Founded in 2009, Sofar Sounds took up a niche presenting to the world up-and-coming artists at unexpected secret venues, mostly at people’s homes. With their headquarters in London, the company quickly grew into a global network of music events organisers based in 36 countries before the outbreak of the pandemic.
Paul McCartney revealed that The Beatles’ new recording featuring additions from artificial intelligence will be released later this year. With a little help from AI, the voice of John Lennon was retrieved from an old demo, also subsequently completed by the technology. Although the name of the song hasn’t been revealed, it is believed to be “Now and Then”, a 1978’s composition written by Lennon at his New York apartment. It was one of the compositions featured on a cassette labelled “For Paul”.
Day Two of last week's CMW featured panels on a potpouri of subjects. Today we focus on music marketing and the relationship between music and cannabis.
The 41st Canadian Music Week (CMW) kicked off at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto last week, with a jam-packed schedule of events and performances. The evenings were filled with some of the brightest new and established Canadian artists, including Charlotte Cardin, Tumble, Fuego, Grace May, Virginia To Vegas, and Badflower. The days were filled with a series of expert panels covering topics from sync licensing to Afrobeats to new release marketing strategies.
