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Post by Admin on Nov 20, 2019 18:48:03 GMT
Scooter Braun just shared a message about kindness during all of this Taylor Swift music battle drama and the Swifties are NOT having it.What’s up? It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and this drama between Taylor Swift, Scooter Braun, and Scott Borchetta just keeps spiraling.Just for a quick recap, when Scooter purchased Big Machine Records from Scott for 300 million dollars, it included the rights to Taylor’s entire music catalog recorded there AKA her first 6 albums. And as we all know, Taylor was NOT happy about this at all. She plans to re-record her masters, but she legally can’t do that until November of 2020. But Taylor is scheduled to perform at the upcoming American Music Awards this Sunday where she’s being honored with the Artist of the Decade award. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Scooter's not scared of what Taylor might do ... fact is, he never planned on showing up for the show. He'll be in Tampa, Florida supporting one of his artists who's performing there ... in case you're not familiar, her name is Ariana Grande. Our sources say Taylor -- who's getting an award for Artist of the Decade -- plans to weave her anger toward Scooter and Big Machine into her acceptance speech, but there won't be awkward cutaways of Scooter, and that kind of deflates the balloon.
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Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2019 18:38:35 GMT
Pros and cons. Linda Perry weighed in on Taylor Swift’s fight to perform her old songs amid her ongoing battle with Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta.
“There’s positives and there’s obvious negatives,” Perry, 54, told Us Weekly exclusively at Equality Now Make Equality Reality Gala on Tuesday, November 19. “The negatives are it’s kind of uncool to do that to your artist or any artist. This is our material. These are our songs, and at very early ages, a lot of artists sign these big publishing deals because you don’t know what you’re doing. You’re getting promised all these big bucks. You don’t know how valuable you are. You’re nobody at the moment, you know? So you don’t know. Taylor didn’t know that she was probably going to be Taylor, right?”
The songwriter added: “The positive is every time we expose something negative, it really opens up the eyes of everybody and we’re able to correct.”
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2019 6:33:59 GMT
Plenty of people will similarly be fangirling when Twain takes the stage at Sunday's AMAs, airing live from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater on ABC (8 p.m. EST/PST). The country-pop icon is set to perform a career-spanning medley of her best-known songs, having crossed over into mainstream Top 40 in the late 1990s with hits including "You're Still the One," "From This Moment On" and "That Don't Impress Me Much."
Twain, 54, talks to USA TODAY about her upcoming performances and shares her thoughts on Taylor Swift's recent legal battle and the lack of women on country radio.
Question: What can you tell us about your AMAs medley?
Shania Twain: It's eight songs altogether, from top to bottom. I'm starting off with a mashup of my favorite current (songs) that are not my own, and that will lead into "You're Still the One." I'm going to do that whole section alone, just me, my guitar and a microphone. Then I'm going to break into a few of my hits that everybody knows and can sing along with. I'm a fan of doing the classics: Those are the moments that bring us all together and I never get bored of that.
Q: Who else are you excited to meet or see at the show?
Twain: I hope I get to say hi to Taylor (Swift), and give Lizzo a hug, too. There's a lot of wonderful artists right now; I'm really loving music in this time. It's become more diverse than I've seen in a long time, and it seems there's more freedom of expression. I'm feeling very energized by the talent around me.
Q: Are you a fan of Billie Eilish? She's up for six AMAs and is also performing.
Twain: Oh, yes, what a great talent. She's so young, and her and her brother (songwriter/producer Finneas O'Connell) are an incredible team. They remind me of The Carpenters, in terms of how in tune that brother and sister (Karen and Richard Carpenter) were. There's almost a telepathy that nobody can even explain in how that music develops between siblings, and they must be experiencing that to some degree. It's so unique, and she's got great style.
Q: Taylor Swift said last Thursday that her former record label, Big Machine Label Group, was barring her from performing her past hits at the AMAs, although she has since been granted permission. What did you make of the dispute?
Twain: I don't know a lot about the details of that, but I'm a big supporter of Taylor. I think she's just incredibly brilliant. I haven't had a chance to talk to her about it and I don't really know where everybody is coming from, but I'll always support the artist and their access to their own music. It seems a bit ridiculous to not have that.
Q: Last week's CMA Awards celebrated women in country music. Who are some of your favorite female artists in the genre right now?
