The Darkside Of The Digital Domain With DeForrest Brown, Jr. & MWA

Episode 20 is here. In this show, we explore the dark side of the
digital domain and what artists need to consider before sharing
some of their music and content on platforms like Instagram,
Facebook and Twitch. The pandemic has caused an enormous amount
of uncertainty for everyone but for DJ's and musicians who make
most of their income from touring and live performance, this
pandemic has been completely catastrophic. Mix this in with the
burden of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistances' slow application
and payment process, and the situation becomes dire. Some people
still haven’t even received an ounce of their benefits. How do
creatives pay for rent during this time? How do they live?
Shannon chats with Phillip Golub, Olympia Kazi and Marc Ribot of
The Music Workers Alliance on some of the solutions they have
been trying to create and pass down to congress to help DJs and
musicians find financial relief and economic justice within the
digital music space. Streaming platforms like Spotify and Youtube
could be a vital way for musicians to make more income,
especially during this time. However with dodgy algorithms and
inequities within the way streams are accounted for, artists are
having a rough time seeing a fair cut from the music they host on
these sites. DeForrest Brown Jr. who produces music under the
name Speaker Music, shares his thoughts on the state of the music
world. DeForrest breaks down an article he wrote for Medium
entitled “How Platform Capitalism Devalued The Music Industry”
and many of the themes within his writing are echoing the
chilling state of the industry now.He also chats with Shannon
about his latest project Of Desire Longing and the ethos behind
his clothing label Make Techno Black Again, a brand he designed
to reclaim and honor the African American House and Techno
pioneers who founded and have created an historic imprint on the
genre. Follow MWA: @MusicWorkersAlliance (Instagram)- Sign their
petition: https://musicworkersalliance.orgFollow DeForrest Brown,
Jr. : @SpeakerMusicFollow Shannon: @Shannon1DJ (Insta &
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