| There are a lot of metal drummers that really disappoint me... The whole thing is, 'Who can play faster?' That starts to wear on my nerves. I'm all about as fast as you can go, but I just think it takes away from the actual song itself. | | | | |  | Heavy metal drummer: Slipknot's Joey Jordison in Perth, Australia, Oct. 30, 2008.
(Matt Jelonek/WireImage/Getty Images) | | | | | "There are a lot of metal drummers that really disappoint me... The whole thing is, 'Who can play faster?' That starts to wear on my nerves. I'm all about as fast as you can go, but I just think it takes away from the actual song itself." | | | | Shaolin Bonds
The album formerly known as MARTIN SHKRELI's WU-TANG CLAN album is now some anonymous other zillionaire's Wu-Tang album, having been sold by the US government to pay off the remainder of the disgraced hedge fund manager's debt. The price wasn't disclosed but Shkreli's lawyer believes anonymous zilli paid at least $2.2 million, or a little more than Shkreli paid six years ago for the only copy of an unreleased and unheard Wu-Tang album that came with a 50 percent split of the sound recording copyright, no publishing rights, and permission to do anything he wanted to do with the album except release it commercially. Wu-Tang's RZA described ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHAOLIN at the time as "a single-sale collector's item" and as an art project, which is to say, he was more or less describing a music NFT several years before most anyone knew what such a thing was. Wu-Tang's non-fungible thing was stored not on a virtual token but on two CDs packaged in a hand-carved box. But otherwise, same idea. You might say it was to NFTs what BOWIE BONDS were to music publishing investment funds. Equally visionary and ominous. The new, anonymous buyer presumably is bound by the same restrictions as Shkreli, meaning he or she paid seven figures for the bragging rights to two Wu-Tang Clan CDs that no one else has. People have, no doubt, paid more for less. And this one, improbably, has already proved itself to be profitable. Bong bong.
Livesick Blues
As the live music capital of the world ponders the essential question for any artist or venue finding its way back to live music in 2021, some artists are polling fans, some are canceling shows (again) and some are wrestling with logistics they never had to wrestle with before. But the advocacy group AUSTIN TEXAS MUSICIANS isn't wavering: It stands "in support of proof of vaccination or masks for all musicians, staff and guests"... A thousand-ish miles away, in Chicago, "there will be some cases" at LOLLAPALOOZA, the city's health commissioner says, but that appears to be an acceptable price of being open for business (and music). "I certainly know we're being a lot more responsible than many other settings that are just as large," DR. ALLISO ARWADY said Tuesday... The US Small Business Administration has awarded $7.5 million so far in Small Venue Operators Grants to independent venues that suffered big losses in the past year, and has actually paid out $6 billion of that money. Some 2,500 applications, out of 15,000, were rejected.
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The 17,000th TRAVIS BARKER sighting of 2021 is behind the drums for one track in this very good performance by YOUNG THUG at NPR's virtual TINY DESK, which in this case is the grounds of the Houdini Estate in LA, and which finds YT and a live rock band debuting songs from his upcoming second album, PUNK... 73 questions with LORDE... For DABABY, sorry seems to be the hardest word... Rest stops on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway will be named for WHITNEY HOUSTON, CELIA CRUZ, JON BON JOVI and FRANK SINATRA, the state announced Tuesday, and I'm genuinely curious how the one of those people who's still alive, who's been awarded the Cheesequake service area at mile 124, feels about this. (The most famous living New Jerseyan whose name isn't in the previous sentence "respectfully declined")... That is *not* how you alphabetize Rock and Roll Hall of Famer LL COOL J's name.
Rest in Peace
JOEY JORDISON, whose fast, tribal, double-kick drumming helped define the sound of SLIPKNOT, a band he co-founded (and named). He was also one of the metal band's principal songwriters. Jordison and Slipknot parted ways acrimoniously in 2013 after he was diagnosed with a nerve disease, transverse myelitis, but he'll be remembered as the band's "beating heart"—and as #1, his name when the bandmembers were known only by numbers... DINO J.A. DEANE, a multi-instrumentalist and electronic innovator who performed with Butch Morris, Jon Hassell, Wayne Horvitz and others. He began his career in Ike & Tina Turner's horn section and later was known for his sound design for several Sam Shepard plays and his life partner Colleen Mulvihill's dance performances... CLARENCE "MAC" MCDONALD, a keyboardist and songwriter who produced albums by Bill Withers and the Emotions, played on records by Ray Charles, James Taylor and countless others and can be heard on "Movin' on Up," the theme to the classic TV sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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| | Playing in the Band | | by Piotr Orlov | | A brief history of saxophonists embracing the Grateful Dead, and vice versa. | |  | | VICE |
| | Can Kanye West Actually Release 'Donda' an Hour After He Finishes It? | | by Ashwin Rodrigues | | Theophilus London said Kanye West could deliver his album to digital streaming platforms just one hour before its official release. Can you even do that? | |  | | The Christian Science Monitor |
| | A push to get India's folk musicians heard -- and paid | | by Priti Salian | | The Anahad Foundation aims to help Indian folk musicians bring their art to a wider audience - and make a sustainable income, too. | |  | | DJ Mag |
| | Ticket touting is ruining live music for genuine fans | | by Wil Crisp | | As events begin to reschedule for 2021, ticket touting is once again an issue for the dance music industry — this summer, tickets are on sale for more than 10 times their original price on reselling sites like Viagogo. How can promoters, venues and artists create meaningful change? And what have governments and trade bodies done? | |  | | Austin 360 |
