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Issue 11/2019 – 06 December 2019
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Music World News is divided into six sections. Scroll through or, if you wish, click on one of the sections to be taken straight to those stories.
Music the artform and artists
What happens to the brain when jazz musicians improvise?
Although musical improvisation—composing new passages on the spot—is not unique to jazz, it’s perhaps the genre’s most defining element.
Futurity
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Arabic trap music is taking over the Middle East, so could this give us the region’s first hip-hop star?
From the UAE to Morocco, the hip-hop subgenre has inspired a new generation of artists.
The National
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More to the floor: the decade the dancefloor was decolonised
Collectives like NON and Naafi helped to loosen the west’s stranglehold on club culture – and now the most exciting dance music is coming from east Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Guardian
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Rock, Pop, and the Development of Avant Garde Music After World War II
Experimental Music Blurred Divisions Between High and Low Art.
Literary Hub
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Musique et plaisir : une étude sur près de 800 tubes, des Beatles à Genesis
Pourquoi éprouve-t-on du plaisir en écoutant "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" des Beatles ou "Invisible Touch" de Genesis ? Des scientifiques ont tenté de l'expliquer en étudiant les enchaînements d'accords dans plusieurs centaines de tubes.
France TV
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Music Industry
ByteDance to take on rivals with music streaming launch
TikTok owner in talks with top record companies as it plans to battle with sector leaders Spotify and Apple.
Financial Times
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Full metal junket: music tourism hits right note with fans
While going to concerts remained the biggest sector of the live music market, the report says, with 24.9 million fans doing so last year, attendance remained flat.
The Guardian
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Can Cryptocurrency Create a New Niche in Music Streaming?
One only needs to look at the events of the last year to see that competition in the industry is growing exponentially. Industry leader Spotify is just one example of how competition has forced companies to pursue new users with a vengeance.
Coin Telegraph
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Back in the loop: why cassette tapes became fashionable again
Magnetic ribbon for format once the preserve of police interviews is in short supply.
The Guardian
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Latest Nielsen Music Report Shows How Healthy The Music Industry Really Is
To put it simply, the report tells us that 2018 was much better than 2017 and that it looks like 2019 will be even healthier.
Forbes
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L'industrie musicale est de plus en plus accro aux données
L'avènement du big data semble être une très bonne nouvelle pour le secteur, depuis longtemps à la recherche d'une façon d'identifier et de quantifier ses audiences.
Korii
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Music Education
Music returns to Saudi schools after 60-year absence
Poet Maha al-Essa said the change is bringing back a culture stolen under the pretext of halal and haram.
Middle East Online
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Does learning music hinge on smarts, not mindset?
Intelligence could play a role in how quickly people learn music, according to new research on the early stages of learning to play piano.
Futurity
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Which Music Career Is Best For You
A job in the music industry can be an exciting and alluring idea for those who are passionate about music, and although it’s a competitive industry, there are a variety of skillsets that are compatible.
HypeBot
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Comment rendre accessible la pratique de la musique aux personnes sourdes et malentendantes ?
Jusqu'à présent, les tentatives d'adaptation - encore trop peu répandues - vont dans le sens de leur permettre d'assister aux spectacles musicaux moyennant un.e interprète en langue de signes ou grâce à des dispositifs spécifiques, tels des écouteurs ou des récepteurs en forme de vêtement ou de sac à dos qui traduisent les vibrations en contact avec le corps.
France Musique
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Policy, Research & Politics
Bringing politics into Japanese clubs
Things are kicking off everywhere, it seems — from Chile to Hong Kong, protesters, mostly young, have been taking to the streets to demonstrate against an array of injustices over the past few months.
The Japan Times
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Moroccan rapper gets year in prison for critical video
Moroccan rapper Gnawi knew the police would come when he and two friends released an unusually outspoken video exposing their country’s problems with migration and drugs and expressing frustration with the king.
The Washington Post
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How Taylor Swift Dragged Private Equity Into Her Fight Over Music Rights
A little over a week ago, a troubling alert appeared on the smartphone of an executive at the private equity giant the Carlyle Group: The firm had been invoked by Taylor Swift.
The New York Times
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‘I am explaining the truth and they want to put me in jail’
Pablo Hasél (real name Pablo Rivadulla) is a rapper and a pro-communist who performs “forbidden songs” which Spanish authorities believe glorify terrorism. Freemuse spoke to Hasél ahead of the MUR Festival in Palma de Mallorca.
Freemuse
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Turkmenistan stages first opera after 19-year ban
Older spectators leaving the theatre late on a cool Tuesday night voiced a nostalgia for the long-taboo art form while younger spectators enthused over the performance.
Yahoo News
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Technologies and media
How Live Streaming Is Altering The Music Business For Artists And Fans Alike
As technological innovation continues to sweep the music industry, live streaming has become an increasingly important component of bands and artists’ promotional arsenal. Here we look at why you need to livestream and what you need to do so effectively.
HypeBot
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Spotify Is Launching an Awards Show in Mexico City Based Entirely on User-Generated Data
Although Spotify launched in 2008, it only officially reached Mexico in 2013—and its capital city quickly made up for the lost streaming time. According to Spotify’s statement, Mexico City has the most listeners on the streaming platform, globally.
Remezcla
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Southeast Asia tuning in
These 7 music-focused startups give local music scene a chance against the mainstream.
E27
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Classical Streaming Service IDAGIO Launches Free Tier
Classical music streaming service IDAGIO has released an ad-supported free tier as part of its efforts to make the hard-to-pigeonhole genre more accessible. IDAGIO Free launches today in 190 countries, featuring 2 million recordings.
Billboard
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Il y a 40 ans, le Walkman sauvait aussi le format cassette
Avec la sortie du Walkman, il y a 40 ans, le format cassette connaîtra une nouvelle jeunesse. Avant de complètement s'effondrer face aux promesses lucratives du format CD.
Les Echos
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The Pointy End
Any tips? A body language expert puts the spotlight on orchestra conductors
When talking to a body language expert, the mere dilating of pupils can reveal the difference between truth and a bald-faced lie.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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From Lawn Mowers To Rock Concerts, Our 'Deafening World' Is Hurting Our Ears
Our ears are complicated, delicate instruments that largely evolved in far quieter times than the age we currently inhabit — an early world without rock concerts, loud restaurants, power tools and earbuds.
NPR
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Tool Warn Fans of Ejection From Show Over Cellphone Use Read More: Tool Warn Fans of Ejection From Show Over Cellphone Use
If you get kicked out of a Tool show for shooting video on your cellphone, well, that's on you. The band is giving fans / psychedelic warriors ample heads up that this behavior is not permissible and will lead to an ejection with no chance of re-entry.
Loudwire
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Burkina Faso: de la musique à domicile pour oublier les soucis quotidiens
Face à la crainte du public de sortir le soir, un collectif de musiciens organise, cette semaine, pour la deuxième édition, un festival musical dont le principe est simple : ce sont les musiciens qui viennent jouer chez vous dans des maisons ou des quartiers.
RFI
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Paris street inaugurated as Promenade Yehudi Menuhin
Side road near Unesco headquarters named in honour of the violinist’s presidency of the International Music Council.
The Strad
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