Cultura Voice

Los Angeles is abuzz with the countdown to the Grammys this Sunday (January 26). But dominant within these conversations is a slice of drama worthy of its own Hollywood production: an ousted female CEO locked in a vicious public battle with a male-dominated institution over her dismissal, her allegations of villainy… and, of course, the money she’ll receive for her exit. That female CEO is Deborah Dugan, the former boss of Bono’s Red, who was named Chief Exec and President of the Recording Academy as recently as August last year. Significantly, Dugan was the first woman to head the Academy in its history. She was hired following fierce criticism of the Grammy-running org over its diversity and inclusion practices – particularly pertaining to gender. Since January 16, when Dugan was placed on administrative leave by the Academy’s bosses, all hell has broken loose: Embrace Of The Serpent (Soundtrack) on Apple Music The now-acting CEO of the Recording Academy, Harvey Maso...

The blockbuster album has begun looking like something of an endangered species in recent times. The birth of the streaming era, rooted in a track-led culture, has caused artists and record labels alike to question the future of the LP in an age dominated by playlists. The evidence: over 60% of Spotify streams for Drake’s record-breaking, 25-track Scorpion album are of just three songs (God’s Plan, In My Feelings and Nice For What). One recent study even suggested that a mere 16% of adults in the UK are now listening to an album all the way through in any given month. A couple of weeks ago, Apple Music boss Oliver Schusser  of his hope that Billie Eilish’s debut studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? , would strongly challenge this trend – and prove that, on the right terms, the album as a body of work still had great relevance amongst a young streaming audience in 2019. The stats are now in, and Schusser’s confidence was not misplaced. Reveal that,...

Independent artists worldwide are generating serious money for the music industry. According to estimated figures published by MIDiA Research, total revenue generated by ‘self-releasing’ artists in 2018 was $643 million – up 35% on 2017, when the equivalent annual number hit $472m. Today, can reveal that a single distribution company, CD Baby, contributed over $100m of that $600m-plus independent artist revenue. US-based CD Baby, which started as an online CD store in 1998, now represents over 750,000 recording artists, 170,000 songwriters, and over 9m tracks across 800+ genres. Speaking today (January 8), CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux revealed that his company’s 2018 artist earnings had topped $100m. That’s up at least $20m on the previous year, when it distributed around $80m in 2017. And while Maddux explained that CD Baby doesn’t disclose certain precise fiscal details, he did confirm that the company’s 2018 gross revenues were “in the range $120m fo...

NASCUY LINARES – Album «Harmonizable» Digital & Physical Distribution Plaza Mayor Company ltd Sergent Major Company ltd The Orchard NASCUY LINARES - Album "Harmonizable"   …Original Soundtracks and Music Around the World… Harmonizable reveals several compositions from different soundtracks in Hispanic-American cinema and a platform for research through music and soundcape, under a harmonized atmosphere, where harmony belongs as a common good to all mankind.  1        - FADO – Is a minimal expression of a Portugues Fado, played with two American folk instruments. Freites is my mother’s last name, and it has a Portuguese root, maybe that is the reason why I feel so attracted to this type of slow music. 2        – HIMALAYA – Theme for the second season of the Tv Series “Children on the Summit” Anybody’s quest for the Himalaya is always an inspiration. 3  ...