love to learn✌🏻music (industries) person and researcher // 🎵: fine form // board: debaser.ca + @newfeelingcoop.bsky.social // https://brodieconley.carrd.co/https://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mnzdn3morc2bProud to announce Flowers Not Bombs, the 2nd in a series of benefit comps supporting Palestinian-led mutual aid groups in Gaza. Arrives June 25th on Beacon Sound (Portland) w/ a limited run of cassettes & will be launched on Radio alHara (Bethlehem). https://beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/flowers-not-bombs11 Jun 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzdn3morc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mnke57h4e22nFor the Friday AM crowd 😎 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jun 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnke57h4e22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mnhrpa5bws23I wrote a short piece digging into the specifics of how Udio’s Starstruck app will handle attribution, compensation, and ownership, and why its proposed model will systematically exclude the majority of artists whose work & labour produce its (currently speculative) value 🤘💸🎶04 Jun 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhrpa5bws23https://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mmplvdjlws2eICYMI: I was overjoyed to be invited on ep 317 of Free City Radio w/ my friend Stefan Christoff talking financialization in music. Think I did a pretty 👌🏻job 🎵💸 FCR rules and is syndicated across multiple CDN campus stations + pod form. You should subscribe! Link follows🔗25 May 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmplvdjlws2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mlqcj7dwm22mCredit where it’s due — Secretly moves thoughtfully and w a clear core artist-first mission 🤘🏻 Darius & the distro team esp thoughtful w mission & follow through —- Cargo (physical) distro esp relevant as shared infra that serves artists & is not feasible individually! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqcj7dwm22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mllh2d5fjc2eFor the monday morning crowd! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllh2d5fjc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mlbdbtutb22hNew from me on MUSICx: the 1st edition of 'Notes on Financialization', a bi-monthly roundup tracking investment, consolidation, private capital, and power across the music industry. The basic premise: what happens when music is increasingly reorganized around capital?!07 May 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbdbtutb22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3ml6nitbfz22fPretty chuffed to get a shout out in the latest First Floor newsletter from Shawn Reynaldo, and to be named among a group of writers who are digging deep on the root causes and potential solutions to the structural problems facing music. 🤝06 May 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6nitbfz22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mk5wpynbps23I've been continuing to think about what organizing and building collective power might look like in music. It’s possible to work together and make things better!23 Apr 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5wpynbps23https://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mjywkew7f22i🚫📈🪄🫵 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjywkew7f22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mjxpm44zm22iLast week I wrote about trend simulation (Geese-gate!) as a collective action problem shaped by platform incentives, and structural pressures. As a follow-up, I mapped a toolkit of responses. I like it bc it clearly demonstrates that responsibility for solving this is shared:21 Apr 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxpm44zm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mjp6bix2fs25But Universal Music Group, which stands to profit enormously from its investments in + deals with gen AI music companies, insists there’s no problem! Its line seems to be that gen AI songs neither dilute the market nor compete with human-made music, which is pretty clearly bullshit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp6bix2fs25https://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mjoufaxbec2tStill think I might be the only person to have written about the actually available approaches to solving (or at least disincentivizing) the problem of fake marketing in music. Move past your feelings about Geese to the world of systematic critical analysis & solutions! Join me!17 Apr 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoufaxbec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mjivkaq2522gI think I may be the only person who has put forward actual detailed thoughts on how to fix the problem (fake marketing in music) that everyone is arguing about: https://open.substack.com/pub/brodieconley/p/how-to-solve-a-problem-like-trend?r=2cy5x&utm_medium=ios15 Apr 2026 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjivkaq2522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mjhz2xzz7k24I’m weighing in on the Geese as psyop discourse… jk 😎 More like one very specific part of it, which is how we regulate and push back against the attention-economy, race-to-the-bottom dynamics shaping music marketing. Won’t someone do something? Here’s how!14 Apr 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhz2xzz7k24https://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mj3chz3r2c2oReupping for the…Thursday afternoon crowd, I guess🤷. Inflation is gonna be real bad for music! https://open.substack.com/pub/brodieconley/p/the-iran-war-inflation-and-musics?r=2cy5x&utm_medium=ios [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3chz3r2c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3miytdp5ch22wI wrote a lil’ essay about how the coming inflation shock could deepen many of the inequalities already built into the music industry, and further erode the conditions that make the next generation of artists viable 😣08 Apr 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3miytdp5ch22whttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mibxrjyrw22kUMG just announced a €500 million share buyback program 🥴 Surplus capital that cld be going to artist development, workers, or artist-friendly systems. Productive investment in the real economy! Instead, shareholders & wealthy folks get richer. https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/universal-music-group-announces-e500-million-share-buyback-program/30 Mar 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibxrjyrw22khttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mi4kllxivc2dFor your Saturday morning ☕! I wrote about race to the bottom logics in music 🫠 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4kllxivc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mi2oxboxhs2wI wrote a little essay about clipping (the astro-turfed music marketing practice, not the excellent hip hop group 😎 ), the attention economy, and the race-to-the-bottom logics eroding music’s long-term sustainability.27 Mar 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2oxboxhs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mhqbgz4iks2mMark Cuban talked to @billboard.com about music investment and it is BLEAK. I wrote a little note about it:23 Mar 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqbgz4iks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mhl3fciujk2sDid a little riffin’ on the meaning of independent in music and the need for reclaiming a values-based definition21 Mar 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl3fciujk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mhijsyaj7s22For the morning crowd. I wrote a lil’ note about @intlanthem.bsky.social, how public mission statements function as maps of values and tools for accountability, the promise of values-aligned partnerships, and the need for a shared politics of independent music! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhijsyaj7s22https://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mhh6cui7x22yWrote a short note about @intlanthem.bsky.social (who rule!) and the need for a politics of independent music.19 Mar 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhh6cui7x22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mgsw3vme6c2mNew research note from me: mapping recent major-label acquisitions and investments to show how vertical integration in music is deepening.11 Mar 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsw3vme6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mgqbkmdxek2oWe launched the first-ever survey of artist managers in Canada today w/ @mmfcanada.bsky.social! + a few shorter surveys for artists, labels, publishers, live sector workers, and more. If that’s you, take it! If not, share it with someone it fits! https://mmfcanada.ca/music-management-study-english10 Mar 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqbkmdxek2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/brodieconley.bsky.social/post/3mgebk5usic2cFor the evening crowd, I wrote about investment in music: [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:on7cetsajjc7trcxtz3eo52t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgebk5usic2c