In music journalism, people have invented genres and movements for decades

It’s unsurprising to now see the Daily Mail is constructing a group called the “New Elite” to hate

Some analysis…

🧵 For starters, it’s worth noting that this Daily Mail contributor is part of Toby Young’s Free Speech Union

He’s also been criticised for normalising the far right

Let’s be honest

People in the music industry are often “winging it”

But in recent months it has felt like there’s an existential crisis about where to invest time, focus energy and spend marketing money

What’s working for you?

What’s your current strategy? Every artist & release campaign is different

But discovering the kernel at the heart of a project is always crucial

Then the job is finding ways to tell that story or allude to it with visual language

Sometimes in fragments over time

Often in short form summaries over & over

Did the chancellor really just say he wants to make it easier for AI developers to get access to material without the barriers of Intellectual Property?

Maybe I misunderstood. A recent report suggested we should pause data mining in our creative industries

https://twitter.com/ism_music/status/1615348867641352192?s=46&t=KwVhsyfPqeAqw9BAoyWxBA

Still no update on Johnson’s book that he was too busy writing to attend COBRA meetings at the start of Covid but the author and title have now been anonymised in Amazon’s database

cc: @RhonddaBryant @KevinBrennanMP amzn.eu/d/7H2uwnR Wonder what Johnson’s book publishers think, having reportedly paid him an advance, seeing him travelling the world instead of delivering the book? news.sky.com/story/boris-jo…