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Looks like Taylor Swift may have already signed with Interscope Records. July 15, 2015 Spin Magazine posted a video of Swift with Lorde at Swift's Washington, D.C. 1989 tour show. UMG, the parent group of Interscope, had the video pulled down; not Big Machine. Lorde is signed with UMG. So the dilemma continues. Is Swift with Interscope or Big Machine?
Sure it took more time than Caitlyn Jenner to reach 1-million Twitter follower, but Taylor Swift brought the world's largest corporation, Apple, to its knees in 17 hours. This from Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services (Swift's missive at 4 a.m., reply at 9 p.m.): We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple #AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer’s free trial period Apple will always make sure that artist are paid #iTunes#AppleMusic
It appears Taylor Swift will be leaving Big Machine Records for Interscope after all. Apple Corporation is negotiating to purchase Big Machine, but the understanding is Swift has to be included in the package. June 21, 2015, Swift posted this message:
To Apple, Love Taylor
I write this to explain why I’ll be holding back my album,
1989, from the new streaming service, Apple Music. I feel this deserves
an explanation because Apple has been and will continue to be one of my
best partners in selling music and creating ways for me to connect with
my fans. I respect the company and the truly ingenious minds that have
created a legacy based on innovation and pushing the right boundaries. I’m sure you are aware that Apple Music will be offering a free 3
month trial to anyone who signs up for the service. I’m not sure you
know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists
for those three months. I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and
completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company.
This is not about me. Thankfully I am on my fifth album and can
support myself, my band, crew, and entire management team by playing
live shows. This is about the new artist or band that has just released
their first single and will not be paid for its success. This is about
the young songwriter who just got his or her first cut and thought that
the royalties from that would get them out of debt. This is about the
producer who works tirelessly to innovate and create, just like the
innovators and creators at Apple are pioneering in their field…but will
not get paid for a quarter of a year’s worth of plays on his or her
songs. These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child. These
are the echoed sentiments of every artist, writer and producer in my
social circles who are afraid to speak up publicly because we admire and
respect Apple so much. We simply do not respect this particular call. I realize that Apple is working towards a goal of paid streaming. I
think that is beautiful progress. We know how astronomically successful
Apple has been and we know that this incredible company has the money
to pay artists, writers and producers for the 3 month trial period… even
if it is free for the fans trying it out. Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask
anyone to work for nothing. I say this with love, reverence, and
admiration for everything else Apple has done. I hope that soon I can
join them in the progression towards a streaming model that seems fair
to those who create this music. I think this could be the platform that
gets it right. But I say to Apple with all due respect, it’s not too late to
change this policy and change the minds of those in the music industry
who will be deeply and gravely affected by this. We don’t ask you for
free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no
compensation. Taylor
Could
not be happier for this woman.. 😆😆😆 (And yes this was literally my
face for about an hour) Still can't believe I got to witness that last
night.. So happy for you both... Love you so much lady
Check the ring on Lovato's own finger. Her and Wilmer Valderrama engaged?
In case you weren't paying attention, end of May, 2015, Demi Lovato followed Selena Gomez and said so long to Hollywood Records. Lovato created her own label Safehouse Records and is expected to release a new CD/album in time for the 2015 winter holiday fray. Taylor Swift also reportedly has left Big Machine Records. Will she join Gomez at Interscope? Reports are Apple Corporation, the computer, not Beatles records, is courting her for a label it wants to establish. Hey, how about Apple Records? Hollywood Records is skating on thin ice when it comes to talent on its label. R5 is its biggest act with Lovato leaving.
Months before Taylor Swift broke up with Harry Styles, Tween Music delivered the news. Even predicting today's #1 hit song by Swift, "Style;" more than two years before the fact.
Now it is time to do the same for her new beau, Calvin Harris.
To understand her song about Calvin Harris, you must know that Kelvin is a way of measuring temperature, just as Fahrenheit and Celsius measure temperature.
So here goes, Swift's song about her breakup with Calvin Harris: "I lost my temper when it hit absolute zero in Kelvin temperature."
Former Disney star, now on NBC's "Undateable," Bridgit Mendler, joined her family on March 23 saying goodbye to her grandfather, John Ford, who passed away suddenly on March 15, 2015. Seen together in photo taken at Arizona's Tempe Marketplace where she performed on December 20, 2012. Ford, and his wife, lived in Arizona since 1998. (Link to Tween Music photos of the show here.) A memorial service was held at a Lutheran church in Carefree, Arizona. Mendler is in the mist of filming "Undateable" shows at the moment and was expected to head right back to Hollywood, missing all the wonderful spring training games in Arizona's Cactus League.
In December, it was reported Taylor Swift would abandon Big Machine Records to join Selena Gomez at Interscope. Reports today say Apple Corporation has made an offer on Big Machine. Looks like Swift will be staying. This is a major business announcement if the reports are true.
At 22, Bridgit Mendler said she's moved away from the Disney image and into more mature roles. She's even beginning to show some cleavage. Granted, not as risque as most you see today - like that newly minted tart Taylor Swift, but it's a beginning!
