DistroKid has announced Upstream, a new program to connect unsigned artists who distribute music via DistroKid with participating record labels. Artists who opt in will have their streaming data shared with labels. The first label to join the initiative is the Universal Music Groupâowned Republic Records, home to Taylor Swift, Post Malone, the Weeknd, and more.
âMillions of artists rely on DistroKid and often ask for help getting noticed by record labels,â DistroKid CEO Philip Kaplan wrote in an announcement. âAnd record labels have approached us about finding efficient ways to identify talent in the DistroKid community. With demand on both sides, it made sense to play matchmaker. And by forming a relationship with one of the industryâs leading labels, DistroKid artists are able to identify potential partners who can accelerate their careers.â
Staten Island obituaries for Jan. 13, 2021
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The following is a roundup of obituaries published on SILive.com. Viewing times and guestbooks can be found here.
Eric P. Fisher, 73, a veteran of the Vietnam War, who was the original founding members of a motorcycle club called The Trotters, MC., died Jan. 10, 2021.
Thomas E. Fortin, 75, a Staten Island native who received the Purple Heart during the Vietnam War, and who worked as a Port Security Officer for the New York Shipping Association, died Dec. 29, 2020.
Philip Kaplan, 87, who as a young man settled on Staten Island, where he practiced law for more than 50 years at his law firm located at 350 Saint Marks Place, has died.
How the T-34 Tank Saved the Soviet Union
The T-34 was “undeniably revolutionary, but it was not the first in anything except how to combine thick sloped armor with a diesel engine, wide tracks and a big, relatively powerful gun,” Belcourt said. “They had all been done before, but never together.”
On June 22, 1941, Nazi German launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive attack on the Soviet Union that was the largest invasion in history.
More than three million German soldiers, 150 divisions and 3,000 tanks comprised three mammoth army groups that created a front more than 1,800 miles long.
The Germans expected to face an inferior enemy the Slavs whom Adolph Hitler called