Silence is the loudest sound in the universe, because it's the only thing that makes you stop and look around. Because silence is what we all fear. But silence is the sound of the soul. | | | | Lil Keed at the Buckhead Theater, Atlanta, May 30, 2019.
(Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images) | | | | | |  | "Silence is the loudest sound in the universe, because it's the only thing that makes you stop and look around. Because silence is what we all fear. But silence is the sound of the soul."
| | | | | | rantnrave:// In an age when you can travel halfway around the world and buy the same STARBUCKS Frappucino you could have bought halfway around your own block while listening to the same BILLIE EILISH song, probably on the same speakers, it's nice to be reminded that regional tastes still exist. Part 2 of CHARTMETRIC's amazing series on so-called "Trigger Cities"—metropolises in Latin America and South and Southeast Asia whose youngish populations of streaming music power users appear to be influencing what everyone else in the world is listening to—drills down on the particular tastes of the 10 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Part 1 of the series described how listening activity in Mexico City and São Paulo can directly trigger playlist placements in the US, and how "what an Indonesian hipster finds for free on SOUNDCLOUD might soon be played by a SPOTIFY Premium for Family teenage user in Iowa next week." In Part 2, writer/researcher JASON JOVEN zooms in on markets like Bangkok, Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City and shows how pop (as defined by SHAZAM tags) is dominant there in a way that it isn't in major cities in the US (where hip-hop rules) and Western Europe (where pop, hip-hop, dance and various regional styles vie for attention). On Southeast Asian Spotify, that means a lot of Western pop with K-pop mixed in. On YOUTUBE, the mix is significantly more K-pop along with local pop acts that vary from country to country; on INSTAGRAM, the locals become more dominant. Also, a Nashville YouTuber named LANDON AUSTIN is the third most popular artist on Spotify in Ho Chi Minh City—perhaps, Joven reasons, because his "pristine vocals and a soft veneer of acoustic guitars and pianos" resonate with "Southeast Asia's love of very friendly, non-controversial pop music." Make of that what you will; Joven suggests Austin should be booking shows all over Southeast Asia. He suggests Western labels aggressively target those markets, too, which they presumably already know. This is MOTOWN president ETHIOPIA HABTEMARIAM talking to MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE's TIM INGHAM: "We're always thinking about streaming, how it connects the world; how people in Africa are listening to the same music we are the moment it drops here. These kids, worldwide, are on the same wavelength—we have to strategize around that." I'd like to think that strategy is more about importing their tastes to the US more than the other way around. But I'm not quite prepared to put money on that... UMG's top archivist has told his staff the record company is taking concrete steps "to provide our artists with transparency and answers as quickly as possible" about the 2008 fire in its vault on the UNIVERSAL STUDIOS backlot—only 11 years after it happened. When the fire started, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER was governor of California, SPOTIFY hadn't launched and DRAKE was self-releasing mixtapes, in case you're wondering what your label means when it says it will get back to you as quickly as possible... In DANNY BOYLE's alternate-universe fantasy YESTERDAY, which opens Friday, the BEATLES have been erased from all but one man's memory. But what if that last memory got erased, too? What if there had never been a "YESTERDAY" in the first place? It's a question that, not surprisingly, has come up before. MusicSET: "Strawberry Fields Never: Imagine There's No Beatles"... RIP MIKE BELKIN SR. | | | - Matty Karas, curator | | | |  | chartmetric | | A pop-loving region might spark your next global hit. | | | |  | Sound Field | | Streaming services like Spotify are changing more than the way we listen to music - they are actually changing the way music is written. | | | |  | Billboard | | According to Billboard estimates, it's significantly less than the $2.5 billion figure that's been thrown around. | | | |  | The Trichordist | | We've been hearing an alarming narrative that "record labels are making more money than ever from streaming, but they're just not paying musicians". To be clear, we certainly have our issues with major labels, however we also need facts and to be truthful. | | | |  | The New York Times | | "Old Town Road" was just the beginning for the 20-year-old rapper and meme artist, but of what? | | | |  | Los Angeles Times | | Singer/songwriter Jade Jackson still works at her family's restaurant, but maybe for not much longer, as her new Mike Ness-produced album gets big early buzz. | | | |  | God Is In The TV | | Last month PledgeMusic announced it was going into administration after it failed to find a buyer for the struggling firm. This was a big blow financially for acts using the service, which had once filled a need for artists looking to fund their releases and tours through direct fan funding. | | | |  | The FADER | | Turns out, if you've ever shared lyrics online at all, you were probably infringing upon somebody's copyright. | | | |  | Okayplayer | | A breakdown of the controversial yet common practice of bundling and the artists whose sales either soared or remained stagnant as a result. | | | |  | Variety | | As details about a serious 2008 fire that destroyed hundreds of thousands of master recordings owned by Universal Music Group continue to emerge, the company's SVP of Recording Studios & Archive Management, Pat Kraus, today issued a memo to the staff that Variety has obtained. | | | |  | Topic | | Female artists, publicists, record execs, and more, on what it was really like to be in the record business in the early 2000s. | | | |  | Music Business Worldwide | | Songtradr founder and CEO, Paul Wiltshire, on the sync industry and his company's future. | | | |  | Toronto Star | | Hit albums, links to big names like Bieber, and controversies part of the story of band at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday (Jun. 27). | | | |  | Forbes | | The music industry has been set on its ear so many times in the past two decades, it looks like a wrestler with cauliflower ear. And a recent bulletin from the U.S. Department of Justice may bounce it off the ropes one more time. | | | |  | Longreads | | MTV's "The Hills" was a memorable reality show with an even more memorable theme song. | | | |  | Electronic Beats | | Disco re-edit services emerged in the '70s as a way of disseminating remixes, medleys and megamixes among working DJs. | | | | | Variety | | Major Lazer & Anitta's new track "Make It Hot" has all the makings of a summer hit - including a version that plays well on the go: Alongside the official video, artist manager services company Mtheory released a version on Wednesday (Jun. 26) that was cut for vertical viewing on Instagram and TikTok. | | | | | Music Business Worldwide | | Motown's Ethiopia Habtemariam on hip-hop's explosion, ego in the music business -- and Motown's new age. | | | |  | Geeks & Beats | | Doctor Nadia Azar drops by the G&B studios to talk about her work at the University of Windsor on the impact a lifetime of drumming has on the human body. Plus, we learn how Michael lost a $1,000 bet with his teenager thanks to technology. | | | | | Billboard | | The first Democratic presidential debates of the 2020 election kick off on June 26 and 27 in Miami -- and each candidate's playlists, curated with surgical precision, play a role as well as their policies. | | | | |  | | YouTube | | | | | | | | | | | Trigger warning. A provocative, intentionally disturbing, pro-gun-control video, directed by Jonas Ã…kerlund. | | | | | | | | © Copyright 2019, The REDEF Group | | |
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