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Thanks for turning me on to Tedium. The article about cassingles was right up my alley. https://tedium.co/2024/07/27/music-industry-cassette-single-cassingle-history/

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It’s one of the best newsletters around

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This made me LOL: "Adams had released 11 albums before he made AllMusic’s name into something of a lie."

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Time for détenté? Stephen Thomas Erlewine: "After some 32 years, I have been laid off from Xperi, whose music editorial database is featured on Allmusic. I enjoyed working there and will miss having steady work. If you have any leads or opportunities, let me know. I'm open to writing, editing and consulting." https://x.com/sterlewine/status/1818341610763018393. Chris, this could be another story in itself. He has written so many reviews, but as a recent article about Pitchfork talked about, when you can access all of the world's music for a low monthly price, do you really need reviews? Reviews mattered when weighing the use of limited funds towards musical decisions. There was a high cost for regret.

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That is absolutely wild. (We worked on this syndication before it happened, obviously.) His uncle started AllMusic 35 years ago. So for them to let him go is truly something.

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Crazy story...and I would have never known about it except for this article. After all, why on our still semi-green earth would I be checking for Bryan Adams reviews, LOL!

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I'm happy to say that I read the original story on Tedium and I also recommend the newsletter.

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I used to write album reviews for all music.com in the 1990's. At that time int was a useful database with album reviews that were well written and useful. Today it is mere shell of its former incarnation. It is pop up ads. I hardly ever use it anymore. I just happened to read about the history of allmusic.com a few days ago.

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I'm always fascinated by this kind of petty BS. Heh heh. Another question that should be answered: "Why isn't Tom Wilson in the RNR HoF?"

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Saw Bryan Adams last summer. He crushed.

Never been to allmusic.com ...

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