In 1972, on the Sunset Strip at a club called the Rainbow Bar & Grill, the Hollywood Vampires were born in the upstairs bar. It was a gathering place for the rock stars living in or passing through L.A. “To join the club, one simply had to out drink all of the members,” says Alice […]
Guitar Center’s Drum-Off, the world’s premier drum competition, launches its 27(th) annual search for the next great undiscovered drummer. Developed to inspire and support aspiring musicians, the program has grown into a sought-after launching pad for a career as a professional drummer. Past Drum-Off winners have gone on to play with Prince and Beyoncé (Cora […]
The SD Music Awards has announced the nominees for the 25th annual SD Music Awards. The award ceremony will be held at Humphreys By The Bay on Monday. October 5th, 2015. Voting for your favorite band is now open. Humphreys Half Moon Inn is now offering a Special Guest Room Rate of $149.00 single/double occupancy. The […]
Multi-platinum music icon Prince, and global music and entertainment platform TIDAL, today confirmed that the next release from the entertainer will be exclusively on TIDAL on September 7, 2015. The upcoming release, the experimental, HITNRUN, was first announced by his band, 3RDEYEGIRL, on BBC radio late last month, following the release of the critically praised […]
The exclusive radio broadcast will include interviews and performances by Metallica, Alabama Shakes, Walk The Moon, Cold War Kids, alt-J, Father John Misty, Glass Animals, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Hot Chip, Twenty One Pilots, Carnage, The Wombats, Circa Waves, Moon Taxi, and many more. “We are focused on delivering to our subscribers special […]
Calling all small to mid-sized towns and cities across the country: America’s largest free outdoor concert series is, once again, putting the spotlight on you! The Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards is an exciting matching grant opportunity, created by Levitt Pavilions, serving small to mid-sized towns and cities with populations up to 400,000. 10 […]
About 100 miles south of Atlanta, next to a field just outside the town of Byron, there stands a plaque erected by the Georgia Historical Society marking the location of the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival, where from July 3-5, 1970, “Over thirty musical acts performed, including rock icon Jimi Hendrix playing to the largest […]
The Zappa Family Trust has partnered with Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) for a long-term, global licensing agreement for Frank Zappa’s entire recorded catalog, as well as rights management participation across the rest of the visionary cultural icon’s creative canon. The partnership spans Frank Zappa’s vast music and film Vault for new product releases, trademark licensing, […]
Leading digital music distribution and publishing administration service provider, TuneCore, announced today that TuneCore artists have earned more than $35 million in Q2 of 2015, a 6 percent increase versus the same time in 2014. Since 2006, TuneCore Artists have earned more than $576 million from over 18.7 billion downloads and streams. International discovery is […]
EscapeMusic announced today the launch of its patented artist-first platform that creates new revenue streams for musicians. For the first time, music artists have full control of their own customized, branded apps that monetize all forms of fan engagement through in-app purchases and advertising. Hence, artists can now see a return on their investment in […]