The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, July 7

The Daily Chord shared the last of the mid-year think pieces this short work week, and linked to stories reporting on positive and negative aspects of streaming businesses. The profiles of Ted Leo, Charley Pride and Dr. Octagon should lead you to seek out their music. After checking out this weekly wrap-up, please subscribe to the Daily Chord email blast and make your inbox interesting.

Wednesday, July 5

• Music industry at mid-year mark
  Post from Variety
• DJ Khaled narrowly beats Imagine Dragons to no. 1
  Post from NY Times
• Ticketmaster to kill long lines by checking event attendees with smartphone audio data
  Post from The Verge
• Jay Z's new album pirated almost 1 million times in first 3 days
  Post from Hypebot
• Machines of loving grace: How 'Artificial Intelligence' helped techno grow up
  Post from The Guardian
• John Blackwell Jr., Prince's former drummer, dies at 43
  Obituary from Billboard

Thursday, July 6

• Streaming soars, Kendrick Lamar has 2017's top album (so far) in Nielsen Music's mid-year report
  Post from Variety
• The music industry's still off-key
  Post from Bloomberg
• This is how Fender will get you to dust off your old guitar
  Post from CNET
• How musician Shawn Wasabi helped develop the arcade-inspired Midi Fighter 64
  Post from The Verge
• Let Kool Keith's Dr. Octagon cure what ails you
  Interview from Noisey
• Charley Pride talks new album, Merle Haggard, and disappointment over stalled biopic
  Interview from Billboard

Friday, July 7

• The streaming problem: How spammers, superstars and tech giants gamed the music industry
  Post from Vulture
• SoundCloud cuts 40% of staff in push for profitability
  Post from Bloomberg
• Lamb Of God's Randy Blythe gives a tour of his bookshelf
  Post from Noisey
• Ted Leo is like you
  Profile from Stereogum
• A little help from my friends: The guest stars transforming pop albums
  Post from The Guardian
• Spotify's new project sees artists blocked by Trump's travel ban come together
  Post from Mashable