| | As COVID-19 cases rise, Austin music community considers proof-of-vaccination options | | by Peter Blackstock | | Several fully vaccinated Austin musicians recently tested positive for COVID-19. Some are suggesting venues consider a proof-of-vaccination policy. | |  | | Block Club Chicago |
| | Will Lollapalooza Be A Super-Spreader Event? Chicago's Top Doc Says Cases Likely, But Show Is Safe Anyway | | by Kelly Bauer | | While there will "almost certainly" be some cases of COVID associated with Lollapalooza, Public Health boss Dr. Allison Arwady said she's "hopeful that we won't see a significant problem." | |  | | Clash Magazine |
| | Amapiano Roundtable: This Summer's Defining Sound | | by Ana Lamond | | 2020 may have managed to turn all clubs and music venues into ghost-towns overnight, but it undoubtedly struggled to disrupt the buzz and anticipation surrounding amapiano. Originating from the Guateng province, Pretoria, the South African sound is transcending across the globe with its invigorating melodies and baselines. | |  | | Billboard |
| | 8 Things To Know About South Africa's Amapiano Genre: A Local's Guide to the Scene | | by Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi | | Roughly nine years after the genre's creation, even the name "Amapiano" speaks to a coexistence of African and Western, established and contemporary, influences. | |  | | DRUM! Magazine |
| | RETRO READ: Joey Jordison: Slipknot's Speed Demon | | Call Slipknot what you want – profane prophets, noisy nihilists, masked Midwestern miscreants, or just plain scary nu-metal mofos with bad attitudes. But ever since the release of the band's self-titled breakthrough album in 1999, drummer Joey Jordison has been nothing less than a classic workaholic with an indefatigable work ethic. | |  | | Oxford Economics |
| | The Concerts and Live Entertainment Industry: A Significant Economic Engine | | by Michael Mariano and Adam Sacks | | We all remember our first concert or seeing our favorite band live, but rarely do we think of the stagehands, lighting techs, and ushers who worked hard to deliver these memorable experiences or the impact they have on our local, state, and national economies. | | |  | | InsideHook |
| | Excerpt: How I Learned to Love Warren Zevon, Despite Him | | by Matthew Specktor and Jason Diamond | | His songwriting is good—great, even—but his story is miserable from one end to the other. So is there any good reason one should opt now to tell it? (Excerpted from "Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis & Los Angeles, California" by Matthew Specktor.) | |  | | Music Business Worldwide |
| | Two years ago, Pandora was bought for $3.5bn. It's since lost over 10m users | | by Tim Ingham | | But SiriusXM's overall revenues grow handsomely year-on-year anyway. | |  | | Jezebel |
| | The Girls and Gays Are Dominating Hip Hop, But Where Is the Respect? | | by Ashley Reese | | DaBaby's betrayal of Megan Thee Stallion is just one example of straight men in hip hop refusing to cede dominance. | |  | | NPR |
| | A Prismatic Prince Returns On 'Welcome 2 America' | | by Noel King, Phil Harrell and Kelley Dickens | | Keyboardist Morris Hayes, a longtime collaborator and friend of Prince, speaks with NPR's Noel King about his experience co-producing Prince's latest posthumous album. | |  | | Cosmos Magazine |
| | When music 'speaks' | | by Amalyah Hart | | Dùndún drumming is an oral tradition among the Yorùbá peoples of Western Africa which can mimic the unique patterns of Yorùbá speech. | |  | | Complete Music Update |
| | Songwriter groups formally call on US Copyright Royalty Board to reject NMPA's mechanical royalty rate proposals | | by Chris Cooke | | Songwriter groups formally call on US Copyright Royalty Board to reject NMPA's mechanical royalty rate proposals. | |  | | Music x |
| | A simple guide to disrupting the music industry | | by Bas Grasmayer | | The trigger: a new technology or a shift in the digital landscape. Aspiring founders are searching for a good use case to leverage that development and turn to something they're passionate about. Music. With a vague understanding of the music business, they proudly announce their plan that will totally disrupt the industry. | |  | | The Daily Beast |
| | David Crosby's Had It With 'Evil Bastard' Trump and the Rotten Music Industry | | by Jeff Slate | | The famously outspoken musician opens up about selling his publishing during COVID, streaming services, and why he thinks "Rupert Murdoch should be taken out and shot." | |  | | Los Angeles Times |
| | Buddy Guy, turning 85, is still working to keep the blues alive | | by Jevon Phillips | | A new PBS "American Masters" documentary stars guitar legend Buddy Guy. | | | | VICE |
| | How NIve Went From Clarinet Player to Producing for K-Pop's Big Stars | | by Gaby Gloria | | VICE spoke with singer-songwriter NIve about his new EP "Broken Kaleidoscope," finding authenticity in music, and working with BTS' V, EXO, Heize, and Sam Kim. | |  | | The FADER |
| | Holly Herndon on the power of machine learning and developing her 'digital twin' Holly+ | | by Jordan Darville | | In the latest episode of The FADER Interview podcast, Holly Herndon talks about her latest project, a deep fake AI, digital twin called Holly+. | |  | | Variety |
| | Ryan Adams, Shunned by the Music Business and 'Scared,' Pleads for Labels to Rescue His Career | | by Chris Willman | | Ryan Adams, the singer-songwriter who has been largely persona non grata in the music business since multiple women alleged abuse beginning in early 2019, has taken to Instagram to beg record labels for "a second chance to make some music," saying he is "scared" he will lose his home, his studio and his indie label in the coming months. | | | |  | | | Music of the day | | "Surfing Magazines" | | The Go-Betweens | | Good Olympic sport; even better Go-Betweens song (which is not actually about the sport, but about magazines about the sport, which is very pleasingly Go-Betweensy). |  | | YouTube |
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