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10 votes
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Country music’s culture wars and the remaking of Nashville
18 votes -
Musicians of Tildes, how do you promote your music?
My band are releasing a new single on the 5th August, another later in the year, and a third early next year. We've released a few tracks already, but we never seem to get much traction when...
My band are releasing a new single on the 5th August, another later in the year, and a third early next year. We've released a few tracks already, but we never seem to get much traction when trying to promote them. The band has agreed that a different approach is probably needed, and so we're open to a bit of experimentation. So, musos of Tildes: how do you go about promoting the music you release?
21 votes -
Has modern pop music lost its generational aspect?
"Generational" might not be the correct word. What I mean is that pop1 music from the 20th century transitioned from one style to another in a way where decades could have pretty distinctive...
"Generational" might not be the correct word. What I mean is that pop1 music from the 20th century transitioned from one style to another in a way where decades could have pretty distinctive sounds. 50s music was different than 60s was different than 70s was different than 80s. What I'm wondering: what is your perspective on pop music style change from 2000s to 2010s to today?2 Has it changed or does it sound the same as it did 10-20 years ago?
The reason I ask is that I listened to a pop station recently and it seems barely different than when I was in high school pre-2010. Taylor Swift is still incredibly popular, and listening casually to other songs, I had no guess on what year they were actually produced. It could have been 2012 or it could have been last year. I don't know if I'm just getting old and I've lost my ability to keep up on the nuance of current trends or if it's that pop music has stagnated the same way Hollywood movies have - art that is analyzed and meticulously designed to appeal to the widest audience possible.
[1] - I'm defining "pop" as Billboard Top 40 or equivalent.
[2] - I think this only applies to "pop" songs. I haven't noticed the same trend in sub genres such as country, rap, latin, or metal. I am also sure the extent of style variation over time depends on the country.
12 votes -
Denniz Pop turned Sweden into a pop powerhouse, but then died tragically young from cancer – his peers reflect on an underrated legacy
2 votes -
How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire
11 votes -
Manufacturers struggle to keep pace with vinyl record demand
5 votes -
Tove Styrke: ‘I wanted to do something different. It's okay for a song to be 3'30''’
4 votes -
Lilja Alfreðsdóttir will meet with the CEO of Spotify this week to discuss the proliferation of “fake artists” posing as Icelandic musicians on the music streaming platform
12 votes -
Avicii's musical legacy is being celebrated at an interactive museum in Stockholm, which also raises awareness of mental health in the music industry
6 votes -
Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirational
11 votes -
‘I had no confidence, no money’: The pop stars kept in limbo by major labels
9 votes -
The record label bringing Iranian music to the world
5 votes -
Björn Ulvaeus: ‘Today's pop industry cheats songwriters – and deters the risk-taking that made ABBA’
9 votes -
Black-owned record stores are disappearing while vinyl sales are skyrocketing. Some shop owners say it's a sign of a 'whitewashed' industry.
10 votes -
How Elektra Records ushered in the alternative music revolution - and then helped kill it
6 votes -
Spotify announces that artists and labels will be able to select specific tracks for its algorithms to prioritize in exchange for being paid a lower royalty rate
21 votes -
1980-1989: Rockism faces the world
5 votes -
Reply All #158 - The Case of the Missing Hit
7 votes -
Taylor Swift plans to re-record her back catalog to regain control of her masters
12 votes -
How artist imposters and fake songs sneak onto streaming services
4 votes -
How long does it take to make a classic album?
8 votes -
Master recordings matter: Taylor Swift's feud shows why ownership can be crucial to musicians
7 votes -
Here are hundreds more artists whose tapes were destroyed in the UMG fire
9 votes -
The day the music burned - The 2008 Universal fire was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew
16 votes -
Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music industry
7 votes -
A true story of "copyright piracy": Why The Verve will only start getting royalties now for Bittersweet Symphony
8 votes -
Inside the booming business of background music
8 votes -
Musicians only got 12% of the $43 billion the music industry generated in 2017, and it mostly came from touring
27 votes -
How musicians make money — or don’t at all — in 2018
7 votes -
TIDAL accused of deliberatly faking streaming numbers
4 votes