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When the Future Hits: A Short History of Every Music Tech That Once Terrified Us
Music has never stayed still for long. Every generation has believed that their version of the art was the final, purest draft. And every generation has watched that certainty crumble the moment the next invention arrived. From the earliest recording machines to today’s AI debates, the story of music has always been shaped by the same tension: fear and fascination, resistance and reinvention.

LJ Portnoy
Nov 28


SINGLE REVIEW: Franklin Jonas and the Byzantines - “Break The Levee”
Article Contributed by Rebecca McDevitt Franklin Jonas and the Byzantines' newest single “Break The Levee” feels like gratitude in motion. In announcing the track he shared that it is a song about loving no matter what the outcome, and that intention pours through every second of it. There is warmth in the message and light in the delivery. It feels like someone finally letting the sun hit their skin after years spent in the shade. The song opens with gentle country leaning g

Rebecca McDevitt
Nov 26


Hot Take: Encores Need a Glow Up – How To Bring Back the Magic
There was a time when encores felt like actual miracles. The lights went down, the crowd begged for just one more song, and the air buzzed with the kind of hope usually reserved for lottery tickets and marriage proposals. For a few glorious minutes, we had no idea if the band would return. It was a negotiation between us and them. A shared secret. A spark of live music magic.

LJ Portnoy
Nov 23
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