Category Archives: Musician Issues

ReverbNation

Gifts of Streaming? ReverbNation Voices Strange Ideas

Commentary by Dawoud Kringle

In a recent article on ReverbNation’s website, musician, blogger, and educator Patrick McGuire espoused the idea that streaming services such as Spotify are a “gift” to musicians. 

According to McGuire, “Companies like Spotify have invested an insane amount of time and money into finding ways to help connect artists with the right listeners. Part human curation, part highly complex algorithm, Spotify’s Discover Weekly Playlist feature builds completely unique and personalized music selections to its users.” 

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Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift Co-Opted by Neo-Nazis

The Alt-Right Creates More Chaos in the Music Business

By Dawoud Kringle

As reported n a recent DooBeeDoo article examining the music of the alt-right, young alt-rightists / white supremacists plagiarized 80s Synthwave, and use it to promote their political agenda. 

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The DIY Advisor

The DIY Advisor: Want To Make More Money with Music? (P.2)

Know These 12 Key Concepts Successful Musicians Understand to Generate Revenue (Continued)

The DIY Advisor: Want To Make More Money with Music? (P.1)

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The DIY Advisor

The DIY Advisor: Want To Make More Money with Music? (P.1)

Know These 12 Key Concepts Successful Musicians Understand to Generate Revenue

Text by Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan

One of the key discoveries from our years of music business research is: musicians who are successfully making a living off music approach their business and art differently than most musicians. Rather than focus solely on selling tracks or playing live, they instead broaden their thinking and work to create more income streams off of what they do.

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The Need for a Revision of the Concept of Musical Professionalism

Text by Dawoud Kringle

Bern NixSeveral weeks before this writing, guitar master Bern Nix passed away. He was an elder master with astonishing musical abilities, and an impressive resume behind him. Yet he was in poverty, living in dire straits for years. His is an old story that seems to keep repeating itself. 

This myth of the inevitability of the “starving artist” is self perpetuating. It seems that people on all sides of the equation have it so ingrained into their subconscious that it’s almost expected that musicians be impoverished, ignored, and mistreated. 

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