Daily Edit | Aug 7

Polami Roko, showcasing Bay Area artists, the MLC's new streaming fraud collab, and forecasting the current music industry slowdown

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Polami Roko 

8 / 7 / 2024

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Seattle radio station KEXP has announced a new weekly local music series focused on exclusively on Bay Area artists across various genres. “Vinelands” will air from 6-9 p.m. on Saturdays on 92.7 FM and will be livestreamed via KEXP.org and the KEXP apps exclusively in Northern California, with rotating hosts every two weeks.

Drake has appeared to open his archives with the release of a massive folder consisting of 100 gigabytes of footage from studio sessions, audio clips and three new songs. The files were released on 100gigs.org, a site with content organized in folders dating from March 7 to June 8. Drake himself posted a screenshot of the site on his Instagram Stories and his label OVO Sound posted it to its social media accounts, confirming its legitimacy. Most notably, three new tracks are included in a folder entitled “1_NEW.” 

“The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has announced a new collaboration with Beatdapp to “complement and enhance” The MLC’s existing streaming fraud detection capabilities.”

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