Chaos and concert etiquette 3.0: The Freedom Edition
What’s the definition of freedom in regards to concert behavior? Is there any semblance of reliable lists of expectation or, short of stopping before total anarchy,…
The Met on the Death of Klinghoffer: Clinging to a half-baked solution for sensitivity?
In a single afternoon, and with a single announcement, multiple news outlets (New Music Box, the New York Times, The Guardian and the Los Angeles…
Human vs. Machine: Big Data and the Artificial Recommendation Engine
This article was originally posted at SoundCTRL.com on June 11, 2014 I’m sure there’s hardly an active internet user today who if asked, would actively elect…
Is the way of traditional fan appeal and aggregation gone with the wind of subcultural change?
Just shy of a month ago, a fellow music industry writer and general knowledge enthusiast, Sunny Stuart Winter, posted his essay on “The Importance of Sub-Cultural Identity,”…