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Too Easy
The Algorithms Trap
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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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Why Musicians Should Whisper While Culture Screams
Culture right now is chaos.
Aug 8 • 
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The Platform Is the DJ (But You Can Build the Booth)
There was a time when DJs could make hits.
Aug 5 • 
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The Algorithm Doesn't Have Ears
My local record store clerk knew my name and I knew his: Klaus.
Aug 1 • 
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July 2025

What MTV taught me about selling music
Here's what the music industry figured out in the 90s that most marketers still miss:
Jul 29 • 
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The Skip Button's Quiet Revolution
Jul 25 • 
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The Glow Without the Flame
There was a time when art asked something of us.
Jul 22 • 
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The Soundtrack of Small Joys
Some people still dream of mansions.
Jul 18 • 
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Two kinds of artists
There are two paths to making art that matters.
Jul 15 • 
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