New rule suggestion: song posts must include at least genre and year
When people post a link to a song, there is no way to tell what kind of music it is or what period it’s from. To help engagement and the user experience, I suggest we require people to at least write the genre and year in the title of their post. Bonus points for adding some explanation in the body of the post about the...
What will Spotify’s price rise mean for its recording artists and songwriters? ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/678460...
‘It’s paradise but you have to be a pro’: the musicians swapping the industry grind for holiday resorts ( www.theguardian.com )
One might assume that there is something dispiriting about performing night after night to audiences for whom music is a mere backdrop to recreation, forgoing the chance to focus on your own songwriting in favour of covering singalong hits to a party crowd. But in a music industry that is increasingly precarious, particularly in...
The Fall - There's a Ghost in My House (1987) ( www.youtube.com )
Khruangbin @ Villain | Pitchfork Live ( www.youtube.com )
I’ve been listening to this a bunch lately. This is the cleanest-sounding concert recording I’ve ever found on youtube.
We talked to the early hours and found ourselves falling in love: my year with Sinéad O’Connor | John Brice ( www.theguardian.com )
Behind the Mask - Lynn [Persona 5 Music] ( youtu.be )
One of my favorite tracks in the game which I often listen while studying or working.
Virt - Lorem Ipsum ( www.youtube.com )
Alternative link: piped.video/watch?v=Y4zfkeTsto0
The Way That You Feel - Leif Vollebekk ( music.youtube.com )
Éole Marin - Break The Targets (GC Fan Club competition Winner) ( soundcloud.com )
I Move On (Sintel's Song) ( www.youtube.com )
Alternative link. https://piped.video/watch?v=AeFwEnyMl8A
Article: We failed Amy Winehouse ( archive.li )
My view on this very feminist piece is that Winehouse wasn’t anywhere near as influential or impactful to music and other musicians as Nirvana (which is the article’s main point of comparison). Many other musicians and singers have come and gone (both male and female) and are not held in anywhere near the same reverence as...
CROSSFAITH - Omen (Metal Cover of Prodigy Song) ( www.youtube.com )
Billy Talent- The Ex- Official Video ( m.youtube.com )
Jockstrap - Concrete Over Water (Glastonbury 2023) ( www.youtube.com )
Gary Moore - Red House (Jimi Hendrix Cover) (Fender Stratocaster 50th Anniversary) [HQ] ( youtu.be )
Does Music Have a Speed Limit? And Why? ( www.youtube.com )
A video on musical tempo, how we perceive it with our bodies as well as our ears, and where the limits are.
The Genius of Fela Kuti and Afrobeat (feat. Femi & Made Kuti) ( youtu.be )
You know I couldn't last: Morrissey on Sinead O'Connor and responses to her death ( www.morrisseycentral.com )
[Irish folk] Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains - The Foggy Dew [1995] ( piped.kavin.rocks )
My mother introduced me to the chieftains. This is the song I always think of when I hear Sinéad O’Connor mentioned. Her voice is just so pure and cutting… What is there not to love?
Anybody in Atlanta for Fall Out Boy? ( lemmy.world )
Nibana - Machine Men | Psychill ( www.youtube.com )
Singer Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56 ( www.rte.ie )
The death has been announced of singer Sinéad O’Connor aged 56.