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Zoe Keating vs. Darth Vader in “Culture Wars VI; Return Of The Artist”
Currrently, there is a whole lot of flap and furore going on about Zoe Keating and the draconian policies that Google/ YouTube are attempting to smack her (and, presumably, every other artist who uses their service) down with. By Zoe’s account, it appears that Google has been playing a classic game of bait and switch […]
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INNOVATION, APPROPRIATION AND CONTEXT
I wrote this essay in response to two questions I was recently asked. The first question pertained to an ongoing discussion about the state of affairs in music. The second question pertained to my personal guidelines regarding what I consider musically innovative. It’s important to mention that to me, this wound up being more of […]