neilmaley.bsky.social
@neilmaley.bsky.social
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Live music is in crisis + cost of living crisis + climate crisis… and yet the Eras tour:

🎟️ $2,077,618,725 ticket sales
🚗 10,168,008 attendees
🪑 Average seat cost of $204, 55.73% higher than the average
✈️ Concertgoers spent an average of $1,300 on travel, lodging, food and merch

Related:
Boom-Clap: Live Music's Riddle Unravelled
Or why Live Nation's record profits amid venue closures is a head-scratcher. And what you can do to help... Bit of a different newsletter this week. There's a buried crisis in live music and I wanted...
www.drownedinsound.org
December 22, 2024 at 8:29 AM
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352 episodes of Question Time with 1734 guest slots, filled by 661 people.

While researchers found that the BBC had “broadly balanced” appearances from representatives of the UK’s main political parties, when it came to members of the media a right-wing bias became evident
'Over-use' of right-wing guests on Question Time revealed in new research
AN academic analysis of guests chosen by the BBC to appear on Question Time has exposed the broadcaster as disproportionately platforming…
www.thenational.scot
December 8, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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🎧 Music Starter Packs 🤘

Please share and recommend people & orgs we’ve missed

Musicians of Note
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Record Labels
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Music Mags/Blogs/Pods
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Music Critics
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Music Industry
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November 19, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Bluesky is blowing up. It's already at 20 million users. Here's a handy guide to get started. www.drownedinsound.org/bluesky-star...
Bluesky Starter Packs for Music
DiS compiled guides to help you find some of your favourite musicians, labels, magazines and more. Plus a tip for improving your account. Being the supercool dork that I am, I turned up to the Bluesk...
www.drownedinsound.org
November 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Just updating my slide deck for a lecture today.

Yes, I bring the joy 😐
November 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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🤓 Setting up a Bluesky custom domain is reasonably easy

1. Goto "Settings" ⚙️ 👈
2. Scroll to: @ Change My Handle
3. Click "I have my own domain"
4. Login to your domain registrar
5. Create a new DNS record. Copy + paste text it shows you.
6. Click complete.
7. Do a smug little grin.
a cartoon character is typing on a keyboard in front of a computer screen that says " document " on it
ALT: a cartoon character is typing on a keyboard in front of a computer screen that says " document " on it
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:59 AM
I have no idea what this place is like but I hope it isn’t as bad as X… I’m so new to it that I haven’t even created a profile and yet a few random people follow me 🤷‍♂️
November 20, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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Chloe Qisha was training to be a therapist before music called her name and now she’s debuting with a sleek and personality-filled set of tracks ready for the stage pushing the pop envelope.

www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/int...
November 13, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Many people think that as you get older, you care less about politics. But it’s not true.

You start thinking a lot more about the kind of world you want to leave behind. You want it to be better than the one you were born into.

We all have a personal legacy in mind. Mine is to outlive Trumpism.
November 15, 2024 at 4:51 PM