Tag: #Election2024
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Zoom: Music Artists + Social Good Orgs = Super Fans + Voter Turnout
Stephen (Steve) Love Published in Socially Driven Music Photo by Jabber Visuals on Unsplash The majority of today’s American voters blithely follow an engrained familial political affiliation, as did previous generations. The current “weird,” devolved iteration of the GOP would likely give pause to those traditional supporters of the past. Most Republican voters, disaffected and…
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Music and Democracy: Reciprocal Rescue
(Image by ArtsEngine) The attempted assassination of Donald Trump brings to mind the Dion song “Abraham, Martin and John” of 1968. It’s not because there’s any equivalency to be drawn to those exalted historical giants who met an untimely demise (in fact, there is none whatsoever), but because it’s a reminder of how ignorant hate…
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Sometimes Music Reflects Society, Now It Must Also Urgently Lead Again!
Here is the oft-requested “Socially Driven Music For Dummies!” Primer. So, it’s been suggested that we present a simplified overview of the recent essays (linked below) that I co-wrote with respected analyst Hanna Kahlert, of renowned London-based MIDiA Research, which covered so much territory of interconnected concepts that all affect the current and future viability…