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Libby and Hoopla: free books, audio books, movies. Just to add: Kanopy gives you 15 free movies per month. Not enough for binging TV shows but certainly enough for 15 quality movie…

Kanopy. Get a library card and register at Kanopy for free.

PSA: in the US you can get a free account at https://www.kanopy.com/ by just joining a local library. Kanopy is my preferred streaming service, it has a big collection of quality m…

Many psychedelic-era personas expressed this sentiment as well: you don't need psychedelic drugs to reach that state, you could also spend 10 years practicing meditation daily. Thi…

I don't see a contradiction in that. Books are knowledge. If you want to learn how to do something better - reading a book is one way to do it. Could be a video, or a longer articl…

That's a good observation. I tend to over-index on challenges and often end up distracting myself for long enough to completely drain myself of all energy to be creative.

Creativity requires space. Can't remember who said it (paraphrasing): dedicate at least 4 hours to the process, you might end up being creative for only 10 minutes of that time.

In my experience these models are very bad at describing electronic music beyond extremely clear features like drum and bass vs techno. The best model is/was the Pandora's Music Ge…

While there are undoubtedly new genres since this was last updated, wonder if in general electronic music has entered an amalgamated stage with innovative producers blending genres…

Did you even look at the content of the pages you posted? From [1]: "The 15 fastest-declining cities from 2021 to 2022 and 2020 to 2021 were different, with major cities like Bosto…

Yes, for sure. Don't know if being acquired by MS resulted in this reputation (MS has had the same reputation for decades) but they are well known as a chill workplace.

Even then, I think Bandcamp fills the niche for musicians who want to continue doing it for the love of music and want to better serve their community. E.g. they can offer download…

Good point. I don't know if Robert Henke still has a big stake in the company. If he does - the company is safe.

I am really worried about Ableton. Feels like music production industry is going through a consolidation stage (NI/Izotope) and Live is absolutely the prime real estate in the busi…

I do believe that the original founders had a fantastic vision that they mostly realized. But at some point they decided to sell the business and move on. Unfortunately that meant …

What are you talking about? They work with a ton of labels. The landing page is tailored to discovery... they are long past the sexy branding stage, having millions of users and be…

The vast majority of profession artists I know and love have a Bandcamp account. Maybe in the early stages musicians just want feedback on their new "beat". However, at some point …

Have you used Bandcamp? It's a way larger feature set than an iOS app for picture sharing.

Because it's a different business? No one needs to run anything. Bandcamp offers an easy way for musicians to have a fairly customizable online presence with a flexible pricing mod…

This is a conspiracy level explanation. Do you really think middle aged Americans are surprised by taxes every time they buy groceries? "Oh, darn, the total cost is unexpectedly hi…