“No AI system has ever felt the wind on its face, or the touch of someone’s hand. All it can do is recalibrate what someone else has written about what that feels like when asked to do so…”
→ Music’s Next ‘Disco Sucks’ Moment Is Near
Every generation discovers music publicists its own way.
→ Los Campesinos! Break Down What It Actually Costs To Tour North America
Solid accounting — here’s a “we did okay” set of numbers from a band that SOLD OUT a two week run across the US.
→ Paul McCartney Banned From Reddit After Promoting Himself in Paul McCartney Subreddit
Yup, that tracks.
→ The Indie Alliance
“Nashville is not happy, it doesn’t want to give up its stranglehold on country music.”
→ YouTube’s CEO Has a Blunt Message for Creators: The Platform Is the Only Home That Matters
“But as creators diversify and AI reshapes content production, the permanence of YouTube’s dominance faces questions the company hasn’t fully answered.”
→ Today they banned my book. It was not the first. It won’t be the last. Here’s what I want you to know.
“When books and thoughts and people are suppressed, we all lose. Keep fighting the good fight, friends. It’s worth it.”
→ How To Save TV News: Moneyball
The death of TV news is a self-serving prophecy told by those who don’t know how to save it
→ Antitrust trial begins that could lead to breakup of Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation
The shame here is that after the House of Blues crew took over what became Live Nation, those venues were run better than ever. It’s the handcuffs for artists—you want to play the venue we control in Town X, you…
→ 1 Million Monthly Listeners. 12 Tickets Sold. Here’s The Scam.
Some of us have been talking about this since the 00s.
→ A ‘Cease Operations’ notice was posted on World Cafe Live’s door this week
This whole episode is so aggressively sad. I worked at and consulted for WXPN through the period where Hal and the original team were planning this venue. I walked through this space when it was just a shell. I have…
→ Apple’s 30% Commission Mandate Forces Patreon Into Contentious In-App Purchase Migration
“Apple continues to aggressively defend its commission structure in markets where it maintains the legal authority to do so, arguing that the App Store provides valuable services including payment processing, fraud prevention, and customer acquisition that justify its fee structure.”…