Tag: music industry
The Dumbest Music Industry Scams (and why they still work)
How to avoid every single music industry scam every single time.
Streamwashed: Big tech, little money and how music marketing went crazy
If there's anything in your heart that still harbors something like love for the music industry, stay far away when musicians talk shop about marketing.
One Dollar.
Charging money for music submissions is a new growth industry. They're just not charging very much.
LALAL.AI is AI-aided sampling that actually works (until the RIAA takes it down)
AI-based sampling apps are proliferating but the music industry is sharpening their knives.
Nobody’s Leaving SoundCloud
Another day, another claim that The Copyclypse is upon us. Social media today is filled with posts by producers large and small, bigroom and...
Some of Your Friends Are Already This Broke: The Problem With Digital Music
"Some of your friends are probably already this fucked."
That's how Steve Albini concluded "The Problem with Music", his famous essay breaking down the malevolent...
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Crash Out: The True Story of the Fake Viral Techno DJ and the $50 Million Fraud
Celebrated by the dance music press, Alejandro Zamora claimed that his DJ livestreams relieved his depression and inspired a global community of mental health-conscious followers. Was it all just another scam?









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