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# Last week in music industry commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/last-week-in-music-industry-commentary-79/
- Published: 2022-08-27T00:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-29T12:06:21.000Z
- Description: Commentators and pundits in the thick of the industry this week shared their opinions and thoughts on coming up in the industry, professional failures and successes, and more. ‘Owning media. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/08/last-week-in-music-industry-commentary-79.html]
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, Music Op-Ed, DIY, DIY musicians, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Commentators and pundits in the thick of the industry this week shared their opinions and thoughts on coming up in the industry, professional failures and successes, and more.

- **[‘Owning media is now an act of countercultural defiance](https://www.hypebot.com/owning-media-is-now-an-act-of-countercultural-defiance/)**
- **[12 things I wish I knew before becoming a professional songwriter](https://www.hypebot.com/12-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-becoming-a-professional-songwriter/)**
- **[‘This is what I tell myself when I post and I reach no one…’](https://www.hypebot.com/this-is-what-i-tell-myself-when-i-post-and-i-reach-no-one/)**
- **[Co-founder of Black, Queer-owned record label 7000COILS shares their story](https://www.hypebot.com/co-founder-of-black-queer-owned-record-label-7000coils-shares-their-story/)**