by David Bruce Murray | Mar 19, 2020 | Commentary & Observations
The top ten nominees for the 2020 Singing News Fan Awards in the Favorite Song category were announced yesterday. Those titles include: “Alabama Mud” – Jason Cox/Tim Lovelace/Belinda Smith”Be Saved” – Rodney Griffin/Nick...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 21, 2020 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, News, Singing News
Some Southern Gospel DJs are expressing disappointment with new reporting requirements for the Singing News Top 80 airplay chart. They must now turn in a computer-generated spin count of songs played on their station along with their report. Some complaints include:...
by Kyle Boreing | Jan 16, 2020 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
When an album “drops,” it’s industry slang for saying an album has been released to the public. It’s origins come from the newspaper industry, where delivery trucks would drop bundles of newspapers off at news stands on city streets. It’s...
by Kyle Boreing | Dec 9, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming Video
Since I’m apparently on a physical media kick as of late, I thought I might share a video I recently found that gives a rather interesting look at the history of vinyl – specifically the 12″ LP format (33 1/3 RPM) and the 7″ single format (45...
by Kyle Boreing | Dec 4, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
Yeah, yeah, I know that I’ve written a few articles about the merits of streaming music, especially in an environment where streaming makes up 80% of all music consumption (individual genre stats are not available, but I’m guessing it’s safe to say...
by David Bruce Murray | Nov 15, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
Yesterday, I shared thoughts about the National Quartet Convention’s announcement regarding the cancellation of their online webcast starting in 2020. Today, I wanted to mention a couple of possible ways it could continue. I hope the various parties involved...
