Club Management 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 & Twitter)BE APART OF THE PATREON COMMUNITY - www.patreon.com/clubmanagement1