Twain: I love Little Big Town, I think they're so incredibly talented. There's a lot of good female talent out there, and they've been more vocal about the resistance at radio to include them more equally in airplay. I'm hoping that does start to make a change because there are many female artists with strong songs that belong in the Top 40 on country radio that are just not there.
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It's very ageist as well. I don't hear Reba (McEntire) on the radio anymore; I don't hear Patty Loveless on the radio anymore. I don't hear Shania Twain on the radio anymore in country! So that's got to change, too. Thankfully with technology, we do have other outlets of getting our music out there and radio isn't the end all be all of somebody's success today. But it's very frustrating and it's a disservice not only to the artist, but to the public, that they can't turn on the radio and hear all the best music that's being made right now.
Q: "Let's Go!" starts in just a couple of weeks. Why did now feel like the right time to return to Vegas?
Twain: I've done a bit of acting and two international tours since (2014), so I feel like I'm ready to settle a little bit again. My son is 18 now, so I feel like I can dive more into playing with my horses and my dogs and enjoy nesting in Las Vegas. The Strip is, of course, fun and crazy, but there are some gorgeous, tranquil small communities right off the Strip. So the contrast is perfect for me: I get to do my shows at night and then go back to my little farm.
Q: Did you get good at gambling during your last residency?
Twain: (Laughs.) I like to watch other people gamble, it's a lot of fun. But I'm more into the entertainment: I love the hockey, the rodeo, the wrestling, and the other shows. I saw (Lady Gaga's "Enigma"), which was wonderful, and I just saw Madonna the other night, which was really cool.
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Post by Admin on Nov 24, 2019 2:42:47 GMT
Yesterday, music manager Scooter Braun addressed his increasingly fraught professional relationship with Taylor Swift publicly for the first time ever. During a Q&A at the 2019 Entertainment Industry Conference, Braun spoke to Variety’s Shirley Halperin about “toxic division” on social media, and how he didn’t want to participate in that kind of communication. Now, Braun has written a lengthy Instagram post that directly addresses Swift for the first time. In it, he claims that his family has received “numerous death threats” since Swift accused Braun and ex-label boss Scott Borchetta of preventing her from performing any of her early material during the upcoming American Music Awards. “Since your public statement last week there have been numerous death threats directed at my family,” Braun wrote in his post. “This morning I spoke out publicly for the first time saying I wouldn’t participate in a social media war. However I came home tonight to find my wife had received a phone call threatening the safety of our children as well as other threats seen above.” Braun shared an image that appears to be a direct message at the end of his post. It reads: “Hi, why dont you just die withyour children??? I will buy a gun tmr and them shoot you allin the head.” Braun’s statement goes on to address previous issues mentioned by Swift, such as the statement she posted to social media back in June when Braun’s media holding company Ithaca Holdings LLC. announced its acquisition of Taylor Swift’s former label Big Machine Label Group, thereby acquiring her pre-Lover catalog. At that time, Swift accused Braun of “incessant, manipulative bullying.” “To be frank I was shocked and disheartened to hear that my presence in the Big Machine deal caused you so much pain as the handful of times we have actually met I have always remembered them to be pleasant and respectful,” Braun wrote in his post. “Knowing what I know now all I have wanted to do is rectify the situation. I’m open to ALL possibilities. My attempts and calls to have an open discussion with you over the last 6 months have all been rejected.” He later added, “no artist should ever feel cornered or bullied. I have spent my entire career in service of creatives and artists, never the other way around.” .
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Post by Admin on Dec 2, 2019 18:16:34 GMT
Taylor Swift has discussed the importance of 'ownership' as she graced the cover of January's British Vogue, amid her master recordings feud with Scooter Braun. In June, the Love Story hitmaker, 29, claimed the music executive, 38, had purchased Big Machine Label Group from Scott Borchetta, which released all of her studio albums and took ownership of her masters, in a $300 million deal without her knowledge. And now the singer has shed light on the significance of possessing 'what you do or make' in the industry, insisting: 'I think [writing] is really important – also from the side of ownership over what you do and make.' The chart-topping songstress was finally allowed to perform her songs at the American Music Awards following a disagreement with her old record label and production company. On trying to include herself in the entire musical process, Taylor added: 'Even if you aren’t a natural writer, you should try to involve yourself in the messages you’re sending.'
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