[Ableton Live] enabled a lot more people to leave their home studios and bedrooms, and go on stage—and that fuelled the whole festival culture. I don't think we would have the same amount of electronic music festivals these days without this software, because suddenly everyone who's producing electronic music had a clear path how to bring this on stage.
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rantnrave:// In a time of upheaval, uncertainty and division, artists have lots of good options: join protesters in person, raise cash, donate cash, etc. But the best option is often the most obvious one: continue making art. NPR's TINY DESK CONCERT series hosted MARGO PRICE the morning after the US election and got this cathartic performance that's as good as protest music gets—regardless of which, if any, of the three songs in her set were conceived in the commonly understood spirit of protest. This is an artist responding to a moment, with shattering results. I linked to ARETHA FRANKLIN's stunning, religious national anthem on MONDAY and I'm going to link to it again because, without a single partisan word, it's as good a response as anyone has delivered to what's going on in WASHINGTON, on the streets of AMERICA and on football fields across the country (not to mention the flat-out beauty of her voice, if you can imagine separating it from the context, though I don't recommend that). My old boss MICHAEL HIRSCHORN, pondering the counterculture under the next president, reports on the day-making pleasure of hearing YG's "F*** DONALD TRUMP" blasting out of two cars in NEW YORK, its meaning and its power presumably different on the streets of New York in November than on SOUNDCLOUD in March, when it originally appeared... Oh lord, is the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME voting rigged, too? H/T COURTNEY E. SMITH for this amusing thread... End-of-the-year lists are second only to CHRISTMAS lights as things that start showing up uninvited before you've had a chance to finish all your HALLOWEEN candy. ROLLING STONE crowns BEYONCÉ (on a list that includes seemingly every classic rocker who released an album this year), while NME opts for THE 1975... Guitarist/producer KURT BALLOU has the most awesome—and useful—business card ever... RIP JOHNNY P, RAY COLUMBUS and JOEY ESPOSITO.
- Matty Karas, curator
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The Untold Story of Ableton Live—the Program That Transformed Electronic Music Performance Forever
by Maya-Roisin Slater
In their first joint interview, co-founders Berhard Behles and Robert Henke look back at Ableton’s roots in Berlin’s 90s techno scene and its impact on electronic music.
SPIN
After 22 Years, Pete Rock And CL Smooth Are Finally Ready To Make New Music
by Pete Tosiello
On a warm night in late September, minutes before the start of the fall’s first presidential debate, Corey “C.L. Smooth” Penn sits perched on a folding chair in a tunnel beneath Times Square. On the street, crowds have gathered outside the Hell’s Kitchen bars.
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NPR
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by Bob Boilen
On the morning after Election Day, the Nashville musician and her band visited the Tiny Desk to play three cathartic country songs loaded with new political meaning.
Medium
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by Emily Gonneau
Comparing artists to start-ups is a trend that has emerged this last couple of years as music and tech became ever more increasingly tied and the latter churned out its daily dose of spectacular stories and unicorns.
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A playlist of commentary from Spotify head of shows & editorial for the U.K., Australia & New Zealand.
The Conversation
The loss of music
by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Whenever you listen to a streamed song, like it but don't buy it and instead stream it again, you are casting a vote for the future nonexistence of professional musicians.
Dazed Digital
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by Louis Bradley
While OFWGKTA’s members are focused on solo projects today, the photos and videos they shared during their ascent provide a fascinating insight into their collective identity.
The Creative Independent
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Actor, writer, performer and downtown icon Ann Magnuson on creative urges, the importance of archives, and why not everything needs to be documented.
Billboard
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by Judy Cantor-Navas
The music of Roberto Fonseca, Daymé Arocena and other artists traces "how Cuba was, how Cuba is and how Cuba will be.”
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2016
by Christopher R. Weingarten, Jon Dolan, Jon Freeman...
Beyoncé smashed the system, Chance the Rapper counted his blessings, David Bowie left a powerful goodbye and more.
Hypebot
Record Labels Shift From Promoters To Storytellers As Power Fades
by David Emery
In this piece, David Emery remarks on record labels' directional shift towards promoting and selling artists "stories" as their power and influence in the music industry begins to fade.
MTV News
Now Is the Time for Pop Stars to Speak Up on the Issues That Matter
by Anne T. Donahue
Katy Perry and Lady Gaga's actions might look like publicity stunts, but isn't that better than doing nothing?
Vulture
How to Take Back the Counterculture During the Trump Era
by Michael Hirschorn
The Obama years were too soft anyway.
Radio Survivor
Trapped in the Grid: Why Community Radio Risks Irrelevance
by Paul Riismandel
This is a transitional time for community radio, unprecedented in the medium’s more than 60-year history in the U.S. Thousands of new LPFM stations are going on the air bringing service to communities that never had community radio, or adding new services to supplement existing community stations.
Complex
Why SZA's Next Album May Be Her Last
by Karizza Sanchez
In October, SZA tweeted that she might quit music. "I'm really frustrated, and I'm kind of over it," she says now. What does that mean for her future?
NME
Why cancelling T In The Park 2017 might secure the festival's future
by Barry Nicolson
T In The Park is cancelled for 2017 and the future of the festival is uncertain. But their current challenges are not insurmountable.
Rolling Stone
Jason Aldean: The Rolling Stone Country Interview
by Joseph Hudak
Jason Aldean reflects on his career milestones and personal stumbles in a candid, wide-ranging interview.
Thump
Discussing Politics, Power And Public Enemy With Levon Vincent
by Josh Baines
We caught up with one of the community's more outspoken members to discuss David Mancuso, Noam Chomsky, Martin Luther King and a lot more.
WTF with Marc Maron
WTF with Marc Maron: Episode 762 -- Scott Fagan
by Marc Maron and Scott Fagan
Singer-songwriter Scott Fagan created a beautiful album in 1968, called "South Atlantic Blues." But things didn't go the way they were supposed to. Scott talks with Marc about why the album and his career fizzled, how they were both resurrected, and how he connected with a son he never met, who is an accomplished artist in his own right.
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