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How Pop Music Became a Sport
Everything is social media. Everything is gambling.
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Chris Dalla Riva
10
How a Funeral Home Became Warner Records
Corporate history is weird
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Chris Dalla Riva
10
Why Did the CD Die but the Book Lived?
Ruminations on the lifespan of physical media
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Chris Dalla Riva
14
Who Owns AI-Generated Music? I Asked People That Make It
Copyright laws need an update for our current day
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Chris Dalla Riva
4
We'll Have Halloween on Christmas
A spooky music boom may be upon us
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Chris Dalla Riva
4
The Death of Mechanical Socialism
An old quirk used to make it easier for songwriters to get paid
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Chris Dalla Riva
7
The Ever-Changing Unchangingness of Live Music
We head back to 1916 to understand how concerts have evolved in the last century
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Chris Dalla Riva
1
Personalized Lies
Sometimes you need to fear the algorithm
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Chris Dalla Riva
8
The Great Grand Piano Scam
And other examples of musical fraud
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Chris Dalla Riva
9
14 Good Things Happening in Music Right Now
~happy birthday to me~
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Chris Dalla Riva
5
14 Issues in Music That Don't Get Enough Attention
A handful of problems get most music press. There's a lot more that needs to be addressed.
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Chris Dalla Riva
12
Bringing Music Back to 1994
But not in the way you think
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Chris Dalla Riva
7
The Land Where the CD Never Died
Though CDs are an artifact of the musical past in most places, they remain shockingly popular in Japan. This week we try to understand why.
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Chris Dalla Riva
18
Should Making Music Be Hard?
New AI technology has shaken me to my core about what it means to make music.
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Chris Dalla Riva
15
Avril Lavigne and the Future of Musical Translation
In 2007, Avril Lavigne released her hit song "Girlfriend" in 7 languages. George Ball chronicles how this might have been a harbinger for a larger…
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George Ball
14
Where Are We Going and Where Have We Been? Music in 2023 & Beyond
Let's take a look at the most important musical trends of 2023 and speculate on the biggest trends in the coming years.
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Chris Dalla Riva
2
What's the Point of the Billboard Charts?
Determining the most popular song is a more dangerous game than it seems.
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Chris Dalla Riva
11
Why is Everyone Mad at Spotify?
Spotify changed how they pay artists. Many people were up in arms. I think their anger is misguided.
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Chris Dalla Riva
17
Claude Stole Katy Perry's Song
The music industry is accusing an A.I. chatbot of infringing on a musical copyright. Do they have a legitimate case?
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Chris Dalla Riva
11
Should a Song Created with A.I. be Eligible for a Grammy?
With the help of A.I., "Heart on My Sleeve" took the internet by storm a few months ago. Ghostwriter, the man behind the track, thinks it should be able…
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Chris Dalla Riva
10
Why Songwriters Stink at Organizing
Screenwriters have a long history of striking. Why don't songwriters?
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Chris Dalla Riva
7
The Fight to Control Your Work is Just Beginning
For decades, artists have had to battle for control of their work. With the rise of artificial intelligence in music, that might become a losing battle.
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Chris Dalla Riva
11
I Hope You Never Listen Alone
Let's talk about the thing that scares me most about AI-generated music.
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Chris Dalla Riva
6
The Absurdity of Ed Sheeran's Latest Lawsuit
Did the red-headed Brit copy Marvin Gaye?
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Chris Dalla Riva
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