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Syn Music: Benji Compston named Head of Business Development

By Reel 360 Aug 2, 2021

Syn has announced the signing of Benji Compston to Head of Business Development. Compston will be instrumental in developing projects, from sonic branding to original music...

Music

BET Awards: H.E.R., DMX, Chadwick Boseman honored

By Reel 360 Jun 28, 2021

DMX, Chadwick Boseman, Cicely Tyson and more stars were honored at the 2021 BET Awards' In Memoriam segment. After a virtual ceremony in 2020, this year's awards show was held...

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Syn names Derek McNeill Head of U.S. Music Licensing

By Reel 360 May 5, 2021

Music studio and agency, Syn, is excited to expand its global team with Derek McNeill as Head of US Music Licensing. Derek is a Los Angeles-based entertainment professional wit...

International

Butter Music and Sound opens in Prague

By Reel 360 May 3, 2021

International music and sound collective Butter Music and Sound has opened a Butter Europe headquarters based in Prague, a city steeped in rich musical heritage, headed by Exec...

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Exclusive: Inside Netflix’s Selena, The Series Part 2

By Jessica Velle May 3, 2021

Selena: The Series arrived on Netflix last December. The first installment of the series was viewed by 25 million households according to the streamer, ensuring that the l...

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NAPA, VMLY&R create calming playlist for drivers

By Reel 360 Jan 26, 2021

Calming playlists and mindfulness apps helped get us through 2020. The demand for de-stressing apps surged during the last 12 months as the world navigated one crisis after ano...

Music

Dem Atlas to unveil new single ‘Bad Days Ain’t Ova’

By Reel360 Jan 12, 2021

American rap artist Joshua Turner, better known as deM atlaS, will release his new single titled Bad Days Ain't Ova on January 12, 2021 on https://www.dematlast.com and ...

Music

2021 Grammys postponed until March

By Reel 360 Jan 5, 2021

It just seems like last year that we were reporting on awards shows, conferences and film festivals being postponed or going virtual due to COVID-19. Here we go again. The 63r...

In memoriam

Whodini’s John “Ectasy” Fletcher passes at 56

By Reel 360 Dec 23, 2020

Sad news from the OG hip hop world. John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, co-founder of the group Whodini, died Dec. 23. He was 56 years old. So far, no cause of death has been announce...

Run for the White House

Tenacious D covers infamous ‘Time Warp’ for election

By Reel 360 Oct 28, 2020

Let's do the time warp againnnn... Pandemic style. Tenacious D covers the infamous popular track of Rocky Horror Picture Show 'Time Warp'. It’s the fourth song in the cul...

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Pepsi celebrates Notorious B.I.G with new freestyle song

By Reel 360 Oct 25, 2020

Given the Reel 360 team's love for old school Hip Hop, it will be hard to top this new glorious spot from Pepsi this week. In celebration of iconic artist Christopher Wallace's...

Music

Public Enemy drops ‘Fight the Power 2020’ remix

By Reel 360 Aug 28, 2020

Here we go again. Public Enemy's Fight The Power is one of the most important, exciting and truthful anthems of all time. Since first introduced in Spike Lee's brilliant and h...

Music

Wave Studios wins 2020 AMP Best in Show

By Reel 360 Jul 30, 2020

It’s back-to-back wins for the New York, London and Amsterdam based audio house Wave Studios, as the company won the Ryan Barkan Award for Best in Show at the 2020 AMP Awards...

Music

AMP Awards names 2020 Curatorial Committee

By Reel 360 Jul 23, 2020

The AMP Awards for Music & Sound is getting ready to take the digital stage as it preps for its new show date of July 30. That’s when the winners of the 2020 competition ...

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Dua Lipa gets trippy in ‘Hallucinate’ from The Mill

By Reel 360 Jul 13, 2020

This video just makes the Reel 360 team smile. Global pop superstar Dua Lipa has launched her latest video for Hallucinate the single from the artist’s second studio album, F...

Music

No more Dixie in Dixie Chicks

By Reel 360 Jun 25, 2020

The Dixie Chicks have dropped the Dixie in their social media pages, when on Thursday morning, their official Twitter handle changed from @dixiechicks to @thechicks. Band...

Music

Tom Petty’s family sends Cease and Desist to Trump

By Reel 360 Jun 21, 2020

Well, looks like Donald Trump will have to back down. The family of rock star Tom Petty has sent the President's re-election campaign a cease and desist request over what is i...

Music

Beastie Boys get ill in new documentary on Apple tv+

By Reel 360 Apr 26, 2020

Friday night saw the premiere of the highly-anticipates Spike Jonze Beastie Boys documentary on Apple tv+. The film premieres on the heels of the 26th anniversary of the releas...

Music

Berner and B-Real, featuring Rick Ross, drop new single

By Reel 360 Apr 10, 2020

This is just what we need on a Good Friday during a pandemic - new music. Cannabis activist and popular rapper Berner has just released the single Candy, on Bern One Entertain...