The Music Industry’s Side Ways: Top Execs Often Hold Down Separate Gigs Simultaneously

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police in May, an organization formed by music industry execs Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang under the name #TheShowMustBePaused began with a call for a single day shutdown soon grew into a movement that called for change across the entire industry.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom modified the reopening guidelines for counties in the State of California.

Michael Jackson took aim at The Beatles and Elvis Presley in a number of handwritten notes that criticised racism in the music industry. The notes are believed to have been penned by Jackson in 1987, the same year his acclaimed album Bad was released.

13 million followers. Hall has posted on social media since news of the utility shutoff first surfaced — but the closest he’s come to addressing the incident on was a cryptic tweet posted two hours after the utility shut-off was announced that said, “suddenly the turns have tabled.”LA Mayor Eric Garcetti stated Aug.

Naman Ramachandran “Frasier” star Kelsey Grammer and Nathalie Cox (“Clash of the Titans”) have completed principal photography at York, U.K. on mystery/suspense feature “Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop,” directed by Brad Watson (“The 7th Dimension”).“This has been a terrific experience,” said Grammer.

NME about their call for the government to urgently provide support to their industry while unable to work due to COVID-19 restrictions.Earlier this month, the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign saw artists and industry figures take to social media to demand that the government share arts funding to protect the future live crew, musicians and the individuals working behind the scenes.Despite the government’s recent £1.57billion to help the arts, culture and heritage industries survive the impact of

Mischa Barton isn't ruling out an reboot! ET's Katie Krause spoke to the 34-year-old actress, who revealed a number of ways she thinks the teen soap could return. Barton played Marissa Cooper from 2003 to 2006 in the series, before it came to an end the next year.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s no surprise that the announcement of Kamala Harris as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate was met with wild enthusiasm by large swaths of the music industry — after all, she’s a Bay Area-bred California senator who lives in Los Angeles with her entertainment-attorney husband, Douglas Emhoff. But less known is how longstanding and strong her connections with the music business are — and not necessarily with artists.

Are you bored with the content on Netflix? Have you watched everything on Hulu? Have you already caught up with the DC Universe shows you’ve never even knew existed until they were on HBO Max? Then may we suggest – if you haven’t already – catch up with the Robin Thede creation, “A Black Lady Sketch Show?” READ MORE: Creative Arts Emmys virtual ceremonies expanding to five nights HBO Emmy nominee for Outstanding Variety Series (Thede), Directing for a Variety Series (Dime Davis, the first female

Attitude Is Everything, which has been working towards accessibility throughout the live industry for 20 years, has set up the Beyond The Music initiative with the help of the National Lottery Community Fund.BTM will provide the necessary skills, experience, resources and guidance for deaf and disabled people as well as for music businesses in order to create inclusive work environments and close the employment gap.“Attitude is Everything believes it is crucial that deaf and disabled people have

Pharrell Williams had all the reasons in the world to be smiling. His infectious hit song “Happy” was the previous year’s top seller in the U.S., an international smash and soon to be a major Grammy moment.

Cardi B has praised Nicki Minaj for “dominating” the music industry, in what’s believed to be an indirect shout out to the rapper.Cardi didn’t mention Nicki by name, but seemingly referenced her when speaking to Apple Music about how female rappers controlled the music scene when she was growing up.“When I was younger, when I was eight… No wait, I’m lying.

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Another Sky – a four-piece who started making political and beguiling post-rock together while studying at Goldsmiths University. Their collected experiences of ‘making it’ were poured into ‘I Slept On The Floor‘ – an album preoccupied with childhood trauma, toxic relationships, systemic prejudice and divisive politics that has certainly captured the gloom of these tumultuous times.“It feels apt to be releasing it now,” singer Catrin Vincent tells NME.

Cardi B has opened up about the obstacles she faced when she was trying to break into the music industry.

don’t be that guy."This week saw the launch of the Music Industry Collaborative Commitment, a shareable tool and resource for artists to use as they enter into one-to-one situations with collaborators or potential business partners.The Commitment is a set of common-sense commandments, intended to create a platform for safety and confidence for music-makers as they pursue opportunities where, sadly, barriers still firmly exist.The project was designed with the “acknowledgement that there are