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NAMM SHOW 'INDUSTRY INSIGHTS' SETS THE STAGE FOR THE FUTURE AT WORLD'S LARGEST GLOBAL GATHERING OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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The NAMM Show is the largest global gathering of the music industry, happening in Anaheim, California, now through Sunday, January 28.

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  • The NAMM Show is the largest global gathering of the music industry, happening in Anaheim, California, now through Sunday, January 28.
  • Mlynczak announced a new suite of initiatives and resources that will undergird the organization's 15,400 member companies and set the stage for the successful navigation into the future of the music industry.
  • Announcements at this morning's "Industry Insights" address Included:
    NAMM announced the formal launch of its Industry Insights, the organization's commitment to ongoing communication and collaboration to members within the music industry.
  • A visit to The NAMM Show floor reveals many companies eager to explore new innovations that can reach new customers.

FENDER HONORS GRAMMY-WINNING ARTIST, MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, SONGWRITER, AND PRODUCER BRUNO MARS WITH ARTIST SIGNATURE STRATOCASTER® GUITAR

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today announces the launch of the Bruno Mars Stratocaster®, a limited-edition celebration of the chart-topping artist, multi-instrumentalist, performer, songwriter and producer Bruno Mars. The Bruno Mars Stratocaster® guitar pays tribute to his trailblazing career, dazzling showmanship, and mastery of genre through the power of guitar. Bruno Mars' catalog is defined by air tight songwriting, stunning musicianship and a fearlessness in the face of genre and at the foundation of this iconic body of work is a fundamental appreciation of versatile musicality. The Bruno Mars Signature  Stratocaster® has classic appeal with highly optimized features that keep the modern player in mind. Mars envisioned an instrument with class that could still appeal to the most technically driven shredders—and this signature guitar is just that.

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  • The Bruno Mars Stratocaster® Features the All New Mars Mocha Heirloom™ Finish, 1969 Vintage Stratocaster® Neck Shape and a Custom-Set of Bruno Mars Pickups that Personifies Mars' Unique Style and Showmanship
    HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today announces the launch of the Bruno Mars Stratocaster® , a limited-edition celebration of the chart-topping artist, multi-instrumentalist, performer, songwriter and producer Bruno Mars.
  • The Bruno Mars Stratocaster® guitar pays tribute to his trailblazing career, dazzling showmanship, and mastery of genre through the power of guitar.
  • The Bruno Mars Signature  Stratocaster® has classic appeal with highly optimized features that keep the modern player in mind.
  • Mars envisioned an instrument with class that could still appeal to the most technically driven shredders—and this signature guitar is just that.

Inspiration, influence and theft: what the Ed Sheeran case can tell us about 70 years of pop music

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Friday, May 5, 2023
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Earlier today, a US court ruled in favour of singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, agreeing his song Thinking Out Loud did not breach musical copyright.

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  • Earlier today, a US court ruled in favour of singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, agreeing his song Thinking Out Loud did not breach musical copyright.
  • The high-profile court case, brought by the estate of soul singer Marvin Gaye, claimed Sheeran’s song was too similar to Gaye’s song Let’s Get It On.
  • In this case against Sheeran, the song’s chord progression was at the heart of the claim.
  • This chord progression and many others are part of the songwriting toolkit of rock and pop and have been heard continuously over the past 70 years.

The 12 bar blues

    • One of the oldest chord progressions in pop is the 12-bar blues – a looping pattern of three chords that is very identifiable.
    • More recently, Lizzo’s Better in Colour uses the 12-bar blues in a way that makes an old formula fresh.

The ‘doo-wop’ progression

    • The “doo-wop” progression has appeared in pop music for close to 80 years, and is named because most doo-wop songs feature this chord progression – it was an essential part of its sound.
    • Comedy act Axis of Awesome use a similar progression in their video for 4 Chords, where they cleverly play almost 50 different songs with a variation on these four simple chords.

The I-IV-V (the ‘one, four, five’)

    • Perhaps the most common chord progressions in rock and pop are those that use the I, IV and V chords in various combinations.
    • They’re usually the first three chords you learn on an instrument and open up thousands of songs to play – from the rock and roll of Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran, the garage rock of Wild Thing by the Troggs, the bubblegum of Hanson’s Mmmbop and the indie rock of Coldplay’s Yellow, to the modern pop of bad guy by Billie Eilish and good 4 u by Olivia Rodrigo.

Going forward

    • Rock, pop, blues, doo wop and other musical genres can often be defined by their use of repeated chord progressions.
    • These chord progressions are part of a songwriter’s toolkit in a similar way to how an artist may use different paint brushes.
    • It also acknowledges that influence and inspiration from previous works are part of the construction of the pop music we love.