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- Streaming has changed all the rules. Musicians can upload songs on to a streaming platform without a label. If they still want to sell physical albums, Bandcamp has made it very easy—no label required. They can deal directly with fans, journalists, promoters, booking agents, etc. without a label. They can set up a publishing company with almost no ... See more
from Record Labels Dig Their Own Grave. And the Shovel is Called TikTok. by Ted Gioia
- 7. Create a private community or fan club: For musicians, this might mean something like a fan club where the NFT acts as a membership pass into the club. With that membership comes all kinds of perks: meet-and-greets, early or exclusive access to merch and tickets, unreleased music, artist Q&As, etc.
from The Musician’s Guide to Web3 by Justin De Marco
- Humans are unique because we compete when it isn’t necessary. We could reason our way to more sustainable processes, but we use our intelligence to outsmart each other. We compete for fun, for ego.
from Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, 0) by Adrienne Maree Brown
- Identify the set of things that you love to do and that you do well. You don’t need to be the best in the world at something. People often succeed because they have a set of various skills that don’t normally go together.
from The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century by Adam Davidson
How I conduct interviews | Cherie Hu
- Emergent properties are linked to another highly promising feature: flexibility. Earlier generations of ai systems were good for only one purpose, often a pretty specific one. The new models can be reassigned from one type of problem to another with relative ease by means of fine tuning. It is a measure of the importance of this trait that, within ... See more
from Huge “foundation models” are turbo-charging AI progress
- The artists complaining about TikToks aren’t exactly condemning the platform. But they are showing that being on all the time, influencer-style, takes effort and talent that is different from the kind it takes to perform a great song. Do we really want our entertainers demystified and desperate? Are we too cynical and distracted to enjoy wide-scree... See more
from TikTok Killed the Video Star by Spencer Kornhaber
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- If tiktok makes the music world look and act more banal, it also, in some cases, makes it sound that way too. One fad is songs that take kindergarten-friendly gimmicks—a countdown, a sound effect—and add adult profanity, making for a cocktail of relatability.
from TikTok Killed the Video Star by Spencer Kornhaber