Bonnaroo 2021

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Chainlink Dynamic NFTs

FirstBank Amphitheater

New Era of Music Industry

ProTools Carbon Interface

California Legislation to Limit Record Label Contract Terms to 7 years

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Christian and Truman are back this week with the latest from the music industry. From the history of electronic music, to the dark side of the music industry, Christian and Truman are here to break down the most interesting stories from this week. As always links from this episode will be below.

Rolling Stone - Inside the Streaming ‘Black Market’

Google Arts and Culture - Music, Makers & Machines

Atari’s Virtual Casino

The Musicians Guide to TikTok

Popular Science - Here is Why NFTs Work

Intro and Outro by Buggme

Kings of Leon Release Album as NFT

Flume Release NFT

Music NFT: Why buy them?

NFT Bundled Assets

Square Plans to Aquire Majority Stake in Tidal

Ableton Live 11 Features

Why Electronic Musicians are Positioned to Profit the Most from NFTs

Next Generation Music (Subreddit)

Intro and Outro by buggme

Next-Gen Interactive Midi Controller

Spotify Posting Record-Breaking Numbers

Spotify Expanding Market

DistroKid teams up with Twitch (AMZN)

Musicians Field Guide to NFTs

Intro and Outro Music

This week Truman and Christian are back with a very interesting discussion. Christian brings forward an article discussing the use cases of low frequencies in repairing the structure of the brain in Alzheimer's patients. Truman discusses the data collection that is occurring at the highest levels of the music industry and what it will take to stop it as well as shares a couple of articles to help out the up-and-coming musician. Make sure to check out our references below and the talented musician behind our intro and outro.

Alzheimer Research

Spotify Mood Patent

Smarter Playlists

Opulous Platform

Lefsetz Letter: Kobalt Sale

Intro and Outro by Tierney

This week Christian and Truman are back it, picking up where they left off last week. Intellectual Property law is one of the most important subjects for any upcoming musician as properly understanding your rights will allow you to make the best possible decisions for your career. Christian and Truman take it from Basic to Advanced to give you the best outline for understanding. Below are resources from this week’s episode including the song used.

Intro and Outro by Oscar Lindsey

Christian and Truman are back at it this week talking about a whole new subject, IP Law. While not the most glamorous, IP Law is crucial to any musician’s career and understanding the system currently in-place takes work. This week Christian and Truman are sitting down to explain the basics of IP Law and how everything surrounding it is moving in a different direction. With the advent of blockchain and distributed ledger technology, Truman and Christian are here to break all this down into understandable terms. The industry will always keep moving forward, it is up to you to keep up! Below are all the links referenced in this week’s episode. Make sure to come back next Monday!

Blockchain Explained

IP Law and Blockchain in Practice

The Truth About Blockchain, Harvard Business Review

Nashville Chamber of Commerce Report

Blockchain in IP Law WIPO

How Blockchain will disrupt IP Law

Intro and Outro Song by Oscar Lindsey

We live in Strange Times! Christian and Truman are back this week to break down the Gorillaz’s musical ventures throughout recent history and into the pandemic and talk about how co-writing is morphing into something greater. With so many in the music industry struggling, we find it necessary to seek out ideas prime for the current times and throughout the future. Christian and Truman talk about what went right and what went wrong within the industry during the transition into the pandemic and how there are some key differences rising from the ash. Highlighting artists that handled the lockdown with grace and the methods they use to be able to create and perform under the most trying of circumstances benefits us all.

Gorillaz: Song Machine Season 1

Intro and Outro Music Provided by Oscar Lindsey

It's a brand new year, the end of an industry-shaking pandemic is within sight. Truman and Christian are back in full swing with new episodes weekly. We are tackling the newest topics in the music industry and breaking them down into understandable, digestible segments. With a new year comes a whole suite of new challenges which the industry faces. We are here to guide you through all this change so we can all work to make the industry a better place. Make sure to check out Critical Listening, Christians blog where he breaks down songs from an engineer’s point of view and discusses ways to recreate sounds and melodies from a variety of different songs and Artists.

Here is a link to the documents discussed in this episode:

Music Industry Report | Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce (nashvillechamber.com)

Christian and Truman discuss what the impact of COVID-19 means to the music industry, introduce a new cast member, and much more...