Archive - Network Notes

When did making music get so lonely?

It used to be the case that if you wanted to make pop music, you needed other people.

Published on Hugh Worskett • Jun 24

🔵 Immersive audio and re-establishing music's value

Could formats like Dolby Atmos provide a path to a better music experience?

Jun 19

🔵 The exit plans for indie labels

Many owners of large indies are approaching retirement point. What happens next?

Jun 12

🔵 Music needs to find its own path again

Big Tech and music are now fundamentally moving in opposing directions, and change is needed

Jun 3

May 2025

🔵 Reviewing the "time spent to money earned" ratio for artists

Is time being spent in all the wrong places?

May 22

The Big Carve Out

The Desperation Gate

Published on Forms + Shapes • May 2

April 2025

🔵 Exclusive: Universal tightens its grip around NTS Radio

Another grim development in the indie landscape

Apr 30

🔵 Universal isn't winning. It is panicking.

Don't believe the hype: the biggest major is far from sitting pretty

Apr 24

🔵 Finding calm amid the AI insanity

Why this might not prove as bad as people think...

Apr 9

🔵 AI is reinforcing the need for artist websites

Why managing your artists' narrative is more important than ever

Apr 4

March 2025

🔵 Finding optimism among the next generation

Further proof that there's light at the end of the tunnel

Mar 27

🔵 We need subcultures and scenes back - both online and off

Why small communities could be the key to breaking future scenes and talent

Mar 18

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