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In Canada: Streaming Manipulation Sites Shut Down, Ex-Warner Music A&R Head Starts Management Firm

Nine streaming fraud sites were shut down and more Canada music industry news, including a new venture from Warner Music Canada's ex-A&R head.

SWING is launching as a Toronto-based management company with Diamond Cafe as its first artist, though Kalivas says the eventual plan is to “evolve into a full-service record label in no time.” As publishing and song catalogues become a major money-maker in the music industry, artists like Diamond Cafe who can work both in front of and behind the scenes are getting scouted heavily. The ominous tarck, which finds Livingston warning about the dangers we pose to ourselves, shows off his belt and falsetto over keyboard stabs and jittery percussion.

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