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Cheshire pianist and composer Adrian Lord pursued his interest in the affect that music can have on the brain following the completion of his most recent work, ‘Piano Meditations’: an extended playlist of five slow tempo piano pieces. As part of his journey, Adrian Lord interviewed Dr Andrew Budson, Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School to discuss the science behind why music is good for the brain.
Saving Cathren, Oxfordshire Band, has been hard at work, rehearsing online and writing, with gigs already lined up for the Summer, eagerly awaiting release from lockdown, they have just released their second single “The Edge”.
Lead singer and co-producer Cathren writes: “When Paul first came to me with the song, The Edge, I could instantly feel the weight behind the powerful hook, Over and Over the Edge We Go. I fell in love right away and started production. Now some months later, and many hours of online collaboration, I am so proud to be a part of what I feel will be a timeless classic in our growing repertoire of jewels”
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Bands and artists on independent record labels get less than their fair share of access to the most popular playlists on streaming platforms such as Spotify – argues a new paper from the University of East Anglia. The paper, published on Tuesday, looks at whether streaming platforms offer a level playing field for artists and record labels.
It finds that major labels have an unfair advantage when it comes to playlist access, and that they take the lion’s share of subscription revenue as a result. As a possible remedy, the research team suggests changing the payment system, so that royalties generated by individual listener subscriptions go direct to the labels, bands and artists they are listening to. They also recommend more transparency in how playlists are created and how the algorithms behind music recommendations work.
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After hitting Billboard Magazine charts several times and charting on numerous radio charts for their previous single Gamble Love, the Texas-based band Cadillac Muzik continues to keep the momentum going with their 5th independently released project titled Stayin Alive.
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A new acoustic tribute to key workers has won plaudits from reviewers, with charity EP This Town described as ‘captivating’ and ‘potent’.
This Town, from unsigned Brixton-based singer-songwriter Josiah Mortimer, has raised enough funds to distribute nearly 400 meals to those in need through hunger charity FareShare.
Jem Girl at the Piano 