Music opinion: Why does every song now have multiple versions?
Songs don’t really have only one version anymore, writes Music News Blitz’s Fatima Azize.
If you hear something once, that’s not necessarily actually the version that sticks.
There could be a sped-up version. Or a slowed one. Or some random remix trending on TikTok that makes you forget what the original even sounded like.
It’s weird because this didn’t used to happen.
There used to just be the song - maybe a remix if it was big enough - but that felt like an extra, not the main thing.
Now it feels like releasing one version is just the starting point.
Music analysis: Why have concert ticket prices risen so much?
Is it artist greed? Ticketing websites? Or are fans just willing to pay?
Spending a fair amount to see your favourite artist is not new, and even expected. But it definitely feels like concert prices have become ridiculous.
Music Blitz Writer Bella Ford reports…
The age of recycling in the world of music: Sampling
Music is in an age of recycling, where new sounds incorporate the old, and tradition is repackaged as invention.
There is a growing trend in pop music where artists seem to pluck the strings of nostalgia when curating new bodies of work.
Familiar tunes, familiar voices, echoes of famous songs that came before them.
As we look to the charts right now, and the trajectory of music going forwards, it can be said that we are witnessing the rise of sampling in music.
Music News Blitz’s Isaac James breaks down everything you need to know.
Grassroots music venues are disappearing - Here’s what fans can do
Grassroots venues are where most of our favourite artists started out - ‘Radiohead’, ‘Oasis’ and ‘Ed Sheeran’ - the list goes on. But these venues are struggling, so what can we do to keep them alive?
Music News Blitz’s writer Megan Rogers-Jones explains.