The Lost Art Of The Song Segue
In this piece, we dig into the importance of the song segue. As playlists continue to be the dominant form of music consumption, cultivating a consistent mood and atmosphere makes. Continue reading
How To Curate (In) The Culture Wars
Ed McKeon discusses the blurring of lines between politics and culture, and why the music industry is far from exempt from the important changes and upheavals currently taking places as. Continue reading
The Lost Art of Listening: Up Next [Volume 2]
In this second installment of the Lost Art of Listening series, Song Somelier Keith Joplin looks at the continued importance of human curation in an increasingly algorithm driven world. Guest. Continue reading
How Can Jimmy Iovine Misrepresent Music Curation Without Undermining Music By Beats?
Jimmy Iovine's recent misrepresentation of the current state of music discovery, encapsulated in repeated assertions in multiple interviews on the theme that there is no human music curation by streaming. Continue reading
Curation: The Evolution Of The Global Brain
Guest post by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, review. Those who can’t review, tweet. Those who can’t tweet retweet.” That quote is zinging. Continue reading
