This week we go deep (like really really deep) on the Music Modernization Act—a landmark, near-unanimous 2018 law that will reshape the legal landscape of American music when it kicks in early next year. Despite this, it has received little or no critical press attention since. Let’s face it though—the last time this scale of legislation passed was in the 1970’s, so it’s a good bet that we’ll be living with the MMA for a long, long time. We figure out what’s going on in the bill (easier said than done), who it helps (mostly the streaming services), and what it tells us about the power structures that define the music industry.
Live Streams, Protests and Music in 2021 with Jessi Olsen
Tik Tok and Music’s Mimetic Future with Cat Zhang
The Origins of the American Record Industry with Kyle Barnett
A Major #Mood: Spotify, Labels, and our Dismal Streaming Future
The Environmental Impact of Music with Kyle Devine
Who is #SaveOurStages Actually Saving?
Ragtime and The American Clave with Wayne Marshall
Calling Bullsh*t on the Napster Narrative
You Can't Segregate the Airwaves (but you can definitely own them)
Hipgnosis Hypnotizes the Music Industry
King Records: Rock 'n' Roll Originator, Indie Label OG and Radical Racial Integration
The Federal Music Project with Professor Kenneth Bindas
Tekashi 6ix9ine is Kind of Right: The Return of Payola
Deconstructing Prince
Live Music in Quarantine
Fiona Apple, Pitchfork, and What is a 10?
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