To deliver your best stage performance, you need to: Prepare The first item of business is actually preparing a stage show—this makes all the difference. When you step on stage, you want to know what’s happening at every moment. That’s difficult enough as it is, but during your performances, you need to stay open to the possibility of things shifting—you will need to improvise. The more you know the material, the easier it will be to perform and have fun. The path to success

#BlackPantherSoundtrack

A recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) will raise mechanical royalty rates paid to songwriters by nearly 44 percent over the next five years. The rate hike is the largest in CRB’s history and will impact works streamed via on-demand subscription services such as Google, Spotify, Apple, and Amazon. The decision is a monumental win for songwriters, who have been long underpaid and underrepresented for their creative and tireless contributions. Streaming now domina

The music legend on the secret Michael Jackson, his relationship with the Trumps, and the problem with modern In both music and manner, Quincy Jones has always registered — from afar, anyway — as smooth, sophisticated, and impeccably well-connected. (That’s what earning 28 Grammy awards and co-producing Michael Jackson’s biggest-selling albums will do.) But in person, the 84-year-old music-industry macher is far spikier and more complicated. “All I’ve ever done is tell the tr

Spotify has addressed a long-standing complaint about its service by adding songwriter, producer and musician credits for tracks on its desktop platform, effective today. Users can right-click on a track and select “Show Credits” from the menu of options to view information on performers, songwriters and producers. In a blog post the company explained the new process and asked for patience (to be fair, it’s a lot of data). “At launch, we’re showing information we have from re