New Music Tuesday: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Todd Sharpville, Cee Lo Green & More

New Music Tuesday: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Todd Sharpville, Cee Lo Green & More
I feel like a broken record but each week we get closer to Christmas brings more toys that must be under my Christmas tree this year.  So important are these releases that I won’t wait until Christmas.  I will instead spend the money I’d use on gifts for other people to make sure these titles …
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Musicians: Pay but no Benefits
Record labels are the big money makers in the music business, but their employees would not have careers if it were not for the musicians. The record labels’ employees all have benefits, including health insurance. When the artists sign a contract with a record label, they are signing their life and career over to the label, but see no benefits in return.
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GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: Map Pinpoints over 200 Detroit Record Labels
Someone has created a Google Map that pinpoints over 200 Detroit record labels throughout history. In their blog post, they say that they have been working on the project for a couple weeks. “It is by no means complete or perfect,” cassdetroit writes, “but I think it’s a good start.” Every pinpoint comes will a little info about each label. Overall, it’s a rather intriguing map…
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