Music Industry

He says intention was to “shine a dedicated spotlight” on important artists

They include defending the BBC and breaking down EU touring barriers

Organisations like the RIAA, the IFPI and the Grammys are all involved in the project

Industry figures welcome proposals in Turn It Up: Our Plan For Music

Some new statistical analysis has spotlighted a rapid decrease in the number of popular tracks that feature explicit lyrics. When did we all get so uptight?

Davis died last week, aged 94

Dave Rowntree brought case revolving around ‘black box’ royalties

Loads of Thomann goodies to be won

And existing musicians are increasingly doubling-up instruments

Even if everybody around him said, ‘I don’t get it,’ he would say, 'You don’t have to get it’”