As I’ve said before, if you want to talk to someone who resents Spotify even more than a musician, ask a podcaster… via Jessica Hopper

Omg Linda Thompson makes me chortle, this is a very funny interview - and check out her new album cover ?!? theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

Today I learned that to qualify for broadcast overnight on WHRB 95.3FM you must have 50k Spotify monthly listeners *OR FEWER* - over 50k and you’re off the playlist - support college and community radio!

Another great show from United Musicians and Allied Workers to celebrate the Living Wage for Musicians Act! Join us in our nation’s capital April 18 Black Cat, with Yasmin Williams, @, Uptown DAB 🎙 and DJs Mary and Awad from Clear Channel - tix: etix.com/ticket/p/96416…

Another great show from United Musicians and Allied Workers to celebrate the Living Wage for Musicians Act! Join us in our nation’s capital April 18 Black Cat, with Yasmin Williams, @, Uptown DAB 🎙 and DJs Mary and Awad from Clear Channel - tix: etix.com/ticket/p/96416…

Touch my tempos, Spotify, and you’ll find I’ve been going easy on you so far musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-plans-…

Naomi and I contributed to this forthcoming book about music and FOOD

don’t get why it’s news that a senior business editor at NPR is a older white dude resentful of diversity policies

My 93 yr-old mom is going in the studio tonight to record a new song - right on, mom!

“If someone took a dollar out of a busker’s tip jar you’d think that was fucked up wouldn’t you?” - such a brilliant response to this typical rationalization of Spotify’s demonetization policy

Great essay but buried the lede, which is: VAN DYKE PARKS?!?

Spotify saying quiet part out loud: 'If you don't play by the rules we set, you're not an artist and this is just a hobby. You're the same as a bot in our eyes' This is antithetical to creativity. Same goes for Instagram etc.

Check out the whole thread

Over 11,000 letters already sent to Congress urging support of the Living Wage for Musicians Act - join this effort from United Musicians and Allied Workers and write your Rep using this form: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-c…

A whole day of a post about the music business and not a single “well actually” reply… because this is, actually, how it works? Or cause the well actually crowd aren’t actually interested in how it actually works? Or cause this convinced everyone? dadadrummer.substack.com/p/ahra-dpra-lw…

I wrote about the legal precedents of the Living Wage for Musicians Act dadadrummer.substack.com/p/ahra-dpra-lw…

Reply guys very quiet about this latest post for some reason

The Living Wage for Musicians Act isn't a wild idea dreamed up by wacky artists. It is strictly based on specific legal precedents. I wrote about them for Dada Drummer Almanach dadadrummer.substack.com/p/ahra-dpra-lw…