Low key or high profile: The value of local music
What does local music mean to you? When people talk about local music, the ensuing conversation can lead to talk about everything from neophyte…
AJJ: Andrew Jackson Jihad’s new name and the weight of band identity
Earlier today, Phoenix, AZ folk punkers, Andrew Jackson Jihad, announced a formal change to the group’s current moniker, down to that of its widespread, abbreviated…
Moving toward a “Lonely” music mindset: “No Pop”?
Does any single person, single group, single field of recreation or study, ever truly know when it is in the midst of a genuine “new…
Vying for vinyl? Just wait until Tuesday!
This past April 18 was the date for Record Store Day 2015. As is typical of the single day occasion, crowds lined up outside of…
The convenience shared by classical and Christmas
Sometimes, the way the general public, at least the majority of that within the bounds of U.S. borders, positions itself in relation to both classical repertoire…
(Music as a) charity starts at home: A response letter to David Greenwald
Given the many holidays, winter months and an inevitable slew of charitable requests coming in the near future, why not see where the conversation of “music…
Music: The middle ground amidst the arrival of (more) emotional data mining?
The hot topic as of late seems to revolve around further inclusion and analysis of human emotion and that information from such being applied to…
Fire up the band and lead us to indie-pendence!
This piece was inspired by a question posed via tweet, by web designer, Ross Barber (@ElectricKiwi) Independent artists need to work together and support one…
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,”…
We need to be more prudent about choosing our “exes”
Some of the recent music business related headlines that have fluttered about many social media dashboards presented a contradictory set of approaches for that cornerstone of…