Echo Chamber 08: Better the Devil You Know? Internet, Social Media and the Independent
Is the internet really such a godsend for independent musicians? Justin Petrick investigates…
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Echo Chamber 07: All Yesterday’s Parties
Why ATP’s demise comes as no surprise… – by Benjamin Bland
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In Memoriam: Jeff Hanneman
In Memoriam: Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies at age 49 – By Ryan Stephenson
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Echo Chamber 06: Culture as a Commodity?
Yesterday the culture secretary Maria Miller claimed that British art should be marketed as a commodity. Like highland beef, or Welsh coal, our culture should be packaged in neat, homogenous boxes, labelled up and shipped out to the highest bidder. Our response to that comes from Darren Saunders.
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Echo Chamber 05: Sympathy for the Devils
Greed isn’t all that’s wrong with The Rolling Stones… – by Benjamin Bland
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Echo Chamber 04: The Comeback Album
Why the comeback album is the real bane of the band reunion…
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Echo Chamber 03: Corporate Bullshit…or The Brit Awards as we know it
Forgive me before I start ranting but I need to get this off my chest. I will try to build an honest argument and make sure all sides are accounted for. I feel I have to make a stand against the debacle of “entertainment” that invade our screens once again last week but it’s not just The Brits…this goes out to all you worthless award ceremonies….
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Echo Chamber 02 – We’re Only In It For The Money (or how Rock n Roll became a cash cow)
There’s no getting away from it. One quick flick through the gig guides of any music magazine throws them up. You know what I’m on...
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Echo Chamber 01 – The New Independents (or the scourge of social technology)
In the first of what we hope will become a series of pieces on the state of the music industry and associated topics from our team, Martyn...
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