Praying for the people of #Iran who are rising up against a brutal, authoritarian regime that has cut off internet and phone service for 5 days now to cover up their lethal crimes. Like, comment, and share to help be a voice for the Iranian people!
#freeiran #iranrevolution #iranprotests #RISEIran
This ICE killing in Minneapolis is so tragic. It raises a lot of questions about how they are onboarded and trained and their sworn duty.
Are they there to protect and serve?
I might be wrong, but I don’t think the US has been this overt about its imperialist ambitions in quite a while.
But you’re right, these are not new games.
A short, clear explanation of why the invasion of Venezuela 🇻🇪 is not just constitutionally and morally wrong, but also internationally dangerous and destabilizing.
1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/invading-g...
I am right there with you. Visa issues are one thing, but the general disgust and fear to enter is another. Plus the news in every other country has no illusions about what’s going on here.
ha!
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
5 & 8 . I’m a sucker for cats :) 🐈
Honestly, it’s incredible MTV held out for so long. Music has been incidental to their brand for so long…
My process to the Grammy Voter Guide:
Look at the ads once. Tear out the pages I want to read.
ICYMI check out last week's Woody Guthrie webinar, The Making of Woody at Home: The Home Tapes. youtu.be/XFNPxmxOypI?...
excited to see you there!
11 Ten things I would do if starting as a musical artist today - part 5
11. Try to figure out as quickly as possible what I love to do, what I’m great at, and what makes me unique. Double down.
11 things I would do if starting as a musical artist today - part 4
8. Meet people locally - as many as I can.
9. Make a habit of writing, recording, creating daily.
10. Make a habit of critiquing weekly (don’t let creating and critiquing be the same thing - this cuts off the creative flow).
11 things I would do if starting as a musical artist today - part 3
6. Research local acts - go to their shows and take notes. Become their friends.
7. Research national acts - follow and friend them online, see if they’ll collaborate. Go to their show. take notes.
11 things I would do if starting as a musical artist today - part 2
4. Post video regularly to both platforms - experiment - what do I like creating? and what do others like?
5. Write/produce a lot, but hold off on releasing anything until I felt solid about my followings on the platforms above.
11 things I would do if starting as a musical artist today:
1. Focus on learning production / recording / video editing
2. Focus on building two distinct audiences - one local, one online
3. Determine the online platforms for those audiences (likely Meta for local, Youtube for online)
(part 1)
masters!
I’ve started making my (Qobuz) playlist for 2025. The loose rules: acts that I saw live, performed with, or songs that really defined moments in the year. I guess songs aligned with memories.
Meant to be my personal list, but KPop Demon hunters was still allowed on my list cuz I love it 😻
…feel as though every day there is some new start-up prompt-based surveillance product claiming to ease the daily burdens of reading, writing, researching, summarising or brainstorming – but this is the work that helps shape how we think, how we make connections, what we remember and what we forget.
Interesting reflection on Spotify Wrapped. What do y’all think?
“The world is going to be full of competent, AI-assisted background music. Don’t compete with that. Build something so human, so distinctive and so well-protected on the rights side that it’s worth fighting for!”
Interesting perspective from Virginie Berger
Artists want lawmakers to cap ticket resale at or near face value in order to keep our shows fairly priced for fans. But resale-industry lobbyists want to stop this, because it would jeopardize these companies' profits.
So they lie and say that caps encourage fraud.
or better yet, go to Qobuz so artists get a better streaming rate. open.qobuz.com/playlist/354...
Check it out y’all! open.spotify.com/playlist/3hX...
Incredibly inspiring steps taken by Ireland.🇮🇪
[Hypebot] NIVA State of Live: How US Independent Venues Power Local Economies buff.ly/Hmpn5mc
#mediaor
love it!
Everyday in the news 🗞️ I read more of the unbelievable, the wicked, the horrifying, and then the spin by spinning wizards 🧙
