The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, August 11

Chaos at music festivals in 2017 continues to make news this week. Live Nation and Warner Music released positive financial reports. Glen Campbell's passing led to memories of his extraordinary work. The Daily Chord keeps tabs on the big stories in the music world and shares six links each weekday. Subscribe to our email blast for the headlines.

Monday, August 7

• The meme-first reality of today's music promotion game
  Post from Wired
• In a corporate concert world, an indie thrives in Washington
  Story from NY Times
• Neither bills nor advancing age can dim the glow of a drummer's dream
  Story from LA Times
• Hope And Glory festival cancelled after queues and two-hour delays for artists
  Post from BBC News
• Why Spotify lowered the volume of songs and ended hegemonic loudness
  Post from Vice
• 'Come at me, Rahm': Music takes a supporting role for Chance, Lollapalooza 2017
  Review from Chicago Tribune

Tuesday, August 8

• What music do Americans love the most? 50 detailed fan maps
  Post from NY Times
• How to collect your share of $43.5 million Spotify songwriter, publisher settlement
  Post from Hypebot
• Warner Music Group shows robust third-quarter earnings: Revenue, digital up
  Post from Variety
• 10 boy band songs that don't suck
  List from Consequence Of Sound
• The politicization of Jay-Z
  Post from Village Voice
• Pentakill: How a metal band that doesn't exist made it to No. 1
  Post from The Guardian

Wednesday, August 9

• Glen Campbell, whose hit songs bridged country and pop, dies at 81
  Obituary from NY Times
• Why have so many music festivals gone wrong this year?
  Post from The Guardian
• The Starfest music festival will not be the next Fyre festival
  Post from D Magazine
• The world's highest-paid DJs 2017
  List from Forbes
• Roland has revived the classic TR-808 for its Boutique line
  Item from The Verge
• How Google is making music with artificial intelligence
  Interview from Science

Thursday, August 10

• Bruce Springsteen taking solo show to Broadway
  Item from CNN
• Kendrick Lamar: The Rolling Stone Interview
  Interview from Rolling Stone
• Sir Lucian Grainge: 'When people said the music industry was over, we didn't listen'
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Live Nation Q2 revenue up 29% to $2.8 billion
  Post from Billboard
• Kesha, even with a liberated new album, remains tied to Dr. Luke
  Story from NY Times
• Saudi singer arrested for dabbing
  Post from BBC News

Friday, August 11

• A French billionaire wants to make sweet, sweet music
  Post from Bloomberg
• Taylor Swift wasn't backing down in court
  Post from BBC News
• Fits, fights and panic attacks as music festival queue grinds to a halt
  Post from The Guardian
• SoundCloud plans to replace its CEO as part of a new funding deal
  Post from Recode
• Today's Google doodle teaches you to DJ
  Post from Pitchfork
• Amoeba Music's Hollywood storefront could be forced to move
  Item from Hollywood Reporter