Tag: music
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Your favorite artist could be taken down any day.
Chris Dalla Riva: Nothing is Forever on the Internet. Eventually, profits dry up. Costs must be cut. Some servers will be shut off and the recordings of your high school band will go with them, along with the photos of your grandparents and the video of your daughter walking for the first time. This morning,…
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Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas
This is great. I learned a bunch of interesting music theory, and it was a fascinating look at hip hop starting in the mid 90s. The author didn’t know the artist — and it kind of felt like very few people that he spoke to knew him well either. Dilla didn’t feel fully formed in…
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Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore by Dan Ozzi
Dan Ozzi’s profile of the late 90’s-early 2000’s punk scene is like catnip. I saw a lot of these bands live (some before they were cool!).