R.I.P Thread for Musicians/Those involved in Music.

Does it qualify under the 'Those involved in Music' category? The inventor of Karaoke has died:

The K-pop songwriter / producer who went by the name 'Shinsamong Tiger' - passed away recently aged 41

Seems to have been one of the more creative people in that industry (maybe also one of the "good guys")

Played a big part in the whole thing going global

What an absolute legend of a man he was.

RIP.

Some do. Here's two examples. From The Guardian (which was also published in The Irish Times):

Big Black had already split up by the time Songs About **** was released – “I prefer to cut it off rather than have it turn into another Gross Rock Spectacle”, Albini said – and he founded his next band Rapeman in 1987. Named after a Japanese manga, it was perhaps the most high-profile example of Albini’s eagerness to prod and provoke, and he later expressed regret for the band name, calling it “flippant”.

Variety:

Also often overlooked was the band’s sense of humor — their final album was called “Songs About ****”; their last single featured covers of songs by Kraftwerk and Cheap Trick and its sleeve showed the band comically dressed as those artists — but some attempts at humor did not land well: Albini’s first post-Big Black band bore the unfortunate name of Rapeman, which he later regretted. While he argued that the ironic intent of his lyrics for songs with titles using deeply offensive terms — not to mention a limited-edition Big Black album cover with an autopsy photo of a suicide by gunshot blast — should be obvious, that distinction certainly was not always clear at first impression. He admitted as much later in life.

It was always a really stupid name for a band. I remember buying the Budd EP as a teenager, and even then thinking it was a really stupid name. Bass player David Sims described it as "the biggest musical regret" of his life.

Most obits that I saw did mention it - apart from the mainstream ones in RTE and BBC - it was a horrible name for a band and he admitted regretting it.

I have to say it's a real bummer this one. He was just one of those figures you assumed would be around forever and I'd been reading interviews with him lately where, while I wouldn't say he had mellowed, there was definitely a bit more light and shade in his opinions. It would have been interesting to hear his take on things in the years to come... New Shellac album on the way too.

I think the fact that I was met with widespread indifference and collective shrugged shoulders yesterday when I told people about him, underlined to me why he was such an icon: to the end a real star of the underground.

Charlie Colin, founding member of the band Train, whose hits included 'Drops of Jupiter,' has died at 58.

Colin slipped and fell in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Belgium, according to TMZ. He was later found dead.