Category: The creative life
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Fox Lake Illinois crystal store
I had some time to spare while I waited for the Metra Train in Fox Lake today so I walked to a crystal store to look around. I bought a crystal while there and had a nice conversation with the lady working there. I saw their bulletin board on the wall near the entrance so…
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Why your playlist isn’t getting followers
Music streaming platforms have complicated algorithms monitoring listener behavior, song performance and playlist engagement among many other streaming statistics. I have read that the Spotify algorithm also monitors blogs and other online media to gage off-platform performance of songs and playlists. There are so many things the algorithm is designed to determine and many of…
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Why the ‘New Music Business’ Needed Its Own Book
Seventeen years ago, when I left school in Minnesota one science credit shy of a music business degree, I thought I knew exactly what to do to become a professional musician. It was 2005, the industry had just been turned upside down by Napster and iTunes, and while my studies at this (now defunct) music…
Coffee & a Playlist 