? Did you say Getty in your tags?? I’ve gotten into making icons recently (and i have ideas for poetry edits hrrrghhh) but it’s hard to find high res images. Thanks for your time and I hope you have a nice day :)

first of all thank you so much 🥹 and second that’s absolutely not a dumb question!! i do pull a lot of images from getty and i’ll also download pictures from sports articles (i got a lot of the hugheses pictures from online access articles, for example), or sometimes from instagram/facebook/twitter if an account is public. freely admitting that i am not technologically advanced? inclined? in the slightest here, but the image editing software that you use and how you import/export photos with it makes a difference in the quality of them as well!

if you haven’t seen them yet, i would also recommend checking out @simmyfrobby @national-hockey-lesbian @hauntedppgpaints @tapedsleeves @starscelly and @captainbradmarchand’s blogs just off the top of my head!!! they might know more places to get high res images and also i love their work 💕🫶