Given the latest dust-up over Neil Young, it's worth pointing out that Spotify, Apple Music, and other similar music services have been lousy for artists in general for a while:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/streaming-platforms-keeping-more-money-from-artists-than-ever-817925/

... Which has led to schemes like this:
https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/08/4-ways-artists-labels-manipulate-streaming-and-how-it-hurts-everyone.html

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Let me say up front that I am a BIG fan of Lin-Manuel Miranda. I loved In the Heights, thought Hamilton was absolutely brilliant, and really enjoyed his work in the Disney animated movies.

I just watched Encanto, after hearing such high praise for it.

Maybe it was all the hype, but this one didn't do it for me. Definitely my least favorite of his. 😕
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If you haven't heard this before... This is not at all like the other covers of this song you might know.

Jon Batiste Performing Blackbird - 09 FEB 2016
https://youtu.be/H46yXW4qR_M

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The King's Singers: Bono/U2 arr. Bob Chilcott - MLK
https://youtu.be/Kvh4KPQ0Z3U

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I am STOKED. Pretty sure Steinberg is dropping Dorico 4.0 tomorrow! For any other composers or arrangers out there, you might want to tune in.

https://youtu.be/X2_ij8vYk-s

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Rick Beato dropped a new video today, reacting to each of the songs on the Grammy Song of the Year list:
https://youtu.be/fLB2FSLp4Ec

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To anyone who does music recording: This website beautifully demonstrates the different results you can get with different mic positions and techniques.

Posts under The Experiment of Recording have interactive, illustrated recordings where you can switch between different mic feeds from the same performance on the fly.

The Research on Classical Music Recording - for the future of music production and recording
http://kazuyanagae.com/

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Here's wishing all of you a Happy 2022.

I give you two of my favorite arrangements of Auld Lang Syne:

Choral Scholars of University College, Dublin
https://youtu.be/W_6Vs8pADrQ

Home Free
https://youtu.be/gFcSfqYqHs4

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#cosoclassical

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I pride myself on my skills as an accompanist, but this guy is next-level!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXc5DZ2ldLJ/

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Around this time last year, I posted a thread of some of my favorite Christmas choral music. I spent longer than you might imagine to find the very best interpretations / performances of each piece.

Please go have a listen if this is your type of thing. These are true gems. Most of these pieces have deeply affected me at some point, and not necessarily because of the Christmas season. They are simply amazing works of art.

https://counter.social/@voltronic/105414725448514544

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Choir concert tonight went well. It was our best run yet, we had a big and enthusiastic audience, and it felt good to put on the tux and get out there again for the first time time two years.
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👋Welcome, new CoSoNauts!

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Happy Hanukkah, CoSo.

Here's a classic from the Sephardic community, performed by the composer.

Flory Jagoda - Ocho Kandelikas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fHPK6CEN1k

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Having attended many marching band events, I'm sorry to say that this is not as rare an occurrence as you might think.

Some directors I know would make the student hold an orange traffic cone.
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Thank you for the amazing music, lyrics, and experiences Mr. Sondheim.

I offer this as tribute. You have finished many hats, and influenced millions of musicians along the way, me being one of them.

Stephen Sondheim -Finishing the Hat from Sunday In The Park With George

Mandy Patinkin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ducG55pfCMQ

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Major loss in the #cosomusic world. 🕯️

Stephen Sondheim, Musical Theater Giant, Dies at 91 | Vanity Fair
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/11/stephen-sondheim-dies

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Thanks for 4 years of this awesome place, @th3j35t3r!

Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday
https://youtu.be/RcVZfJO01NI

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