A Deeper Listen

March 20th marked the one-year anniversary of Bandcamp Fridays. Once a month, Bandcamp has been waiving its 15% share on digital music and 10% share on artist merch to help support artists during the pandemic.

Josh Kim, COO of Bandcamp, talks about the impact of holding Bandcamp Friday every month for the past year. 

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SoundCloud is rolling out a new payment method for artists on its platform on April 1st called “fan-powered royalties.” Instead of artists being paid according to their share of overall streams on the platform, listeners’ ad revenue and subscription fees will go directly to the artists they listen to.

SoundCloud’s Head of Rights Administration and Strategy, Michael Pelczynski, breaks down how the new “fan-powered royalties” model will work.

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SoundCloud is rolling out a new payment method for artists on its platform on April 1st called “fan-powered royalties.” Instead of artists being paid according to their share of overall streams on the platform, listeners’ ad revenue and subscription fees will go directly to the artists they listen to.

SoundCloud’s Head of Rights Administration and Strategy, Michael Pelczynski, breaks down how the new “fan-powered royalties” model will work.

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Musicians have been making millions of dollars in recent weeks for auctioning off their music in the form of an NFT (Non-Fungible Token). Grimes made nearly $6 million in 20 minutes doing it, EDM artist 3lau has made more than $11 million and Kings of Leon just released a full album as an NFT. 

Chase Danzig joins this episode to fill us in on how NFTs work. He runs a YouTube channel called “The Bitcoin Express," and recently released a video titled, “How NFT Will Take Over the Music Industry.”

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Musicians have been making millions of dollars in recent weeks for auctioning off their music in the form of an NFT (Non-Fungible Token). Grimes made nearly $6 million in 20 minutes doing it, EDM artist 3lau has made more than $11 million and Kings of Leon just released a full album as an NFT. 

Chase Danzig joins this episode to fill us in on how NFTs work. He runs a YouTube channel called “The Bitcoin Express," and recently released a video titled, “How NFT Will Take Over the Music Industry.”

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Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the intersection of parenthood and being a musician.

For this next artist, he’s also struggled with addiction on top of it all. Pearl Nelson, also known as Pearl Dragon of the band Champagne Champagne, talks about idolizing Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, falling into addiction on tour, and his path to recovery. He also discusses finally being in a place where he’s ready to tour again with clarity and confidence in his sobriety.

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Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the intersection of parenthood and being a musician.

For this next artist, he’s also struggled with addiction on top of it all. Pearl Nelson, also known as Pearl Dragon of the band Champagne Champagne, talks about idolizing Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, falling into addiction on tour, and his path to recovery. He also discusses finally being in a place where he’s ready to tour again with clarity and confidence in his sobriety.

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Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the stories of musicians and performers who are juggling parenthood with their art.

Today we meet Reese Umbaugh, who’s known on the drag stage as Cookie Couture. Cookie made headlines in 2019 for "Drag Queen Story Hour" at the Des Moines Public Library. Off the stage, Umbaugh mentors youth and has fostered 16 kids in the past decade. He is now the father of four adopted boys.

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Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the stories of musicians and performers who are juggling parenthood with their art.

Today we meet Reese Umbaugh, who’s known on the drag stage as Cookie Couture. Cookie made headlines in 2019 for "Drag Queen Story Hour" at the Des Moines Public Library. Off the stage, Umbaugh mentors youth and has fostered 16 kids in the past decade. He is now the father of four adopted boys.

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Sound & Vision is launching a new mini-series called Apparently where two new mothers, KEXP DJ Evie Stokes and KEXP Drive Time Producer Rachel Stevens introduce us to folks who are juggling being musicians and parents.

Today we hear from Grace Love about her journey of becoming a solo artist and a single mother at the same time. 

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