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The Algorithm Wants You to Be Predictably Unpredictable
Here’s the trap most musicians fall into:
Oct 17 • 
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The Permission to Disappear
You don’t need to be everywhere.
Oct 10 • 
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Carrying a Lantern in Daylight
Nietzsche tells a story about a madman who appears at noon, lantern in hand.
Oct 3 • 
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September 2025

The Friend in the Crowd
Your music doesn’t spread because it’s good.
Sep 30 • 
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The Artist's Cult
Most musicians think they're selling songs.
Sep 23 • 
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The Discovery Engine (And Why Your Music Career Isn't What You Think It Is)
Here's what they don't tell you about making it in music: You're not trying to fit into a category.
Sep 16 • 
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The Zero-Click Artist
We live in the zero-click economy.
Sep 9 • 
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The Longer Path: Why Musicians Need Agency More Than Algorithms
The algorithm wants you to make a 15-second hook.
Sep 5 • 
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August 2025

Too Easy
The Algorithms Trap
Aug 29 • 
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The Quiet Revolution
The hamster wheel is slowing down.
Aug 22 • 
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Who Actually Is Your Music For?
Radio stations think in demographics.
Aug 19 • 
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Average is the Enemy
At MTV Europe in the '90s, fifteen producers would sit in a room every week and listen to seventy submissions.
Aug 12 • 
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