Hip-Hop, Music business, Streaming, Culture, Technology and uncomfortable thoughts.
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SoundCloud vs. DistroKid 2026: The new freedom for independent musicians? Music business | Flex Barker Records The music industry is changing. While streaming services…
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Anyone who publishes their own music, got used to a pretty comfortable routine. Finish song, Upload cover, Enter ISRC and metadata,…
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Suno V6 has been since 9. September outside and technically you don't have to talk about it for long: Things have gotten better. Die…
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Anyone who builds beats today and just clicks through the same tired preset packs, In the end, he sounds like every other guy on BeatStars. If…
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The prevailing pro-rata payout model systematically expropriates independent musicians. Why 5.000 Committed supporters in the user-centric model guarantee real independence.
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12-Bit Aliasing, MPC-Swing, analog tape saturation and real fingers on velocity-sensitive pads: Why synthetic AI garbage remains soulless.
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1. The wave of synthetic uniformity The rapidly increasing spread of generative AI tools challenges the fundamental understanding of art, music and human expression…
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1. The crisis of modern music streaming: A system against art A dangerous fallacy dominates today's music landscape: To be a musician…
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How independent hip-hop artists seamlessly track their mechanical royalties and publishing rights worldwide, without 50% to hand over to toggle publishers.
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Welcome to flexbarker.org – the central headquarters for real Ruhrpott sound, independent culture and uncompromising art by people for people. With the release day…
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Build a cover song with MIDI - this is how it really works. Pull MIDI, throw into the DAW, give each track an instrument, complete. Sounds easy,…
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