Community Matters + For the Record

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Maarten Walraven operates at the intersection of music, technology, communities, and education. He wears many different hats, from Co-CEO at Symphony.live to co-creator of the experiment in scene building, Wild Awake and from teaching at the University of Utrecht to being co-project lead for the Water & Music academy. If you want to follow his thinking, the best place is MUSIC x, the newsletter he co-edits.

MUSIC MENTIONS

Q&A

Discovering music today (21:06):

First album ever purchased (27:40):

Most recent album purchased (28:41):

Artists discovered in the last year (31:12):

Desert Island Discs (34:18):

Guest recommendations for future episodes (38:40):

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Rocco Tyndale has been following an invisible thread surrounding music since he was born, but professionally for over 20 years, leading him in all kinds of interesting directions prior to settling into Design, from music festivals to record labels, and more. In 2016 he founded a small label and artist collective called Subtempo, where he's been releasing forward thinking music, left-field, electronic and genre blurring projects. Everything they do aims to offer you a carefully curated visual and sonic environment to immerse your senses in.

MUSIC MENTIONS

Label inspiration; intersection of Design & Music (9:10):

Starting a label - identity and inspiration (13:53):

Q&A

Discovering music today (24:57):

First album ever purchased (27:32):

Most recent album purchased (28:23):

Artists discovered in the last year (29:20):

Dream artist to work with (44:30):

Desert Island Discs (33:17):

Guest recommendations for future episodes (36:03):

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4

Cassidy Murphy is a New York based A&R. She was most recently an A&R at Connection Music Publishing, the publishing entity of Glassnote Records. Before joining Connection, Cassidy garnered industry experiencing by managing producers and songwriters, tour managing, and most notably, co-founding a small independent record label, Good Boy Records. She now is an A&R at Live Nation and Element1’s new label venture, where she will be focused on developing talent through the act of touring.

On her own time and with the help of She Is The Music, Kensaltown East, and her friend and collaborator Archana Gopal, Cassidy hosts a yearly songwriting camp to promote community amongst up and coming female and non binary songwriters and producers where they are provided access, tools, and connections to other creatives. The next camp will be held in March.

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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Maceo is the Founder of We Them Media, a community-driven media platform featuring the stories and perspectives of POC creators. He is also host of the ‘We Them Niggas’ podcast.

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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Born in Detroit, raised in London and now based in Kraków, Alex Roth is a composer, guitarist, producer and interdisciplinary collaborator. His diverse body of work encompasses improvised performances; a wide range of concert music from solo to orchestral compositions; scores for dance, theatre and film; leading numerous bands; and producing electronic music. He has worked with some of Europe’s leading experimental musicians, such as John Butcher, Arve Henriksen, Savina Yannatou, Kit Downes, Mikolaj Trzaska and Olga Szwajgier.

Alex leads the acclaimed improvising trio Cut The Sky (with Wacław Zimpel and Hubert Zemler); produces experimental electronic music as Supersigil; co-directs Sephardic music group Sefiroth; and founded the networked ensemble MultiTraction Orchestra, whose critically lauded debut album was hailed by The Guardian as "a remarkable sonic collage by an A-list of international improvisers.”

Alex’s compositions have been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Sinfonietta, and the 20+ releases in his discography also include collaborations with singer/songwriter Alice Zawadzki, Mercury Prize nominee Laura Jurd's Human Spirit, and Orcadian fiddler/singer/songwriter Catriona Price, among other recordings on labels such as Superpang, Edition, Diatribe and NMC.

Alex is also the founder of multidisciplinary label Zyla, whose inaugural season of releases was curated around his Inpouring EP—a collaboration with experimental cellist Alice Purton—and included poetry, drawing, animation, choreography and videography.

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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Born and raised in the greater Bay Area, Pranav has spent the majority of his career working in San Francisco as a non-profit impact consultant specializing in behavioral design. In his spare time, he moonlights as a freelance music journalist, with regular bylines at Stereogum; Vinyl Me, Please; and Passion of the Weiss, among other publications. The through-line spanning the various dimensions of his career is to create greater space and opportunities in our communities and media for underrepresented voices.

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https://www.greymatter.fm/community/ftr026-pranav-trewn

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4

High-school singer-songwriter turned furniture designer, turned product designer, turned tech founder. As co-founder and CEO of Sona, Laura is driven to redesign the systems of value & discovery so that more artists can own what they do and do what they love.

Prior to founding Sona, Laura worked in product and design at some of the leading projects at the vanguard of online community. She remains an active advisor and investor at the intersection of music, technology and the creator economy.

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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Professionally Sean’s racked up knowledge in major label A&R, artist management, and data science. But that is all second to being a music fan, collecting records, going to shows, and jamming.

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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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David Moses’ music explores territories such as euphoria, yearning, and deep listening through electronic driven improvisation, field recordings, and granular synthesis. His debut solo album "Carrier" is available on cassette and all listening platforms.

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For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4

Native Angeleno Jacqueline Racquel Vaca wears many hats.

She’s a magical milliner, a wardrobe wizard, a passionate dancer, a classically trained singer, and a careful curator.

Blending experiences & techniques, she draws inspiration from nature, travel, classic cinema, history and people’s rights movements, emerging science and technology, and of course her stylish friends.

She works with Leaving Records, LA beloved all-genre record label on community initiatives, and leads as the director of community for blockchain Polygon.

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