It’s mid-October, and by our calculations, musicians are STILL not getting paid. Live music has been off since March, and a major lobbying group is trying to #SaveOurStages. But does saving venues also mean a bailout for musicians? In the continued quest for artist revenue, Saxon and Sam explore some less obvious options. Could the platform OnlyFans hold the answer? Should musicians search for salvation in the high-end speaker-system/concert series Oda? Or are we all looking in the wrong places entirely?
K-Pop Merger Mania (feat. the Idolcast)
Merlin and What It Means (and Meant) to be Indie
The Great Music AI Contradiction (Live at Wavelengths Summit)
Blurred Lines and the Future of Copyright
Inside the Algorithm Factory: Music Recommendations (w/ Nick Seaver)
Streaming in the Dark: No One Knows Anything (w/ Meredith Rose)
Spotify Redux (Quiet Threats + Desperate Flailing)
From Houston to the World: The Political Economy of DJ Screw (with Lance Scott Walker)
Metadata Errors in the Lime Green Lamborghini (With Kristin Robinson)
Reggaeton Gets Sued
A.I. in Der Klub (And Your Next Playlist)
What Taylor Swift Tells Us About the Billboard Charts
The Rise and Fall of SST Records with Jim Ruland
Penny Fractions Live with Cherie Hu and Liz Pelly
Dan Ozzi on the Political Economy of Selling Out
The Music Catalog Acquisition Cool Down
Damon Krukowski on Unions, Streaming, and Musical Labor
The KLF: A Foolproof Way To Hit No. 1
Born to Sell: Springsteen’s Tickets + Meta Makes Moves
K-Pop Histories Beyond BTS (Featuring The Idolcast)
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