Hints and tips:
...Blackstone makes another bet on the music business Hipgnosis’ tumultuous year just took another turn: the music rights investor seems to be at the cusp of a bidding war....
...From Marsalis’s throw-the-kitchen-sink-at-it orchestral writing to Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé was not such a big step....
...For instance, that George Michael’s private company, now owned by his estate, goes by the comical name of Nobby’s Hobbies Holdings Ltd....
...“I’ll do anything that involves music… even just making mix tapes or making radio shows or being in music videos. Really, it’s a primal thing.” It is, he says ruefully, the career that got away....
...Our Big Read explains....
...“We are betting really big on the future of art being experiences as collectors become active participants rather than passive viewers,” Dochao Naveira says....
...If you want to shop for big brands, there’s the Passeig de Gràcia....
...There will be a “modern take” on the classic American diner on the ground floor, plus a cocktail bar and live music space in the basement....
...Be persistent and go for the big challenges. Don’t give up’.”...
...And yet so far they have said that it’s not the right time to do anything — music to large corporations’ ears....
...The last music I downloaded was Max Richter’s Sleep. How old am I?...
...Peppa Pig’s owner, Entertainment One, was sold to Hasbro for £3.3bn in 2019....
...He will have to confront headwinds in the industry — and the first big test for music as an asset class — at a time of elevated interest rates....
...Now try this A trip down memory lane (music lessons) led me to the Barbican Centre, near the FT’s London offices, for Anton Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, last week....
...Music always plays a big part during the day “from traditional carols to Mariah Carey’s Christmas concert” but Christmas never really begins until The King’s Speech. “I never miss it,” says Machin....
...a former Warner Music executive to nominate herself to the board after alleging a culture of sexual harassment — but neither were successful....
...He has been in bands other than Big Audio Dynamite, including a shortlived stint in the reggae outfit Basement 5, the support act at Public Image Ltd’s inaugural gig in 1978....
...Tuna Trading Ltd. with a very respectable 44.5 and 42 points each....
...A big part of the game involves engaging the law in combat, using your board and fists to take them down or, if you’re feeling particularly audacious, coating them in a plume of yellow spray paint....
...Tense, dynamic, always on the move, this is a symphony that has made a big impact....
...[MUSIC PLAYING]...
...Ben Evans One of our big tasks is pure protection work....
...Houghton Festival, Houghton Hall, NorfolkThe Palladian mansion hosts the fourth edition of its dance music festival....
...Further reading— Hipgnosis has sold some songs to itself, and that’s not even the odd bit (FTAV)* Wilkinson’s Linkedin profile says he’s “Independent Director at Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd / The Family (Music...
...My first time at the Royal Opera House, it was big, big, big stars and little me. At the end of the first week, I couldn’t face going into work, I was so scared....
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