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08/14/20 • 59 min
Sam Backer talks to Brian Ward about his book ‘Just My Soul Responding’ to discuss American R&B and the music industry in the 1950s. The two challenge some popular narratives and reveal how behind the music was a public arena where the fight for civil rights and equality was crucially fought.
Neil Young vs. Spotify
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01/29/22 • 25 min
On this short bonus episode, Sam and Saxon discuss Neil Young's decision to take down his music from Spotify in protest of the Joe Rogan Podcast...except did Neil even have the rights to make this decision? And how does this impact his $200 million publishing rights sale to Hipgnosis last year? Also, why did Spotify buy Joe Rogan's podcast in the first place? And how does Eve 6 fit into all of this? Turns out this #CancelSpotify feud can tell us a lot about how the music industry works, how it's changing and leads to even more questions as to where it's going.
BONUS Episode: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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03/16/21 • 39 min
On this **Bonus** episode, music journalist Stephen Thomas Erlewine talks with Saxon Baird about the death of the greatest hits album, the encyclopedic glory of Allmusic, The White Stripes and more.
Live Streams, Protests and Music in 2021 with Jessi Olsen
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12/29/20 • 56 min
Well, THAT was awful. As 2020 death crawls to a close, we sort through the rise of live music streaming and how it exploded in popularity as artists looked for ways to replace touring during the pandemic lockdown. Also, we talk live venues getting a last minute lifeline from the U.S. Gov thanks to the massive #SaveOurStages movement and how music and musicians responded to the Black Lives Matter protests. Saxon is out this week, but we have Official Streaming Correspondent Jessi Olsen to help Sam think through it all.
11/11/20 • 64 min
There’s been some news on the streaming beat lately—righteous demands being levied by musicians against Spotify, and ill-timed reports that the streaming giant has been planning to roll out some suspiciously payola-like programs (gasp!). But what is Spotify, anyways? And how does it (hope to) make money? Is it actually just the major labels wearing the mask of a tech company? PLUS A M4N Exclusive Report: Are #mood playlists destroying the delicate bonds of history?
Who is #SaveOurStages Actually Saving?
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10/12/20 • 67 min
It’s mid-October, and by our calculations, musicians are STILL not getting paid. Live music has been off since March, and a major lobbying group is trying to #SaveOurStages. But does saving venues also mean a bailout for musicians? In the continued quest for artist revenue, Saxon and Sam explore some less obvious options. Could the platform OnlyFans hold the answer? Should musicians search for salvation in the high-end speaker-system/concert series Oda? Or are we all looking in the wrong places entirely?
03/24/23 • 59 min
State of Pl-A(i) With Cherie Hu
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09/02/23 • 69 min
Machine Learning. It’s in the news, and increasingly, it's in our tunes. Somehow. Maybe? Given the ravenous hype cycles of tech, it can be extremely difficult to separate the real, the potentially real, the squint-and-maybe-you-can-see it, and “the SEC wants to speak to you now” of it all. To try and get a better sense of how AI is factoring into the present-day music industry as it actually, you know, exists, we talked with Cherie Hu of Water and Music. We discuss production tools, major label plots, social media possibilities, and push-button production, and tried to figure out the ways these technologies could be revolutionary—or more of the same. To put it another way? Come for the change—stay for the continuity.
Fiona Apple, Pitchfork, and What is a 10?
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05/15/20 • 61 min
On the inaugural episode of Money 4 Nothing, a podcast about music and capitalism, Sam Backer and Saxon Baird delve into the critical praise of Fiona Apple's 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters' and the mechanisms behind numerical ratings, Pitchfork, and the role of music criticism today.
Streaming Music, Streaming Capital (W/ Eric Drott)
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10/18/24 • 77 min
How did streaming change music? Not like how did it change the music industry (we talk about that plenty, obviously). And not how did it change bitrate. But how did streaming change the nature of the music that you listen to? How and why and does it matter that you now pay a limited rate for an unlimited amount of music? Within capitalism, how does it matter that "streaming" functions under a fundamentally different system of copyright and finance and technology than...say buying? And how does that all service data collection, listening habits, personalized feeds and everything else? These questions are at the heart of Eric Drott’s wonderful new book “Streaming Music, Streaming Capital,” which starts to grapple with the fundamental questions of what streaming is exactly—and what it’s done to us.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Money 4 Nothing have?
Money 4 Nothing currently has 103 episodes available.
What topics does Money 4 Nothing cover?
The podcast is about Music, Podcasts and Music Commentary.
What is the most popular episode on Money 4 Nothing?
The episode title 'Sync Life (featuring Sebastian Adé)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Money 4 Nothing?
The average episode length on Money 4 Nothing is 64 minutes.
How often are episodes of Money 4 Nothing released?
Episodes of Money 4 Nothing are typically released every 15 days, 8 hours.
When was the first episode of Money 4 Nothing?
The first episode of Money 4 Nothing was released on May 15, 2020.
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