software culture is dead. hardware & dumb tech. drag & drop mp3. file sharing. burnt cds & cassettes. no more inventing new words for old behaviors as branding. neocities. neopets. napster. a nostalgic internet. mean exactly what you say. sell exactly what you are selling.
digital media is freeeeeee just give it to them for freeeeeeeeeeeeee (or for pay-what-you-want) and then let people pay for the form and convenience of listening to what they want in the ways they want on the devices they want. <3
🚨 @lorde has been announced today as one of the financial backers behind a new music app called Lume
It’s an alternative to streaming, where users will purchase and OWN content
It’s built around albums, not songs and playlists. Each “Lume” = a full album plus bonus material…
NEW: We talked to an NYC millionaire who wants Kathy Hochul to tax him more.
He said he "wouldn't even notice" a tax increase, especially since he already got a break in the Big Beautiful Bill.
Taxing the rich wouldn't change his life much—but it would help millions of people.
Being a musician in 2026 is basically just busking online.
We're all spending our days posting content on insta and tiktok hoping to god it generates a sale or two of our music, or a booking.
I'm literally sat here right now producing a content roll out instead of making music.
Robert Pattinson when asked if he believes in romance being linked to astrology:
"I look at it a little bit. I’m a Taurus. Taurus is always good. It’s never been bad ever."
(Via @VogueFrance)
AI use is “the Ozempic of the music industry — everybody is on it, and nobody wants to talk about it,” Mikey Shulman, CEO of Suno AI music generator, recently said. #RollingStoneFutureOfMusic
More: https://t.co/wvEYtRpUqs
please wait in line in a parking lot for 3 hours to be patted down and maybe kidnapped by ICE
if you make it to your flight on time and unkidnapped, maybe your plane will smash into a fire truck on the tarmac responding to a call about A FIRE ON A DIFFERENT PLANE