The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, December 2

The 2016 wrap-ups began as November turned into December, and the Daily Chord shared an album list, a 'best songs' list, a 'highest-paid musician' list and a survey of Instagram's music numbers, with more to come throughout the year's end. Stories involving 2016 keynote Tony Visconti (and his SXSW hoodie) and 2017 keynote Nile Rodgers (and Duran Duran) rounded out the week's links. As a bonus, we've included stories from the abbreviated Thanksgiving week at the end.

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Monday, November 28

• What the top 50 global music festivals reveal about today's live music industry
  Post from Forbes
• Tiny Desk: How NPR's intimate concert series earned a cult following
  Post from Vox
• Vinyl records top the popularity charts
  Story from CNET
• 'Punk is a McDonald's brand': Malcolm McLaren's son on burning £5m of items
  Post from The Guardian
• BBC Sound Of 2017: Urban acts dominate longlist
  Post from BBC News
• Pauline Oliveros, composer who championed 'deep listening,' dies at 84
  Obituary from NY Times

Tuesday, November 29

• Metallica's 'Hardwired....To Self Destruct' earns third biggest opening week of 2016
  Post from NY Times
• Taylor Swift gets her own channel on DirecTV streaming service
  Post from NY Post
• Bruno Mars sells 1 million tickets in 24 hours
  Post from Hypebot
• How a compilation CD survived the digital age
  Story from The Guardian
• Forgotten audio formats: Wire recording
  Feature from Ars Technica
• The untold story of Ableton Live - the program that transformed electronic music performance forever
  Post from Thump/Vice

Wednesday, November 30

• 'Notorious' turns 30: How Nile Rodgers conducted Duran Duran's reinvention
  Post from Cuepoint
• Tony Visconti talks the state of the music industry and producing for David Bowie
  Post from Forbes
• Best albums of 2016
  List from The Independent
• Spotify brilliantly reveals your dirty secrets
  Post from CNET
• SiriusXM agrees to pay up to $99 million to settle Turtles-backed copyright case
  Story from NY Times
• Festival-goer 'waterboarded for fun' at Australian EDM event
  Post from NME

Thursday, December 1

• Dolly Parton sets up fund for Tennessee fires victims
  Item from BBC
• The world's highest-paid musicians of 2016
  Post from Forbes
• Spotify's most-streamed artists, albums and songs of 2016 revealed
  Post from NME
• New York criminalizes ticket bots, scalpers can now get jail time
  Post from Pitchfork
• Riot Fest co-founder Sean McKeough dies at age 42
  Obituary from Billboard
• 50 best songs of 2016
  List from Rolling Stone

Friday, December 2

• How the music world flocked to Instagram in 2016
  Post from Fast Company
• Europe's biggest tech hope Spotify starts talking about profit
  Story from Reuters
• BitTorrent quietly and abruptly stops giving out cash grants to artists
  Post from Pitchfork
• Why The Weeknd and Bruno Mars are obsessed with the 80s
  Post from LA Times
• Reflex action: Duran Duran lose court battle over song rights
  Story from The Guardian
• Deadmau5: The full NME cover interview
  Interview from NME

In Case You Missed It: Thanksgiving Week Stories

• What the top 50 global music festivals reveal about today's live music industry
  Post from Forbes
• Tiny Desk: How NPR's intimate concert series earned a cult following
  Post from Vox
• Vinyl records top the popularity charts
  Story from CNET
• 'Punk is a McDonald's brand': Malcolm McLaren's son on burning £5m of items
  Post from The Guardian
• BBC Sound Of 2017: Urban acts dominate longlist
  Post from BBC News
• Pauline Oliveros, composer who championed 'deep listening,' dies at 84
  Obituary from NY Times
• Metallica's 'Hardwired....To Self Destruct' earns third biggest opening week of 2016
  Post from NY Times
• Taylor Swift gets her own channel on DirecTV streaming service
  Post from NY Post
• Bruno Mars sells 1 million tickets in 24 hours
  Post from Hypebot
• How a compilation CD survived the digital age
  Story from The Guardian
• Forgotten audio formats: Wire recording
  Feature from Ars Technica
• The untold story of Ableton Live - the program that transformed electronic music performance forever
  Post from Thump/Vice
• 'Notorious' turns 30: How Nile Rodgers conducted Duran Duran's reinvention
  Post from Cuepoint
• Tony Visconti talks the state of the music industry and producing for David Bowie
  Post from Forbes
• Best albums of 2016
  List from The Independent
• Spotify brilliantly reveals your dirty secrets
  Post from CNET
• SiriusXM agrees to pay up to $99 million to settle Turtles-backed copyright case
  Story from NY Times
• Festival-goer 'waterboarded for fun' at Australian EDM event
  Post from NME