January 2015 – Rocknerd

Links.

23 January, 20156 May, 2017 Dance, Industry, Links 0

Google puts the hard word on artists using YouTube. Sign up for five years or you’re off YouTube. What the “vinyl comeback” actually looks

Why every mainstream record sounds the same, step by step.

12 January, 20154 January, 2017 Country, Pop 0

Tom Whitwell has just reposted his 2008 Word article on the recording process for mainstream radio-targeted music: how to record music literally targeted at

Steve Albini: How The Internet Solved The Problem with Music.

11 January, 201521 August, 2016 Industry, Writing 1

Steve Albini’s 1993 classic “The Problem with Music”, written at the height of the grunge era, when post-hardcore punk bands were getting gobbled up

Work for Oprah’s $999-ticket tour for free. “No budget” for perfomers – but “exposure”!

4 January, 201528 August, 2016 Industry 0

Pity the poor cash-strapped billionaires! Oprah Winfrey’s Live The Life You Want tour, with tickets priced from $99 to $999, has “no budget” to

How comprehensively fucked Hollywood is, in detail.

3 January, 201528 August, 2016 Film 0

The Sony hack revealed that even the execs are sick of the latest Adam Sandler vehicle. Mark Harris at Grantland sets out the next

A new year of links!

1 January, 201520 May, 2017 Dance, Industrial, Links, Radio, Record 0

There’s a new Rowland S. Howard career collection, Six Strings That Drew Blood. Here’s an excellent review and history from the Quietus. I didn’t