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Applied Science #16: Lessons & Observations 2025
Another set of anecdotes and advice from my time in the music industry.
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Applied Science #15: The Copyright Crossroads
Wherein I probably piss off all the lawyers I know...
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Applied Science #14: Independence, Revisited
“We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies, Mr.
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Applied Science #13: Read the Label
Almost seven years ago, I got kidnapped by a rockstar. Now I'm thinking about the future of record labels.
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Applied Science #12: A Decade of Lessons & Observations
When I started pursuing a career in music, one chorus of advice recurred.
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Applied Science #11: On Elf.Tech, GrimesAI-1, Hive IP, and a more resilient future
This piece was entirely written by a human being. The next one might not be.
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Applied Science #10: Underground Hip-Hop Economics Pt. 1
“If you don’t dig me/ It’s no biggie, I’ma keep the faith” - Ka, “Day 0” from Days With Dr. Yen Lo
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Applied Science #7: Independent as F*ck
On Sony buying AWAL, false binaries of independence, a vertically integrated future, and NFT's
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Applied Science 5: MF DOOM & myth-making as artful business
"He cleans his metal mask with gasoline, they after him/ Last seen pulling chicks like a fiend pull a fast one"
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Applied Science #4.5: On Profit (semi-briefly...)
“Broke? Then fix your pockets/ All I do is profit” - ScHoolboy Q
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Applied Science #3
“I might just fade into bolivian” (or some thoughts on how we got the music piracy narrative wrong)
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Applied Science #2
“I’m into distribution/ I’m like Atlantic” - Rick Ross
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