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Jana Hunter, King Krule, and when musicians are "ready" for the public 26 Aug 2013 | 11:52 pm
Over at the Talkhouse, where musicians write about music, the awesome Jana Hunter from Lower Dens takes an approach to the new King Krule record that’s thoughtful, impassioned, maybe a touch condescen...
by frequent request, here's Pharrell talking about recording gear and software 22 Aug 2013 | 02:15 am
Earlier this summer I wrote a profile of Pharrell Williams for New York, and then later we ran an edited transcript of the interview I did with him for the profile. I said something in the intro to t...
Marisha Pessl 5 Aug 2013 | 07:29 pm
So I wrote a profile of novelist Marisha Pessl — whose second book, Night Film, is out later this month — for New York The book and the author are both *steeples fingers just below chin* very int...
Pharrell, the transcript 7 Jun 2013 | 02:56 am
I wrote a profile of Pharrell Williams for last week’s New York mag. This week, Vulture’s running a longer transcript from the interview, including a story about Michael Jackson and an explanation of ...
"Pharrell Williams Expands His Palette" 28 May 2013 | 12:17 am
A couple weeks ago I got to meet Pharrell, hear some of his upcoming productions,* and talk about the new colors in his work lately. Topics include: Steely Dan, Kylie Minogue, style and spirit, Daft P...
"you only like me for the clothes that I wear" 22 Apr 2013 | 08:34 pm
I wrote a piece for New York about punk and fashion and this year’s punk-themed Costume Institute gala at the Met — and of course it was 24 hours after the magazine closed that I remembered the world’...
"Stop pretending that I have it all together" 11 Feb 2013 | 07:45 pm
I wrote a longer piece for the magazine about Beyoncé, her upcoming documentary, the level of hero-worship she attracts, and the possibility that she is less superhero and more … neurotic overachiever...
Your anonymous reader might be interested to learn that in fact many artists are upset about radio's meager payouts: the US exempts terrestrial radio ... 2 Oct 2012 | 10:47 pm
^^ And let me complete the plug for this organization: if you’re interested in large-scale data on how musicians (of all sorts) make a living, trawl through money.futureofmusic.org
".005 cents" - still it's like 30 times more than an artists gets "per spin per person" on the radio. And no-one seems to complain for radio's rates. 2 Oct 2012 | 01:43 am
I’m not sure anyone’s particularly heated up about Spotify rates, either, just noting that it’s not exactly lucrative. (Not sure I’m clear on your numbers, either, but whatever.) But the pretty obvio...
A question regarding the stats on the music industry that went with the Grizzly Bear piece: How is a spotify stream worth .005 cents? How did that num... 1 Oct 2012 | 08:32 pm
I didn’t assemble the statistical stuff that accompanied the article (and it definitely does not come from Grizzly Bear), but yeah, that’s pretty widely acknowledged as the general payout for streamin...
