Tag: #MusicIndustry
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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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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…
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Music: What is it Good For?
Photo by Tallie Robinson on Unsplash In our companion piece essay, we spoke at length about the ‘purpose’ of music, and how in the scramble for likes and streams and the ‘next big mainstream hit’, the impact of its meaning has been increasingly diluted and, perhaps, devalued. Something which needs conscious addressing, by recontextualising music with…