The Wholesome Music Podcast
The DIY podcast about DIY music. Hosts Cameron Ljungkull and Augustus Watkins meet weekly to talk shop about indie music, the creative process, and the music industry.
The Wholesome Music Podcast
Activism / The Velvet Sundown / Social Media / Compilations / Zines / Sample Packs / Artist Corporations
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Cameron Ljungkull & Augustus Watkins
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Season 1
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Episode 6
What is “adding value” on social media? How can musicians use their platform to help others? Zines and other forms of physical media are making a comeback. The co-founder of Kickstarter introduces artist corporations. The death of the middle class musician. We also wade into the fake AI bands controversy, including Velvet Sundown.
Links
- Social Media Replaced Zines. Now Zines Are Taking the Power Back by C. Brandon Ogbunu for Wired https://www.wired.com/story/zines-social-media-power/
- The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by Lucy Rinaldi for The Walrus https://thewalrus.ca/the-death-of-the-middle-class-musician/
- Why Artist Corporations? by Yancey Strickler https://ideaspace.ystrickler.com/p/why-artist-corporations
- Yancey Strickler Ted Talk https://youtu.be/iLhFAWKCE0M?feature=shared
- “The Grammys” for AI Music? Entries Open for Groundbreaking Song Contest from the Fanvue World AI Creator Awards - as Millions of Creators Make Music with AI https://www.morningstar.com/news/globe-newswire/9490722/the-grammys-for-ai-music-entries-open-for-groundbreaking-song-contest-from-the-fanvue-world-ai-creator-awards-as-millions-of-creators-make-music-with-ai
Recorded live at Secret Spot DTLA http://secretspotdtla.com
Cameron Ljungkull https://www.cameronljungkull.com
Augustus Watkins https://augustuswatkins.com
Cocaine Opera - Music PR https://cocaineopera.com/
