Brian’s been writing music and music journalism since the late ’60s, has produced artists like Taj Mahal, Lucinda Williams, and Ollabelle, and has released three solo albums and an EP since 2008. We discuss “Killing The Dead” (and discuss “Wrong Birthday”) from Winter Clothes (2020,...
We asked Josh Kun, associate professor of communication and journalism at the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California and author of several books, to tell us about the future of music. Boom: How will the music industry and artists adapt to declining record sales ...
I am a Junior in High School. I have a high GPA (not a 4.0) and I live in a small town In Illinois. I want to Major in Music Education and I love the performing arts. I am looking for as many scholarships as I possibly can. Anything weird is OK, as long I don’t have to ...
Musical labour, in much of the world, has long involved workers providing their services to numerous buyers rather than a single firm. This is also true of many workers in other major cultural indus- tries such as radio, television, journalism and film, but arguably it is even more the ...
Japanese studies (with minors in Media studies and Musicology) from the University of Vienna. Her research interests include Japanese popular music from the 1970s – 1990s, music journalism and transcultural musical transfers. She is currently a research student at the Nichibunken in Kyōto, Japan....
GP comment: One important difference is that newspapers were still strong in that era, still doing a reasonable amount of investigative journalism. Today, in terms of finding truthful reporting, the internet is our last best hope, and we'd damn well better protect it from complete control by ...
As someone who has tutored in both philosophy and journalism at university, I do think there are some changes that I regret (similar to those I have commented on about journalism). Whether they are such that we are now going to hell in a handbasket is, of course, highly debatable - ...
“In large part, I did it because the Drake, at that point in time, was a very iconic music venue in New York,” Glasser said. “All the great blues and jazz guys played there during that period of time. I used to hang out in the kitchen on my brea...
music press (journalism), pressa musicale (Italian f.), Musikpresse (German f.), prensa musical (Spanish f.) presser (French) to press, to push, to squeeze (fruit), to speed up, to hasten, to hurry (someone), to speed (something) up...
Though not in the music industry proper, David Ewald has built career in and around the intersection of music and design. The purchase of Simple Machines Mechanic’s Guide to Putting Out Records changed his overall trajectory – turning a journalism student into pre-digital dorm room indie label...