Build a Band Night Returns – Details Inside
This issue of RCSMNW: Royal G Symphony and Smackjive rock Royal City Studios on April 8th; Joshua Bowden wants singers for “Babe Charlie: Live from the Other Side”; applications now open for Music [...]
Tom MacDonald Raises Questions About Album Sales and Music Data Collection
On March 8, 2022, top-selling indie artist Tom MacDonald called out music sales data collection agencies based on personal experience with his 2022 album The Brave. What happened afterward raises serious questions about [...]
The March Music and Open RCS Jams Issue
This week in RCS Music News Weekly: All kinds of open jams scheduled in March at Royal City Studios, Olivia Rodrigo praises prior female songwriters and music artists while accepting Billboard’s 2022 Woman [...]
Music Hall Booking Info for Bands – Royal City Studios
With restrictions continuing to ease across Ontario, more musicians have been contacting Royal City Studios to ask about hall booking information for live shows. If you’re in Guelph or the surrounding areas, the [...]
Get a Free Hour of Rehearsal Time at Royal City Studios
Get a Free Hour of Rehearsal Time at Royal City Studios As part of Royal City Studios’ ongoing efforts to support area musicians, foster community creativity with real people in a non-Zoom setting, [...]
So-Called “Dead” Digital Downloads Are Clearly Not Dead
Like CDs and cassettes, digital downloads have been written off as dead. Yet the evidence clearly shows they’re not dead and provide many musicians with far better income than the relative peanuts of [...]
Metadata: Why This Boring Word Is Important to Online Radio Play and Royalties
Truly it’s astonishing how many indie online radio stations are out there that have substantial audiences and are open to music submissions from artists. Moreover (in case you’re unaware), online radio play holds [...]
CDs: Their Unclear Comeback
In two recent issues of RCS Music News Weekly, we examined the comeback of vinyl records and the smaller but equally steady rise of cassettes. In this issue, we examine CDs, which many [...]
RCS Music News Weekly – Spotify Now Invested in Weaponry
We thought it might be science fiction, and perhaps wanted it to be, but the RCS Music News Weekly team confirmed it’s all real. Spotify is now invested in weaponry, and the music [...]
Cassette Tapes on a Small But Steady Rise (Despite How Some Feel About Them)
As vinyl records continue their comeback, sales of albums on cassette tape are also making a steady blip on the musical radar: According to Statista, U.S. music cassette sales nearly tripled from 2015 [...]