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Music industry is about being in the right place at the right time
Why? The music (entertainments) industry is already over-subscribed with most vacancies being chased by at least 20 applicants. Many celebrities will readily admit that despite their talent they were lucky enough to be in the right place at the…
Columbia House closure sparks nostalgia for a bygone music scam
Even if you aren't old enough to remember the heyday of Columbia House, you're probably familiar with the scam at its center. The mail-order club would offer customers eight to 12 CDs, tapes, records — and, in later years, DVDs and blu-rays…
Boulder's Folsom Field enters new era in music history as Mumford & Sons take stage
More than 40,000 fans packed Folsom Field this summer to see Mumford & Sons take the stage, but for the band, the concert was about more than playing to a massive crowd. It was about becoming part of Colorado music history. After selling out Red…
'Good, but that took way too long': Apple Music's latest move will force artists to label their AI music, but some people think it's long overdue
Apple Music will soon force artists to label their AI-generated tunes It follows moves from rival streaming services to limit AI music Some users want Apple to outright ban AI tracks from its platform The subject of music generated by artificial…
Nashville teen Kingston Kharif turns the volume up on his musical dreams
High school senior and singer Kingston Kharif has dreams of making it big beyond the Nashville, Tennessee, scene. Nicole Valdes spoke with Kingston about his early successes and future goals.
New Music Friday
Happy New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer -- and ET has you covered for everything in between. Nominations for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced…
3 Early 2000s Music Video Trends I Wish Would Make a Comeback
There are so many trends to come out of music video production over the years that it's hard to pick the ones we like the most. A music video can be anything, of course, but there are some formulas that have stuck around. In the early 2000s…
Mike D: 'After Yauch died I couldn't make music. I'd open a computer file and just feel sadness'
‘It's funny how far a joke will get you,” Michael Diamond grins. This time 40 years ago, the New York rapper known as Mike D was working with schoolfriends Adam “MCA” Yauch and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz on…
How to Plan a Trip Around Live Music Instead of Landmarks
The single most useful fact on this page is also the one most music travellers get backwards: the famous room matters less than the night you pick. Preservation Hall will not save a Tuesday in August when the second-line band is on a break and the…
New Orleans or Memphis Which American Music City Should You…
New Orleans is a live performance city where you hear music walking down any block after dark. Memphis is a recording city where you pay admission to stand where music was made decades ago. That distinction, not budget or weather, is the axis of…
Executive Turntable: Valeisha Butterfield Joins Guitar Center Music Foundation As CEO & Executive Director
The Neal Agency has partnered with WIN Artists in a strategic alliance that offers The Neal Agency's clients with support in pursuing opportunities and integrations across television, film, brand partnerships and more. The Neal Agency was launched…
This Clear Acrylic CD Player Turns Your Music Collection Into Kinetic Art
The iMac G3's translucent Bondi Blue shell sold 800,000 units in its first five months, which was Apple's way of proving that exposing a computer's internal geometry could be its single most compelling feature. Nothing put a transparent back on a…
Our flats are plagued by parties & music until the early hours every weekend
Two people have died from drug overdoses a month apart at the same student accommodation. Residents of Sovereign House in Sheffield have now told Yorkshire Live the Queen Street flats are plagued by parties every weekend. Samiya Salkar, 26, has…
Everything to Know About the New Musicals With Broadway Ambitions That Previewed at The Festival
While plenty of Broadway icons showed up at The Festival over the weekend in Kingston, New York, there were also performances from people and works you may not know — at least not yet! During Saturday's jam-packed lineup of programming…
You'll soon know if your favorite new track on Apple Music was generated by AI
Tired of AI-generated content? Well, Apple is making changes to its Apple Music service to let you know when you're listening to a track 'Made With AI.' This label will be mandatory for all content that involves the use of generative AI. New Made…
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