As CDs gave way to digital downloads, and digital downloads continue to give way to online streaming, the role of the record label in today’s music industry is somewhat nebulous. Services such as Distrokid, TuneCore and CD Baby allow independent musicians to release their music on hundreds of platforms for a small fee, seemingly obviating the role of record labels in music … [Read more...] about The Music Industrialist: Spotify & Direct Licensing
The Music Industrialist: #MeToo & the Music Industry
Last year saw the rise of the #MeToo movement in the entertainment industry, a paradigm shift in which dozens of powerful and successful Hollywood executives, filmmakers and actors finally faced accountability for decades of sexual harassment and assault on women in the industry. As more women came forward with harrowing accounts of abuse, the world listened, and it seems as … [Read more...] about The Music Industrialist: #MeToo & the Music Industry
The Music Industrialist: SESAC & the Music Modernization Act
In a time of extreme political polarization, one measure that both sides of the aisle support wholeheartedly is this year’s Music Modernization Act. While the music industry has transformed drastically and constantly in the last twenty years, music licensing and publishing laws have failed to keep up, leaving even the most successful songwriters with far less revenue than one … [Read more...] about The Music Industrialist: SESAC & the Music Modernization Act
The Art of Activism: Voice, Visibility and Black Lives Matter — Emelia Ho
Then and Now: The Aesthetics of Protest On the homepage for The Guardian’s investigation The Counted, users are greeted by bright and bolded numbers, racing like slot machines against a collage of black and white portraits that tally the sum of people killed by police in the US. The interface has a number of engaging features: users can search and filter records by … [Read more...] about The Art of Activism: Voice, Visibility and Black Lives Matter — Emelia Ho
Patriotism in the Democratic Party: How Richard Rorty Was Wrong — Brittney Kidwell
Patriotism in the Democratic Party: How Richard Rorty Was Wrong This paper analyzes the nature of liberal patriotism in the United States. Since the 1960s, the Democratic party has appeared to struggled with the concept of patriotism, believing in the possibilities of America’s future while simultaneously criticizing aspects of its past and present, an acknowledgement many on … [Read more...] about Patriotism in the Democratic Party: How Richard Rorty Was Wrong — Brittney Kidwell