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Tom FrenchStories, data, and insight from the frontlines of the grassroots music movement. Written for the scene, by the scene.
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Why “Independent” Is Starting to Mean Less (and What to Do About It)
I read a post this morning from Steven Finch (RouteNote) that slapped with that “oh, not again”.
Steve Finch, post on LinkedIn
Warner Music Group acquiring Revelator.
Another piece of the “indie stack” pulled into the majors’ orbit...
The Record Label of the Future Isn’t a Label
I was talking to an artist recently who said something that is in the mind of every emerging artist right now:
“we spend more time trying to be seen than we do making anything worth hearing”.
It wasn’t said for effect. It was said in the...
Emerging Artists need to ask: What would Amazon do?
If you want to understand why local music feels harder than it should, start with this chart.
Amazon vs grassroots musics fragmented fan journey
Grassroots music isn’t a smooth journey, it’s a relay race. Discovery happens in one place, a...
Tap Water, Fiji Water… and the Missing Piece Nobody Wants to Define: Discovery
A couple of weeks ago, a piece went viral in music circles that landed like a cold water realisation of something people have been whispering but finally said out loud. Spotify is dying.
Joel Gouveia argued that streaming has turned music...
Ode to MySpace: Top 8, Bulletins, and Musics Last Social Platform
There’s a particular kind of nostalgia that only exists online.
It doesn’t miss a place so much as it misses a feeling: the sense that culture had a room of its own, and you could walk into it without waiting for permission from an algorit...
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