(Image credit: Rockie Lynne) Best of 2025 : Over the holiday season, GW is shining the spotlight on some of its biggest stories of the year. Rockie Lynne wasn’t discovered until he was 39. “A famous music attorney once told me, ‘You’re just too stupid to quit.’” he says. “He may have been right. I’ve
The Eagles are back-to-back division champions and more Hard Knocks action is here! Here are some choice thoughts on the fourth episode of Hard Knocks: In-Season with the NFC East that aired on Tuesday evening on HBO and HBO Max: 1. Before even getting into the Birds taking care of business and clinching an NFC
In our busy lives, we tend to forget how much power we have to make things better for others. As these stories show, kindness can be found in the small choices we make every day—how we speak to others, whether we notice when someone needs help, and if we take a moment to show we care. I was new in town. I’d been going through a very rough period. I just lost my wife. So, every lunch
Photo Credit: Mariia Shalabaieva OpenAI confirms that Apple Music is among the upcoming integrations with ChatGPT, following the initial rollout of partnerships in October. Apple Music subscribers will soon be able to ask ChatGPT to create playlists and more, thanks to a partnership on the horizon. In a Substack post published on Tuesday, OpenAI’s CEO
Photo Credit: Eric Nopanen Is ASCAP systematically underpaying radio performance royalties for non-feature music? A number of production music owners and publishers believe so, and they’ve slapped the PRO with a $123 million lawsuit as a result. Alibi Music, Capp Records, Manhattan Production Music, and eight others, repped by entertainment attorney Richard Busch, submitted that
Photo Credit: Selah Vie International In today’s global music ecosystem, success is increasingly defined by global impact. For independent artists and labels, breaking through internationally has traditionally been an exercise in herding cats. But Kaleena Arbuco, founder of Selah Vie International, believes that the industry is approaching this from an outdated perspective. “Artists no longer
The integrated Apple Music app in the 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV. Photo Credit: GM Months after moving to drop support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, General Motors has announced the direct integration of Apple Music into select vehicles’ infotainment systems. GM just recently confirmed its plans to put Apple Music front and center in
Daphne Oram (1925–2003) was one of Britain’s most important early electronic composers. Oram trained first as a pianist and composer and turned down a place at the Royal College of Music to work at the BBC, where late-night tape experiments and hands-on work with microphones and oscillators drew her from conventional composition into pioneering electronic
Few things define the holiday season as instantly as music. Yet, the carols we know by heart often conceal bizarre, political, or heartbreaking pasts. Many of the songs that bring us cheer were actually created for entirely different holidays, written in times of global conflict, or designed as elaborate parlor games. Unpacking the surprising origins
The New York Knicks‘ 58th appearance in the NBA Christmas Day games isn’t going as planned. They’re going against the seventh seed of the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers. However, the game is far from going smoothly. Meanwhile, Karl-Anthony Towns is making headlines for Shaquille O’Neal. Sure, Jalen Brunson, the face of the franchise, is having
