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Best-selling pop songs to sample classical music revealed

The best-selling tracks to have sampled classical music over the last 25 years has been revealed by Classic FM, with Muse, David Guetta and Little Mix all making the list.

By Lucy Doyle 12 Sep 2017
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Festival Congress 2017 programme revealed

The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) is to host a Safer Spaces panel at its upcoming Festival Congress, with speakers from Standon Calling, Rape Crisis and Safe Gigs for Women.

By Anita Awbi 12 Sep 2017
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British Library launches Season of Sound

The British Library is celebrating 140 years of recorded sound with events and performances featuring Radiophonic Workshop, Dame Evelyn Glennie and David Toop.

By Anita Awbi 11 Sep 2017
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RIP John Maxwell Geddes

Revered Scottish composer and educator John Maxwell Geddes has passed away following a short illness.

By Anita Awbi 11 Sep 2017
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Get discount on Tileyard Education/Music Gurus courses

Music Gurus has teamed up with Tileyard Education to offer music creators a discount on all its distance learning courses.

By Anita Awbi 8 Sep 2017
Adele

British music exports rise to highest level this century

Adele, Coldplay, David Bowie and Rolling Stones led the way in driving UK global sales in 2016, which are up 11 percent to £365m.

By Lucy Doyle 7 Sep 2017
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PRS anti-piracy action becomes ‘best practice’

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has called for the collecting society's successful anti-piracy strategy to be used as ‘best practice’ for future industry action against copyright infringement.

By Anita Awbi 7 Sep 2017
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High street customers prefer music in store, research finds

According to the research commissioned by PPL and PRS for Music, customers perceive stores playing music as being 'more dynamic, upbeat and fun.'

By Lucy Doyle 7 Sep 2017
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PRS for Music applies to alter live music tariff

The collecting society has applied to the Copyright Tribunal to vary the terms of its live music tariff, which covers the licensing of 30,000 events across the UK.

By Anita Awbi 7 Sep 2017
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