Electronic-music artist Justin Blau, known as 3LAU, has fetched $17 million in the past month from NFTs, helped in part by a tokenized release of his three-year-old album "Ultraviolet," which grossed $11.6 million and briefly held the record for the highest price paid for a single NFT, $3.6 million. ( A record since broken by the artist Beeple.)
"It's a way to monetize your fan base in a way that's never been possible," said Mr. Blau, who doesn't expect the exorbitant prices to last. "I think this technology will definitely change the world, but I'm cautiously optimistic because no one really knows how to value this stuff."
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Rhea Francani Releases New Single; Supports Save The Music
NEW YORK , March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Country pop singer/songwriter/producer Rhea Francani is launching her new single I'm More with a philanthropic effort for Save The Music .
Francani's highly anticipated new song follows her I'll Go single that was released in July and has earned thousands of digital streams. Her newest single blends classic country with bluegrass, pop and rock sounds to create a distinctive country brand of music, style and fun.
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Music had a tough year in 2020. This band managed to thrive | PBS NewsHour Weekend
Despite a year at a standstill for the music industry — a world without tours, concerts or crowds — musical duo the Black Pumas somehow managed to be seemingly everywhere in 2020: on late-night television, the inauguration of President Biden, and the Grammys. NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker sat down with the duo to discuss their groundbreaking year.
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Formed in 2017 in Austin, Texas the band's breakout started with an unexpected Grammy nomination for Best New Artist category last year. Rolling Stone reporting at the time that the band had only sold "23,000 combined physical and digital copies." While Billie Ellish would take home the Grammy, the nomination announced the national arrival of the Black Pumas.
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French guitarist Samuel Strouk on composing classical music of the future - Encore!
Samuel Strouk is a vagabond composer and instrumentalist. Classically trained, he is constantly forging new horizons and creating new musical landscapes. He has just released a new album called "Nouveaux Mondes" (New Worlds) where he blends the rigour of classical music with the wild improvisation of jazz. Strouk speaks to FRANCE 24's Florence Villeminot about his new opus, as well his new musical streaming service, Music iN, which aims to put artists first.
Sony Music Publishing Wins ASCAP Latin Publisher of the Year
NEW YORK , March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sony Music Publishing ("SMP") Latin and its songwriters received top honors at ASCAP's 29 th Annual Latin Music Awards, which were held virtually to celebrate the songwriters and publishers of the previous year's most-performed songs.
Sony Music Publishing has won ASCAP's Latin 2021 Publisher of the Year Award with 26 top-performing songs, marking its 17 th ASCAP Latin Publisher of the Year award in the past 19 years. In addition, Daddy Yankee won the coveted Songwriter of the Year award, and Keityn and Juan Camilo Vargas received the Song of the Year honor for the hit "Tusa," performed by Karol G and Nicki Minaj.
Secretly Group: Workers at Music Company Begin Efforts to Unionize - Rolling Stone
The history of the music industry in the U.S. is dotted with unions, strikes, and collective action — from the 1942-44 musicians strike to the 2019 No Music for ICE campaign — but the focus has tended to land on the artists themselves.
SAG-AFTRA represents the office staff at several major labels, but smaller independent outfits — despite their own particular pressures and financial hardships — have largely been left out in the cold and have to go it alone. The workers at prominent indie-music company Secretly Group want to change that.
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