by David Bruce Murray | Oct 30, 2019 | Radio, Rant
Via Facebook today, the enLighten channel on Sirius/XM announced their regular Southern Gospel programming will be suspended until December 5 (except indirectly through their app). Listeners will instead be treated to an array of pop artists under the banner...
by Kyle Boreing | May 22, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Rant
This morning, I saw a post by a southern gospel singer (who shall remain nameless) who had received a “Platinum Award,” apparently from their radio promoter “For radio and DJ downloads.” The photo depicts what appears to be a CD cover and a...
by David Bruce Murray | Nov 8, 2018 | Music Business, Rant
Music streaming giant Spotify is routinely accused of shortchanging singers and songwriters on royalties. I’ve been giving them the benefit of the doubt for some years now. After an experience I had yesterday, however, it appears they’re even sleazier than...
by David Bruce Murray | Oct 22, 2018 | Music Business, Rant
As our regular readers may know, I’ve been making efforts to get into the business of creating unique print music arrangements for several months now. So far, my efforts have been focused on distilling songs from recorded artist performances down to a basic SATB...
by David Bruce Murray | Nov 18, 2017 | Commentary & Observations, Rant
I attended a concert last night that featured three top Southern Gospel quartets, and when I say top, I mean three groups that would appear on most anyone’s Top 10 list of current male quartets. The concert promoter has a weekly Southern Gospel show on one of...
by Kyle Boreing | Apr 3, 2017 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Rant
This past year marked the first time in music industry history that streaming accounted for more than half (51%) of all music sales. That means that more people are listening to music via Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, etc., than they are purchasing music directly,...
