The growth bit is over

Copyright scamming, millions in cash, big tech neglect and a green lambo …all the latest episode featuring Kristin Robinson —> 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mon…

In the most recent episode of Money 4 Nothing Pod I got to chat with the amazing Kristin Robinson about the weird'n'dark underbellies of digital music + heists. At least one big heist. Really. A genuine heist. open.spotify.com/episode/280ybz…

The latest episode of Money 4 Nothing Pod explores the sonic (and material) worlds of the legendary DJ Screw with help from the wonderful Lance Scott Walker. Check it Check it out here ==> open.spotify.com/episode/6HiLPG…

One of the people who truly made the 20th century sound like it did. Husker Du? Meat Puppets? Minutemen? Black Flag? St. Vitus? So MUCH of SST's nearly unparalleled run of brilliance was made possible by SPOT's improvisational aesthetic.

Checking back in on our old pal #spotify, where...everything is not alright ==> open.spotify.com/episode/25tVxW…

Got a piece up ⁦⁦The Guardian⁩ today around a story that has been woefully under reported. S/O to Shaad D’Souza + Laura Snapes for the edits and help theguardian.com/music/2023/mar…

Streaming in the Dark: No One Knows Anything (w/ Meredith Rose) (saxon Sam Backer @m_f_rose - Money 4 Nothing Pod) redef.com/item/641ddff22…

Did we realize that we were set to drop an episode about the Blurred Line copyright lawsuit RIGHT before the beginning of another major case involving the Marvin Gaye estate? No, we did not. But the extra relevancy is always nice... open.spotify.com/episode/0YKnrU…

Wanna catch us live? Come hang out at the Water & Music WAVELENGTH summit this weekend. We'll be chatting AI + History (and not-so-secretly Actor Network Theory)

Enjoying this week's Good Ol' Grateful Dead Cast about the band's embrace of fast capitalism and independence in 1973? We went deep on the subject with jesse jarnow (@[email protected]) ==> open.spotify.com/episode/2iz0it…

!!!! Money 4 Nothing Pod rules - so honoured to have them at Wavelengths Summit! Click through, listen, subscribe, tell your friends!

For our latest episode we dig into Merlin—and the past + future of indy. Genuinely one of hardest pieces we've had to research, so get ready for some serious "dogs that didn't bark" style reasoning... open.spotify.com/episode/3oCTKe…

Unregulated, overcapitalized corporations are not good stewards for our industry - they will quit the business when it stops returning, because the content means nothing to them. Build the digital music world you want to see after Spotify, cause that day is coming…

These guys read the bill and get it Money 4 Nothing Pod Sam Backer saxon baird podbean.com/wlei/pb-w9m6f-…

Money 4 Nothing Pod Sam Backer saxon Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before, is one response we’ve received from (sympathetic) professionals in the industry. And there’s a simple answer - it’s cause NO ONE EVER ASKED THE ARTISTS BEFORE. Join us and #MakeStreamingPay weareumaw.org/make-streaming…

Listen to Damon K 🎤 :: support this bill. sign here: weareumaw.org/make-streaming…

Great episode from Money 4 Nothing Pod money4nothing.podbean.com/e/neil-young-d… What I find so ironic about the "closed garden model" they talk about is that it's essentially what an agency like Starto (Johnny's) did for DECADES while being chided by (alleged) experts. Fanclub ticket sales, J-Web, etc.

Wrote about this over a year ago for The Guardian and even pitched Pitchfork about it at the time…lol. Anyways …the story continues: Can You Copyright a Rhythm? | Pitchfork pitchfork.com/thepitch/can-y…