Ben Sturmfels

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Whoa, apparently the majority of modern pop music is written by just two men: Max Martin and Lucasz Gottwald. I had no idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVME_l4IwII (about 8 mins in, but the whole video is amazing). I've tried to convey the "intentional stripping of diversity and flavour" in relation to YouTube when writing talks on MediaGoblin, but I'd never done any investigation to back it up like this person has.

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I listened to Clipping's Splendor and Misery about 4 times over the last 4 weeks, partly because it's not like so much of the stuff out there. https://plus.google.com/+SarahElkins/posts/MTiEQLjz6mT


Sarah Elkins at 2018-09-27T01:18:49Z

I really liked that, thanks @Sarah Elkins. Great off-beat rhythm.

Ben Sturmfels at 2018-09-27T09:39:38Z

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