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The Well-Tempered Synthesizer

Wendy Carlos’s music of the spheres.

Will Stephenson Harper's Sep 2020 15min Permalink

Arts Music

How Young Thug Got Trapped By A $15,000 Advance From A Major Label

360 degree deals and the music industry’s new hostages.

Naomi Zeichner Buzzfeed Mar 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Music

The Winners History of Rock and Roll

As mainstream rock declines and disappears from the radio, an examination of seven bands who were amongst the biggest of their respective eras.

  1. Part 1: Led Zeppelin

  2. Part 2: Kiss

  3. Part 3: Bon Jovi

  4. Part 4: Aerosmith

  5. Part 5: Metallica

  6. Part 6: Linkin Park

  7. Part 7: The Black Keys

Steven Hyden Grantland Feb 2013 1h45min Permalink

Arts Music

The Music-Copyright Enforcers

There is someone whose job it is to try to extract royalty money from anyone who plays music in a place of business. Most people do not react well to this request.

John Bowe New York Times Magazine Aug 2010 Permalink