quote [ The ?celestial jukebox? of early streaming, while idyllic in theory, presents a similar conundrum: the more choices we face for what to listen to or watch as users of these platforms, the more paralyzed we become and the more we tend to flock towards what we already know. Or, the less we remember the vast swath of music we end up consuming.
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In a world of chronic abundance, gatekeepers earn more power, not less. ]

quote [ The majority of stations play lo-fi hip hop, or ?chill hop?, a genre that runs introspective and jazzy old school hip hop beats through the crackly sounds of an old cassette or vinyl record. Wistful movie quotes frequently bookend the tracks on the playlists. ]

quote [ Visiting a north Virginia thrift shop, Scheible happened upon a cassette recording of a multi-part audio love letter recorded by an unnamed woman. Her voice is an emotional mix of sincerity, loneliness and age. ]

quote [ piece of early-Fame young-girl melodic pop from Jackie, whom Kent speculate may be the early Fame back-up singer Jackie Weaver who had even earlier enjoyed one teeny style 45 for Chess (#1797) way back in 1961. ]

quote [ How the music industry?s TV-driven direct marketing strategies revived vintage hits, salvaged floundering careers, and brought us Zamfir?s epic pan flute. ]

quote [ The pedal steel guitar is, for many, inextricable from its roots in country music ? but its well runs much deeper than providing some smooth twang. ]

quote [ Music mogul Merck Mercuriadis raised hundreds of millions of dollars to buy the rights to hits by Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars. Is he? ]

quote [ Celebrating weird, wonderful, and somewhat less heralded holiday music as we continue our yuletide celebration. Bring headphones with a built-in Santa hat. ]

quote [ I'm gonna have my 6th graders perform it just like this for the concert. ]

quote [ Although the idea of crafting centralized and standardized metadata is daunting, many say it?s not something to give up on. Aside from cleaning up record-keeping errors, it would help prevent other musicians from ?dripping pennies,? and connect them with the money they?re due. ]