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# This Week In Music Commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-week-in-music-commentary-33/
- Published: 2016-08-14T10:31:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-14T10:31:00.000Z
- Description: This week music commentators take to their soap boxes to share their thoughts on why surprise album releases are terrible, the importance of having physical music for sale at your show, and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/08/this-week-in-music-commentary-33.html]
- Author: admin
- Tags: Music Business, American Society of Composers, Associated Press, Authors and Publishers, Barack Obama, Broadcast Music, Callinectes sapidus, Chris Castle, Google, Ho Ching, Inc., Lee Hsien Loong, United States, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

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- **[Why Surprise Album Releases Are The Worst \[Cortney Harding\]](https://www.hypebot.com/why-surprise-album-releases-are-the-worst-cortney-harding/)**
- **[I Wanted To Spend $40 At Your Show, But Instead I Spent $0](https://www.hypebot.com/i-wanted-to-spend-40-at-your-show-but-instead-i-spent-0/)**
- [**Songwriters Just Got Screwed: Here's How**](https://www.hypebot.com/songwriters-just-got-screwed-heres-how/)
- [**Obama, Meet Kafka \[Chris Castle\]**](https://www.hypebot.com/obama-meet-kafka/)

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