2022-05-31
Pitchfork
How musicians like Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo use Discord: artists share ideas, host parties, and engage with fans, who help with moderation and other tasks
Originally launched as a messaging app for gamers, the platform has become an intimate place for artists and fans to connect and build community. Tweets: @bathsmusic , @vampiric_shirin , @thatericalpe...
2021-06-20
Rest of World
How an Argentinian govt. program that issued netbooks to 4M low-income students from 2011 to 2015 helped indirectly create a new generation of teen musicians
Working-class teens turned junked machines into musical instruments. — • BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA Tweets: @rossdawson , @restofworld , @thatericalper , @sub8u , @restofworld , @restofworld , and @ani...
2021-04-17
Variety
As Spotify turns 15, a look at the ways in which it changed how people listen to music, like breaking down boundaries between genres through “mood playlists”
Ask any executive what the music business was like in the '00s and their face may take on an expression more commonly associated … Tweets: @firstcom_music , @thatericalper , @mrjonburk , @wordsbykrist...
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