A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that rap artists should pay for every musical sample included in their work — even minor, unrecognizable snippets of music. Lower courts had already ruled that ...

House music being celebrated in new songs from big-time acts like Drake and Beyoncé has turned into a huge conversation as of late, but the fast-paced, drum and hi-hat-riddled genre has always had a ...

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The electronic musician draws on a cache of sounds he found on the internet to create something of a distinctly digital ...

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Federal law aimed at stopping piracy applies to musicians who incorporate other artists’ works into their work, a federal appellate court ruled. Sep. 22, 2004 — Musicians’ unlicenced use of snippets ...

Since legendary keyboardist Joe Sample returned home to Houston eight years ago, he has reconnected with his musical past. Sample reunited the Jazz Crusaders for a show in 2011, after the band had ...

Every social media app — and apparently music app — eventually turns into the same app. When TikTok launched, everyone thought it was the app that young kids used to film themselves dancing. Quickly, ...

A report to be published in the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising says that longer, higher quality free music samples engage more listeners and reduce the number of “free ...

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