For every artist who thinks their mixtape is fire, there’s an audio engineer sitting behind the booth with their head in their hands.
Sometimes they’re trying out a “totally new and original” sound. Maybe they’re just riffing absolute nonsense …
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The Juggernaut is a subscription media company for the South Asian diaspora
Everyone and their dog seems to have an email newsletter today, but what happens if and when yours takes off? Some have gone down the paid route, but another credible alternative is to turn it into a subscription media business. That’s a route that The Juggernaut, a new pay-to-play publication targeted at the Indian diaspora, […]
View More The Juggernaut is a subscription media company for the South Asian diasporaThe definitive Patreon reading guide
At nearly six years old, Patreon has gone from startup to king of membership. Now an established leader in an industry that’s been flipped on its head, Patreon’s path has been anything but predictable — peppered with its share of milestones, mishaps, pivots, champions, and critics — and offers invaluable insights for founders, investors, creatives, or […]
View More The definitive Patreon reading guideThere is a new instrument in town and it’s a saxophone/harmonica hybrid
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You know those days where you just want to play your saxophone during every free moment but it’s too dang big to lug around?
OK, so that may be a really random, specific problem that no one has. But wanting to learn music, play music, or join a band is common — and so is not wanting to invest in a giant instrument that you’ll play on one occasion. But like, who wants to say that the instrument they play is something tiny like the triangle? (No offense to triangle players!)
The thing is, a ton of people are genuinely interested in playing music (past learning to play the recorder in fourth grade) but it’s hard to justify spending that much if you can’t devote your entire life to expensive music lessons and carrying around a sax case. Read more…
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View More There is a new instrument in town and it’s a saxophone/harmonica hybridLorde can now start posting on Google
Over the last couple of years, Google has been slowly (very slowly!) opening up the ability for celebrities, politicians, sports teams, museums and local businesses to post social media-like updates directly to its search result pages. Today, aft…
View More Lorde can now start posting on GooglePink, Nick Jonas, and other musicians read out weirdly specific mean tweets
Are you ready for the badly spelled ire?
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On Tuesday night Jimmy Kimmel Live showcased yet more celebrities reading mean tweets about themselves. It was a musical edition, …
Spotify’s most streamed artists are all men. The music industry needs to do better.
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Every holiday season, Spotify drops personal year-end playlists, and reveals the most streamed artists and songs of the year — which this year included no women, as individuals or performing in groups.
Seriously. No women. That says something disturbing about gender inequality in the music industry.
Ed Sheeran, Drake, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, and The Chainsmokers took the top spots for most streamed artists. The most streamed groups were Coldplay (thanks to their collaboration with The Chainsmokers), Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5, Linkin Park (most likely due to the death of frontman Chester Bennington), and Migos. Read more…
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View More Spotify’s most streamed artists are all men. The music industry needs to do better.Rage against the FCC: Musicians say killing net neutrality threatens art
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Net neutrality’s day of reckoning is fast approaching, and musicians of all persuasions – pop, rock, rap – are making noise about Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s intentions to quash Obama-era internet equality rules.
The decision will be made by the FCC’s five commissioners in a vote on Dec. 14. Three are Republicans (including Pai), two are Democrats, and they almost always vote along party lines.
As the vote looms, some 150 musicians signed an open letter to Congress underscoring a salient point that affects anyone who listens to music, or generally appreciates art: Read more…
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View More Rage against the FCC: Musicians say killing net neutrality threatens art