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Drake Entertainment Music New Zealand

Drake tests out new untitled song during his world tour

sudshr47 November 8, 2017

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Drake is busy doing the world tour thing, but that doesn’t stop him from trying out some new material.

The Canadian R&B artist was in Auckland, New Zealand in the last week as part of his “Boy Meets World” tour, and tested out a previously unheard song on the crowd of screaming fans.

It has no title or release date as yet, but here’s a 24-second snippet of what it sounds like. There’s references to champagne and death.

Drake performing a New Song 🌺🌎pic.twitter.com/Hf2uwZXMXG

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Mashable Video Music Nasa Science Sound

NASA created a playlist of creepy space sounds

sudshr47 November 7, 2017

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NASA dropped a spooky mixtape filled with interplanetary music of our cosmos, with such great hits like “Kepler: Star KIC7671081B Light Curves Waves to Sound,” “Plasmaspheric Hiss,” “Jupiter Sounds 2001,” and “Chorus Radio Waves within Earth’s Atmosphere.” Read more…

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Concert Culture Kanye West Kid Cudi Music

Kanye West finally makes his return to the stage at a Kid Cudi concert

sudshr47 November 5, 2017

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In November 2016, Kanye West cancelled a slew of tour dates after reports surfaced that he’d been hospitalized. 

On Saturday night, nearly a year after those headlines dominated the news, the Chicago native took the stage alongside longtime collaborator Kid Cudi for the first time since 2016—and people went absolutely wild. 

West and Cudi performed “Father Stretch My Hands  Pt. 1” to the surprised crowd that had come to see Cudi’s Passion, Pain, & Demon Slayin’ tour. 

@KIDCUDI X KANYE WEST IN CHICAGO 👾🌑☄️🏄🏾‍♂️🛰

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Forget guitar lessons — this device will teach you how to play like a pro

sudshr47 November 5, 2017

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‘Call It What You Want’: Taylor Swift drops her fourth single in under 3 months

sudshr47 November 3, 2017

Just a handful of sleeps before Taylor Swift’s Reputation drops on Nov. 10, and another (another!) single has landed.
The pop mogul released fourth single “Call it What You Want” on Friday, the latest from Swift’s upcoming sixth studio album.
It’…

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Business Music Music Streaming Pandora Spotify

Pandora tried to become more like Spotify and now it’s bleeding users

sudshr47 November 2, 2017

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Pandora is trying to reinvent itself as more than free internet radio. But subscriptions come with a price. 

Pandora has been losing users with each earnings report, at 73.7 million active listeners this quarter compared to 78.1 million this time two years ago. 

Pandora Q3 Users:
2015: 78.1M
2016: 77.9M
2017: 73.7M

— Lucas Shaw (@Lucas_Shaw) November 2, 2017

The 4.4 million dropoff in users comes as Pandora tries to make itself a player in the on-demand music streaming wars, up against Spotify, Apple Music, and the rest. 

This quarter, Pandora touted that its total paid subscribers were up 29 percent year-over-year to 5.19 million. For comparison, Spotify has 60 million subscribers and Apple Music has about 30 million. Pandora’s subscriptions brought in $84.4 million in revenue.  Read more…

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Culture Music Noel Gallagher Scissors Weird

Noel Gallagher’s band has a killer scissors player (someone who plays the scissors)

sudshr47 November 2, 2017

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When most people see scissors, they think, “Ah, scissors, the things you use to cut.” 

When musician and former Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher sees scissors, he thinks, “Ah, scissors, the things you use to make beautiful British rock music.”

This way of thinking — this vision — would explain the scissor player (lead scissorist) featured in Gallagher’s band The High Flying Birds during a recent televised BBC performance.

In case you’re confused, let’s clear something up: this is what it sounds like it is.  Read more…

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Pandora made $80M in U.S. app store revenue in Q3, booting Netflix from the top grossing spot

sudshr47 November 2, 2017

 In the face of fierce competition from Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora has been growing its in-app subscription revenues, according to new data from Sensor Tower. The streaming music service earned the number one spot on the chart of top grossing apps in Q3 2017, excluding games. It’s the first time Pandora has held that position since the third quarter of 2015.
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