February 17, 2017

The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, February 17

The week in music news was marked by reactions to the Grammys, where controversy over culture and race was raised, while ratings and the annual sales bump were noted. The development of artificial intelligence tools for musicians was explored in two articles. Daft Punk have their own Snapchat filter.

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Monday, February 13

• 59th annual Grammy Awards winners and nominees
  List from Grammys
• Grammys 2017: The night’s most memorable performances
  Review from LA Times
• Al Jarreau, singer who spanned jazz, R&B and pop worlds, dies at 76
  Obituary from NY Times
• Facebook tries to offer music labels an alternative to YouTube
  Post from Bloomberg
• Sonos to boost UK prices by up to 25% because of Brexit
  Post from TechCrunch
• 13 hospitalized after Dillinger Escape Plan bus crash
  Post from Stereogum

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Tuesday, February 14

• #GrammysSoWhite came to life. Will the awards face its race problem?
  Story from NY Times
• TV ratings: Grammys grow to 26 million viewers, topping previous 2 telecasts
  Post from Hollywood Reporter
• The clock is ticking for Spotify
  Analysis from BBC News
• Passion Pit singer forms musician support services company
  Post from Rolling Stone
• British folk icon Shirley Collins on the music of her life
  Feature from Pitchfork
• Are online echo chambers making music journalism dumber?
  Post from Observer

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Wednesday, February 15

• Snapchat release Daft Punk filter
  Item from NME
• Bad and boujee: Indie rock’s terminal decline?
  Post from Drowned In Sound
• Organizing your music: Tagging as you rip
  Post from Open Source
• Apple Music ‘well past’ 20 million subscribers: Eddy Cue says long-term exclusives ‘never good’ for industry
  Post from Billboard
• Measuring sound: How data and streaming impact the music industry
  Post from The Drum
• Why music ownership matters
  Post from The Smart Set

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Thursday, February 16

• Music downloads skyrocket after Grammys
  Post from NY Post
• Eurovision 2017: Organizing team quits en masse
  Story from BBC News
• Sir Mick Jagger has ‘no recollection of writing his 75,000 word memoir and bought an estate high on LSD’
  Post from The Independent
• Is Pakistan’s music industry facing an existential crisis today?
  Story from Dawn
• Fate of college radio charts uncertain at CMJ after almost 40 years
  Post from Pitchfork
• Can AI make musicians more creative?
  Post from MTV News

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Friday, February 17

• Google’s AI Duet lets you make music with a virtual pianist
  Post from The Verge
• SiriusXM wins dismissal of Turtles copyright lawsuit in New York
  Post from Reuters
• How old-fashioned TV still drives the music industry
  Story from NY Times
• Junie Morrison, Parliament-Funkadelic and Ohio Players member, dead at 62
  Obituary from Rolling Stone
• Universal Music and MQA announce hi-res streaming collaboration
  Post from Billboard
• Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: The complete winners list
  Post from The Hollywood Reporter

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