Music industry

Music industry


  • How Do You Listen to Music?

    Reflecting on how we hear music, this Copper Magazine piece explores selective listeningโ€”from favoring lyrics or solos to feeling sound with the whole bodyโ€”and highlights Evelyn Glennieโ€™s deaf-but-deep approach to truly experiencing music.

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  • The Rocket Man’s First U.S. Gig: Elton John at the Troubadour

    In 1970, a fresh-faced British musician named Elton John boarded a plane for Los Angeles, a city where dreams could be made or broken. Having already made a name for himself in the UK, Elton had a simple goal: to introduce his music to the American audience and see if it resonated as it had…

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  • The MTV Phenomenon: Changing the Tune of the Music Industry

    On August 1, 1981, an unprecedented event occurred in the media industry that would forever change the way we consume music: the launch of MTV (Music Television). The first-ever music video to grace this new platform was The Bugglesโ€™ fittingly prophetic โ€œVideo Killed the Radio Star,โ€ a title that foresaw the pivotal shift about to…

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  • Rolling with the Charts: Billboardโ€™s Epic Journey

    From swing-era surveys to streaming farms, the Billboard charts have tracked musicโ€™s biggest hitsโ€”and biggest controversiesโ€”for over 80 years, navigating shifts in technology, taste, and transparency with every note.

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  • Bowers & Wilkinsโ€™s Nautilus celebrates 30th Anniversary

    โ€ขย ย ย  Nautilus โ€“ the ultra-high-end loudspeaker like no other โ€“ has been hand-made to order at the Bowers & Wilkins factory in Worthing for 30 years. โ€ขย ย ย  To mark this milestone, Bowers & Wilkins has created a unique pair of Nautilus finished in a stunning Abalone Pearl paint, a dramatic finish that perfectly commemorates this…

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  • MoFiโ€™s 40th Anniversary Edition of Michael Jacksonโ€™s Thriller REVIEWED

    MoFiโ€™s 40th anniversary One-Step reissue of Michael Jacksonโ€™s Thriller stuns with unmatched clarity, staging, and vocal presenceโ€”so revelatory it feels like a remix, yet itโ€™s the original master unveiled as never before.

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  • MoFiโ€™s Alan Parsons Projectโ€™s Eye In The Sky – a review and a word about the MoFi controversy

    Despite MoFiโ€™s DSD controversy, Claude Lemaire finds their Eye in the Sky 45 rpm remaster a revelationโ€”eclipsing his Canadian first press with staggering dynamics, transparency, and an analog warmth that challenges purist assumptions.

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  • Best Audio Systems for $20,000: Exploring Harbeth, Chord, and Moonriver Audio in Art et Son’s Optimal Setup

    For the first entry in our โ€œBest $20,000 Systemโ€ series, Art et Sonโ€™s Rob Sutcliffe and Antonello deliver a warm, sweet, and tactile sound built around Harbeth, Moonriver, Chord, and Melcoโ€”plus smart upgrade paths for vinyl lovers.

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  • Rock Chronicles, Part 3 โ€” The British are coming!

    George Harrisonโ€™s enthusiasm for Delaney & Bonnieโ€™s Accept No Substitute nearly landed the duo on Apple Recordsโ€”until label politics and Delaneyโ€™s double-dealing derailed the deal, sparking industry drama and setting off a ripple through rock history.

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  • Did Adele shoot too high?

    Adeleโ€™s tearful Vegas cancellation sparked backlash not just for its timing, but for symbolizing spectacle over soulโ€”an irony, given her voice alone couldโ€™ve carried a show that ticket holders paid thousands to witness.

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  • Will you commit to being artist-friendly?

    More than 30 years ago, the tabling of the Brundtland report introduced the concept of sustainable development, of which there are three pillars: economic, social, and environmental. This begat fair trade, at the time considered avant-garde, which instituted a set of policies that spanned the world and forever altered the standards we use to buy…

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