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Primus Announce Three-Track EP

Primus Announce Three-Track EP Ahead of A Tribute to Kings Tour, Share 11-Minute Opening Song

 

Today, ahead of their 64-date world tour, ‘A Tribute To Kings,’ Primus have announced a three-song EP, Conspiranoid, set to release on April 22 via ATO Records. In conjunction with the announcement, the band released the EP’s 11-minute opening track, “Conspiranoia.”

“I’d been itching to record an opus–basically a long, winding, bastard of a song, reminiscent of some of the compositions I cut my teeth (or ears) on, in my music-hungry adolescence,” bassist Les Claypool told Consequence. “’Conspiranoia’ was sprouted from a seed I had planted in my notebook a year or so ago–a few lines commenting on the mental state of the contemporary world.”

The EP will release during the second leg of Primus’ A Tribute To Kings Tour, which will see the Bay area trio playing homage to Rush by performing their 1977 album A Farewell To Kings in full along with a set of original music.

Primus’ A Tribute To Kings Tour is set to kick off at The Criterion in Oklahoma City and make stops at notable locations around the U.S., including Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn., the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans and The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. They’ll also make stops in Canada with two dates in Toronto on May 13 and 14 – the city where Rush was founded in 1968. The North American performances will welcome special guests Battles, Black Mountain, and The Black Angels. In the fall, they’re also set to make stops in Europe. Find the full dates below.

Additionally, a handful of shows have recently been announced for the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre in Vail, Colo., which will take place on Aug. 12 and 13. Presale tickets for the shows will go on sale tomorrow, April 7, at 10 a.m. local time, and general admission will go on sale the next day, April 8, at the same time. Find tickets here.

Stream “Conspiranoia” here and pre-order the EP here.

Listen to “Conspiranoia” below:

 

Conspiranoid Tracklist

1. Conspiranoia

2. Follow The Fool

3. Erin On The Side Of Caution

PRIMUS ‘A TRIBUTE TO KINGS’ TOUR DATES

North American Tour

April 15 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion *

April 16 – San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theatre *

April 19 – Springfield, MO – Gillioz Theatre *

April 20 – Kansas City, MO – Grinders KC *^

April 22 – Cedar Rapids, IA – McGrath Amphitheatre *^

April 23 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee *

April 25 – Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre*

April 27 – New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre *^

April 30 – Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall, Von Braun Center *

May 3 – Miami Beach, FL – The Fillmore *

Wed, May 4 – St. Petersburg, FL – Mahaffey Theater, Duke Energy Center for the Arts *

May 6 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center *

May 7 – Saint Augustine, FL – The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre *

May 9 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium *

May 10 – Fort Wayne, IN – The Clyde Theatre *

May 13 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall +

May 14 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall +

May 16 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia +

May 17 – Quebec, QC – Videotron Centre +

May 18 – Albany, NY – Palace Theatre *

May 20 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre *

May 21 – Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theater *

May 22 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount *

May 24 – Washington, D.C. – Warner Theatre *

May 25 – Bethlehem, PA – The Wind Creek Event Center *

May 27 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa *

May 28 – LaFayette, NY – Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards *

May 30 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall *

May 31 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe *

June 2 – Milwaukee, WI – BMO Harris Pavilion  *^

June 3 – Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theatre *

June 4 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre for the Performing Arts +

June 6 – Regina, SK – Conexus Arts Centre – Capital Auto Theatre +

June 7 – Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place – Sid Buckwold Theatre +

June 9 – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre, Grey Eagle Resort & Casino +

June 10 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Expo Centre +

June 12 – Vancouver, BC – The Orpheum +

June 14 – Troutdale, OR – Edgefield ~

June 15 – Redding, CA – Redding Civic Auditorium ~

June 17 – Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Memorial Auditorium ~

June 18 – Reno, NV – Grand Theatre, Grand Sierra Resort and Casino ~

June 19 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic ~

June 21 – Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theatre ~

June 23 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium ~

Fri, June 24 – Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center ~

June 25 – Las Vegas, NV – The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas  ~^

Aug. 12 – Vail, CO – Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre

Aug. 13 – Vail, CO – Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre

EUROPE TOUR

Sept. 9 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fryshuset Arenan

Sept. 10 – Oslo, Norway – Oslo Spektrum

Sept. 12 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega

Sept. 14 – Berlin, Germany – Huxley’s Neue Welt

Sept. 16 – Warsaw, Poland – Klub Stodola

Sept. 17 – Prague, Czechia – Forum Karlin

Sept. 18 – Munich, Germany – TonHalle München

Sept. 20 – Zürich, Switzerland – Kaufleuten

Sept. 21 – Padova, Italy – Gran Teatro Geox

Sept. 23 – Bogerhout, Belgium – De Roma

Sept. 24 – Paris, France – L’Olympia

Sept. 25 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live

Sept. 27 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – 02 Academy Glasgow

Sept. 29 – London, United Kingdom – Eventim Apollo

Sept. 30 – Manchester, United Kingdom – Manchester Academy

Oct. 1 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre

* with Battles

+ with Black Mountain

~ with The Black Angels

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We’ll teach you about every stream of revenue available to musicians!

First and foremost, make sure you have all of your music registered with a PRO. In order to receive the money you may be owed, all songs you’ve written must be registered with a PRO like BMI or ASCAP, and sound recordings must be registered with a service like SoundExchange. With these two steps taken care of, you will be able to earn royalties for your music.

