The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, April 21

The Daily Chord shares a handful of stories about music and the music business each weekday. These stories cover notable news and interesting looks into subjects which matter to music makers. This week we read about the nuts and bolts of music supervision, the booking practices of music festivals, how blockchain technology could change how we get event tickets, and why artists troll their fans. Check out those stories below and get updated daily by subscribing to our email newsletter.

Monday, April 17

• Music industry goes to war with YouTube
  Post from The Guardian
• Recording Academy merges organizations in expansion of Grammy Museum programming
  Post from LA Times
• Master guitarist Allan Holdsworth dies at 70
  Obituary from Billboard
• The Popdose Interview: Jonathan Coulton
  Post from Popdose
• Forgotten audio formats: The flexi-disc
  Post from Ars Technica
• Shamir surprise releases new album 'Hope'
  Post from Pitchfork

Tuesday, April 18

• That song doesn't mean what you think
  Post from CNN
• After a half-century in music, Clive Davis is still in love
  Interview from NY Times
• Pandora's $10 Spotify rival opens up for anyone to join
  Post from CNET
• Bridging the gap for women in music: Interview with Grammy winning BMI composer Laura Karpman
  Post from Hypebot
• Timeline: Music is about venue
  Post from Vermont Public Radio
• How music on TV actually works, according to 'The Leftovers' and 'FNL' music supervisor
  Feature from Pitchfork

Wednesday, April 19

• Are music festival lineups getting worse?
  Report from Pitchfork
• Why do artists troll us?
  Post from MTV News
• Can this man clean up EDM? 'They find all kinds of things in those pills'
  Story from The Guardian
• Facebook is baking Spotify and Apple Music right into Messenger
  Post from TNW
• Alan Lomax recordings are digitized in a new online collection
  Story from NY Times
• See Jack White, Elton John recreate early American recording sessions
  Post from Rolling Stone

Thursday, April 20

• Bose sued for logging listening habits
  Post from BBC News
• Engineer, Prince's estate face off in court over unreleased music
  Post from MPR
• Keep folk music weird
  Post from The New Yorker
• Jawbreaker reunite for Riot Fest
  Item from Stereogum
• Journalist David E. Gehlke explores the history of Noise Records
  Post from Billboard
• Tackling ticketing with blockchain technology
  Post from Pollstar

Friday, April 21

• Prince was a queen maker
  Feature from Pitchfork
• Record Store Day: Our pick of 10 of the best releases
  Post from BBC News
• 'Up Next' is an Apple Music series highlighting new artists
  Post from Engadget
• Dolly Parton college course combines music, history and Appalachia pride
  Story from NY Times
• Soft, smooth and steady: How Xanax turned American music into pill-pop
  Story from Washington Post
• Five millennial Mexican acts repping the Latin genre you need to hear now
  Post from Billboard