Music

The Long and Winding Road of Love, Faith, Hope

Reflections on the Beatles classic.

May 16 •

Bruce Springsteen and the Kingdom of Heaven

Examining Bruce Springsteen's artistic method of hope.

Mar 18 •

The Day When the (Christian) Music Died

What happened to the CCM "revolution"?

Feb 3 •

Payola is Back - And Old Media Is Trying to Become New

Entering into the "Dark Forest Theory of the Internet".

Jan 27 •

Best Faith-Based Spiritual Music of 2024 (or, CCM) - According to Cursory Research; What trends do we see?

Otherwise known as "CCM", what's the state of "faith-based music" going into 2025? I look at the "Best of" lists of 2024 to try and figure that out.

Jan 6 •

The "Best of 2024" Music Lists Are In: Charli XCX, Cindy Lee Come Tops; Lofi is King, Showcasing A Shift Happening in Music

Lo-fi is hi; guitar music, electronic music, seems to be the driving trend - and there are even "best of cassette" lists.

Jan 4 •

The Return of the "Scene" in 2025 - personal connection is coming back

The digital revolution killed the "scene" - mostly through social media. Now it's coming back. It's going to be great! And artists will be among the…

Dec 31, 2024 •

Revealed: Spotify Really IS Cheating With Fake Music

The latest revelations about Spotify and fake music is maddening. It's also a symptom of a larger problem. But there is a silver lining.

Dec 20, 2024 •

A Way To Live. A Way to Create. "Just One Beautiful Thing".

What the future of the creative life will look like.

May 23, 2024 •

The Beatles "Get Back" inspires to "get back" to an analogue world

Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary, where we get about 6 hours of footage of the Beatles just songwriting, rehearsing, and working together, is…

May 16, 2024 •

How the Techbros disrupted (and killed) their own business - and the internet; and how it's all going to change now, perhaps for the better

The internet is no longer democratized but commodified. Yet there's a silver lining in how technology is being disrupted right now.

May 12, 2023 •

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