• Jay Z on Tidal, Labels: 'We Pay the Highest Royalty Percentage'

    Jay Z continues his media tour to support the launch of his newly acquired streaming service TIDAL. Yesterday, April 1, HOV spoke at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recording Music and fielded questions from the inquisitive crowd of students who grilled him on a variety of topics, including how TIDAL benefits artists, how it is different from other services and its relationships with labels. Sitting with company executive Vania Schlogel, he also revealed more details about how the service works. He said TIDAL pays the highest royalty percentage and that he does not have a record deal.

  • RECESS Festival 2015 Tour Dates: Event Features The Chainsmokers, Matt & Kim

    RECESS Music & Ideas Festival has announced its 2015 tour dates. The event concept brings together some of the finest up-and-coming musicians, entrepreneurial minds and startups in the United States together and travels to large college campuses all across the country. The festival will feature musicians like The Chainsmokers, Jessie J, Logic, Matt & Kim, Kyle and others. Presented by Dallas Mavericks owner, 'Shark Tank' host and financial guru Mark Cuban, the touring festival series was created by two Indiana University students. They originally founded the electronic music festival Glowfest, which hosted the likes of Afrojack, but changed their concept to include a speaker series and workshops with bright young minds from around the country.

  • Mick Jagger 'WTF With Marc Maron': Rolling Stones Singer Calls in

    If you listen to Marc Maron's wildly popular 'WTF With Mark Maron' podcast, then you already know the comedian is a huge fan of The Rolling Stones. The podcaster uploaded a new episode today, April 2, and for 10 brief minutes Maron talked to frontman Mick Jagger. The comedian, usually full of complaints and gripes, sounded ecstatic during the interview, 'Consequence of Sound' noted.

  • 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck' Teaser Reveals Band Name Choices Before Nirvana [WATCH]

    Nirvana fans have a little more than a month to wait until the release of the new documentary 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck.' The film is the first of its kind, considering it was done with Cobain's family's blessing. In a new teaser for the doc, a few of Nirvana's alternative band names are shown as the group provides some background music.

  • Avril Lavigne Reveals Lyme Disease As Reason For Hiatus, "Hello Kitty" Singer Will Drop New Single "Fly" This Month For Special Olympics

    Avril Lavigne went on hiatus last year with many speculating that she was either pregnant, in rehab, or having marital issues with husband, Nickleback frontman Chad Kroeger. In December, she updated fans on Twitter asking for prayers because she was "having some health issues." The "Hello Kitty" singer has now revealed what was going on in a new interview with People, explaining that she had been bedridden for five months after contracting Lyme disease.

  • Billboard Hot 100 vs. Official Charts Company by Decade: Madonna, 50 Cent, Mark Ronson and 40 Years of No. 1s

    Few people realize just how different the music across the pond is from that we listen to in America, that the Hot 100 doesn't exist in the UK, and that its equivalent to our singles chart doesn't just feature a whole bunch of American artists with even more One Direction and Ellie Goulding tracks. Music Times is looking back at the last five decades of music, and at the no. 1 hits on April 2 every ten years on the spot, going back to 1975. The ultimate contest, of course, is which country has better taste. Last month the win went to the UK in the best-of-five showdown. This month features Madonna, 50 Cent, Mark Ronson and more in the field.
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