Not just blowing smoke: One fan’s passion is another fan’s apathy
What do we find valuable about music? Have we constricted our ability to determine what makes music important to us as individuals, by continually and…
Breaking free of the broken record: Misogynistic misgivings in the music industry
Social justice isn’t my thing. That’s not to say I do not believe in causes of a social justice nature but it certainly isn’t the vector…
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…
On to the core of the music!
Recently, I was given the opportunity to write a guest blog (for your reading pleasure, part 1 and part 2) for the live music archiving and…
If your heart’s not IN, you’re selling OUT
Music: a hobby, a study, a combination of vibrations, a business, a product or an emotional refuge. Depending on how one chooses to view this “thing”…
Convoluted conferences (and how we can get AAMPP’ed for a change)
Note to my readers: Before I get into the usual contemplations on another arts related quandary, I want to talk to you, my readers, about some…
Behind the Musicplayr: A Conversation with Thorsten Lüttger
Recently, I had come across and written a general overview of one music startup based out of Germany that is becoming of rapidly growing interest among…