Another day, another closed music venue. A source of talent that produced music titans in the past, is disappearing. Recently one of my favorites in Cardiff, The Moon closed due to financial difficulties. Other more famous venues such as The Astonia in London and The Roadhouse in Manchester have also ended their journeys. But why? The costs of running a hospitality business are through the roof. The rise in the cost of living that has burnt a hole in most of our pockets has

AI Music Slop isn’t much fun. It sounds feasible but is soulless. The riffs stalk, the lyrics dull and melodies monotonous. It’s seemingly competently produced but with very little intentionality or risks. Like it was made by a professional musician who is fed up with music, needs to bash something out at four o’clock on a Friday so he can go home to a failing marriage. A dystopian future for music not the utopian one the ghoulish AI ceos are promising. So why do people list

There are many music streaming platforms out there, some controlled by the world’s biggest companies, so why would I want to create a new one? I think they have their shortfalls … As an amateur musician I was looking for artists similar to my fairly unique style i.e. not mainstream but high quality. It was hard. Very hard. The major streaming platforms only promoted mainstream stuff. Even more niche sub-genes were dominated by a couple of industry selected bands. The total la