The L.A. Times has an article about USC’s Thornton School of Music’s announcement of a new bachelor of music degree in pop music performance.
The thrust of the new program, which is overseen by associate dean Chris Sampson, is to provide a place for instrumentalists or vocalists whose passion is popular music — be it [...]

There is an agreement on the table that will specify royalty rates to be paid by internet radio stations. This article from AAJ is a little misleading.
The opening paragraph…
Songwriters, record labels, and webcasters have reached an agreement on mechanical royalties for songs played on web radio services. However, the “disastrous” performance royalty that threatens [...]

That’s a good question. There more you start looking in to the story of Billie Sol Estes, the more bizarre it gets.
Several years ago, Bill (Dees not Billie Sol) and I were on the way to Texas to do some duo shows. Now, Dees has some different ways of doing things. For instance, he [...]