Now that you’re able to earn money through royalties, the next best way to keep the cash flowing is to monetize your Youtube and social media videos. Every time your music is used in a video, whether on your channel or someone else’s, you’re entitled to any ad revenue generated.  Many digital distribution companies can help ensure you get the money you deserve.

With these sources bringing in your revenue, a more fun way of making money is playing gigs. While these may be few and far between during COVID, the world is beginning to open up again and you can finally get back to performing. You can find gigs through websites like ReverbNation Gig Finder. These events do tend to be more corporate, so finding local venues through networking is just as important. If you plan on sending emails to different venues or industry professionals, an Electronic Press Kit will be extremely helpful. You can create an EPK through Canva, Adobe Spark, and Shopify’s Press Kit Builder. An EPK will definitely boost your overall professional aura. For the time being, online concerts can also be profitable. If you haven’t read our post about online concerts, head there to learn about monetizing your music live streams.

Lastly, selling merchandise through an online shop can be both fun and profitable. If you aren’t ready to deal with ordering and shipping items yourself, a site such as Redbubble allows you to upload designs, then prints and ships for you when there’s an order. For bands who are ready to take a bigger step into merchandising, an online shop builder like Shopify allows you to create an online store; however, you will be in charge of making products and shipping them.

We hope you find these tips helpful, and let us know if you use any in the comments section!

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The Recording Academy® and its affiliated charitable foundation MusiCares® have established the COVID-19 Relief Fund to help our peers in the music community affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Community Radio Fights to Stay Live (and Weird) Despite Coronavirus

Community Radio is growing like crazy right now:  “Beth Arroyo Utterback, WWOZ’s general manager, can look at the server that feeds the station’s signal online and see that listenership has jumped globally in the past week from 32,000 to 40,000. That’s in addition to the 80,000 people stuck inside and tuning in locally via 90.7 FM, up from 70,000 according to a recent Nielsen study.”

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Important Takeaways From Taylor Swift’s Master Rights Predicament

Guest post by Scott McCormick of Disc Makers Blog

On November 14th, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift dropped a bomb on Twitter, saying:

It’s been announced recently that the American Music Awards will be honoring me with the Artist of the Decade Award at this year’s ceremony. I’ve been planning to perform a medley of my hits throughout the decade on the show. Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun have now said that I’m not allowed to perform my old songs on television because they claim that would be re-recording my music before I’m allowed to next year. Additionally … Netflix has created a documentary about my life for the past few years. Scott and Scooter have declined the use of my older music or performance footage for this project, even though there is no mention of either of them or Big Machine Records anywhere in the film.

This caused Twitter to melt down. Continue reading

Yes, There’s Now A Zillow For Song Royalties

If you own a home you most likely know about Zillow, a website that makes it easy to find out how much your house, and others in the neighborhood, is worth on the current open market. It’s great if you’re buying or selling a home, or just for fun to play a “What if” game or two. Now there’s something similar available for song royalties as well. Royalty Exchange has just launched its “Know Your Worth” app that collects many streams of information and makes your royalties easy to understand in a way that hasn’t been done before.

According to the company, “The app analyses songwriters’ public performance statements from their PRO, and automatically produces a personalized report with details that until now were unavailable from a single source.

This includes:

  • A dollar range estimate of the catalog’s fair market value
  • A full accounting of the lifetime and last 12 months earnings for the catalog provided
  • A list of the catalog’s top-earning songs
  • The catalog’s top sources of revenue by format (radio, streaming, TV/Film, etc.)
  • Year-over-year trending data for all earnings, top songs, and top formats

Finally, it provides the first-ever analysis of what each songwriter earns in public performance royalties on specific streaming services through a metric we call the “Latte Index”—or the number of streams on each service needed to buy a Starbucks Latte.”

While the app provides a good look at a catalog’s worth, it’s not all-encompassing, as it just looks at statements from ASCAP and BMI. If you have a foreign presence or are signed to SESAC, then you won’t know the full picture of the song or catalog’s worth. That said, Know Your Worth is a quick and easy way to at least get a feel for its value.

If you’re an aspiring songwriter, this app probably won’t mean much to you, but if you’ve had some success and you’re wondering about the value of your song catalog, the Know Your Worth app is a quick way to find out.

Read more: http://music3point0.com/2018/08/17/zillow-song-royalties/#ixzz5OqbZi7m5
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Primus Returns with Humor-Tinged Tales of Dark Cynicism on The Desaturating Seven

The twisted trio that is Primus lives up to its colorful reputation with their new ATO Records release, The Desaturating Seven. Comprised of Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde and Tim Alexandre, this will be Primus’ 9th studio album and will be released Sept. 29.

The Desaturating Seven continues Primus’ tradition of drawing inspiration from children’s stories, succeeding their 2014 album, Primus & the Chocolate Factory. Les Claypool shares that the inspiration for their new album was a bedtime story that he used to read to his kids: “Many years ago when my children were little kidlets scurrying around the place wreaking havoc and whatnot till it was time for bed and book time, my wife turned them on to a book called The Rainbow Goblins by Ul De Rico. The dark imagery and beauty of the art struck me immediately and I thought, ‘this would make good fodder for a piece of music.’” Continue reading

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