Does Vezt Provide Songwriters With Their Business Model of the Future?
Vezt trumpets itself as the savior of the struggling performer. But can the fledgeling start-up help artists get by? And can the company itself survive long enough to find out?
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Music Copyright Law Is Finally Out of the Analog Age
The Musical Works Modernization Act, which brings changes to digital music royalties and copyright privileges, was signed into law last week.
How Australia Became Silicon Valley's Favorite Testing Ground
Facebook, Spotify, Tinder—all have used the land down under as a test dummy for new features.
Remember When We Were Pirates?
The launch of Apple Music is yet another nail in the coffin of online music piracy. Is that a good thing?
Swedish Pop Mafia
How a culturally conservative effort in the 1940s backfired to create the greatest engine of pop music in the world.
The Cult of Amazon: Meet the Most Hardcore Reviewers on the Site
Who would write, almost daily, 1,000-word overviews of composers and music that most of the general population has never heard of and probably don't care to know about? Inside the weird world of Amazon's most hardcore reviewers and their quest for the best.