Friday, Mar. 4, 2022

The pandemic, new technologies, markets and platforms, evolving roles, megabuck deals for the music rights/catalogs of superstar artists and songwriters--these are among the dynamics being brought to bear on the music and sound market spanning advertising and entertainment--as well as hybrid...

Friday, Oct. 15, 2021

From the track for a two-minute film inspired by Oscar Wilde's "The Selfish Giant" to a rap hit fueled by peanut butter, this quarter's Top Ten Music Tracks Chart runs the gamut.

Among the other Chart entries are a tongue-in-cheek parody feature trailer for a rom-com that is actually a...

Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021

A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is suing the band and others, alleging the image is child pornography they have profited from.

The lawsuit, filed by Spencer Elden on Tuesday in federal court in California, alleges...

Friday, Jun. 4, 2021

From an animated music video for Claritin promoting kids being more active outdoors to a Gillette Venus-backed wry declaration of support for the much maligned pubic hair, and a social awareness-heightening message for probation and parole reform,  this quarter's Top Ten Tracks Music Chart...

Friday, Apr. 2, 2021

Super Bowl commercials are prevalent in the first quarterly Top Ten Tracks Chart of 2021, starting with the #1 entry, Anheuser-Busch/InBev's "Let's Grab A Beer," executive produced by David Fincher and directed by Adam Hashemi of production house RESET for Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Fincher'...

Tuesday, May. 5, 2020

This is a story about the cold-blooded murder of a rock star, the reissue of his famous guitar without permission from the friend who customized the instrument with attention-grabbing artwork, and allegations of copyright infringement. Notify Netflix  immediately! This could be the next...

Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2020

First there was Led Zeppelin. A few weeks later, ...

Monday, Mar. 30, 2020

Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin - a case about the opening licks of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven - has been wending its way through courts in the Ninth Circuit for the past six...

Friday, Dec. 13, 2019

A humorous "Llama Drama" for Bosch windshield wipers tops the year's final quarterly Top Ten Tracks Chart--with music from Yessian Music and sound design by INFECTED in Hamburg.

Other entries in the mix are: Miller Lite's "Followers," a commentary on the pervasiveness and sometimes...

Friday, Oct. 25, 2019

The #1 and #2 entries in our quarterly Top Ten Tracks Chart--respectively, the comedy of Jif's "Bunker" and the serious social issue of bullying in Monica Lewinsky's "The Epidemic"--exhibit the wide range of tone and emotion that music and sound can convey.

This is evident throughout the...

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