The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, July 26

This week, The Daily Chord linked to stories about the innovations of the Warped Tour, the messy business of ticket 'reselling,' and the call for an end to the term 'world music.' Every weekday, we present a handful of links to the most interesting and important music stories of the day. Make it a time-saving habit to read the Chord, and subscribe to our email updates for the headlines in your inbox.

Monday, July 22

• Secretly recorded phone call offers window into how Live Nation helped Metallica and other artists place tickets directly on resale market
  Story from Billboard
• Tay-K, the rapper who went viral with 'The Race,' is found guilty of murder
  Story from NY Times
• Skepta glimpses the 'future of rave' in Manchester, and it's phoneless
  Post from BBC News
• Chicago festival cancelled due to presence of endangered birds
  Item from NME
• Report pitches 'voice' as the next big interface shift
  Post from Music Ally
• Paradigm takes full ownership of UK music agency Coda
  Post from Deadline

Tuesday, July 23

• How Warped Tour led the consumerist music festival revolution
  Story from Vox
• UK Music CEO urges Boris Johnson to avoid 'cliff-edge' Brexit
  Post from Music Week
• New Orleans music legend Art Neville, a founder of the Meters and Neville Brothers, dies at 81
  Obituary from NOLA.com
• Buddy and Julie Miller on their musical reconciliation
  Profile from Paste
• It looks like TikTok has acquired Jukedeck, a pioneering music AI UK startup
  Item from TechCrunch
• Music gear site Reverb.com acquired by Etsy for $275 million
  Post from Brooklyn Vegan

Wednesday, July 24

• 'So flawed and problematic': Why the term 'world music' is dead
  Post from The Guardian
• Bob Dylan, Adele music rights to back planned $560 million bond
  Post from Bloomberg
• 'The only way for an artist to build a career is to solidify your live show - start small and work up' - Marsha Vlasic
  Interview from Music Business Worldwide
• Dissecting Brazil's music consumption
  Guest post from Hypebot
• The language I learned from cassettes
  Post from NPR Music
• Nile Rodgers: My mom, Alzheimer's, music and me
  Post from BBC News

Thursday, July 25

• The $60 gadget that's changing electronic music
  Story from NY Times Magazine
• This is the shortlist for the Mercury Prize 2019
  Post from NME
• Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with assault over fight in Sweden
  Post from AP News
• How long does it take to make a classic album?
  Feature from Pitchfork
• 'Spotify Untold' authors reveal secret alliances, internal paranoia and near acquisitions
  Interview from Variety
• These self-learning headphones tailor sounds to your ears
  Review from Paste

Friday, July 26

• Record labels have a new target, streamers and gamers
  Post from The Verge
• Live Nation sees strong Q2 as revenue, ticket sales climb
  Post from Variety
• Drake inks creative partnership with Sirius XM Pandora
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• 'Hello Tunbridge Wells!': Why uncool small festivals are big business
  Post from The Guardian
• Where Spotify stands, and where artists wish it would
  Post from NPR
• Woodstock 50 relocates to Maryland
  Item from Rolling Stone