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Two cultural theorists on the link between music & tech, the future of the music industry, and the commodified role of today's artist.

**THIS IS A RECORDING OF THE ZOOM EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 18, 2021**

What’s happening in the music industry? Does the industry even exist anymore? How has the role of the artist changed in the last 30 years? How about since COVID? What comes after streaming? Is the artist a billboard? Who and what is music for? Is music becoming increasingly “functional” or created specifically for a purpose (workout playlists, meditation apps, TikTok, etc.), or is there still some heart left in the carefully crafted rhythms? Is Spotify the future? If not, what comes after?

Tech, Commodification, and the Future of Music is a conversation between Jean-Hugues Kabuiku and DeForrest Brown, Jr, moderated by Sofie Mikhaylova (Sonja) and presented by Ryerson University School of Professional Communications and Biblioteka Records. It will cover topics of post-COVID creation, the commodified role of the modern artist as a music-making machine, the commodification and financialization of music and the music industry itself, and offer thoughts, ideas, and possible solutions for a creative world after this.

Jean-Hugues Kabuiku is a cultural critic and self-taught web developer and multi-instrumentalist. He’s played the drums live for bands and put out a series of EPs and remixes on various imprints. A multidisciplinary agitator, he regularly uses his insight and knowledge of tech in order to push for societal change. He also works as a journalist/cultural critic/curator, his work around music valuation has been published in Mixmag, Resident Advisor, Horst Digital Lab, Corner Späti, and Dweller, among others.

https://technomaterialism.com/

DeForrest Brown, Jr. is an Ex-American theorist, journalist and curator. He produces digital audio and extended media as Speaker Music, and is a representative of the Make Techno Black Again campaign, powered by HECHA / 做. His writings have appeared in The Wire Magazine, NPR Music, Mixmag, Tiny Mix Tapes, Afropunk, Artforum and Hyperallergic. On Juneteenth of 2020, he released the album Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry on Planet Mu; Primary Information will publish his first book, Assembling a Black Counter Culture, in 2021.

https://primaryinformation.org/produc...

https://speakermusic.bandcamp.com/

Dr. John Shiga is an Associate Professor in the School of Professional Communication (ProCom) at Ryerson University where he teaches cross-cultural communication and science communication and conducts research on sound, technology and the environment. Based in the Faculty of Communication & Design, ProCom offers undergraduate and graduate programs that integrate critical thinking, research, and creative technology to address complex communication issues in organizations, industries and communities.

https://www.ryerson.ca/programs/under...

Sonja (Sofie Mikhaylova) is a DJ, experimental synth artist, music writer and editor, workshop organizer and facilitator, and founder of independent record label Biblioteka Records. Her work has been published in Vice, Noisey, Vinyl Me, Please, Mixmag, Exclaim!, and more. She performs and releases music as Sonja. She released her debut ebook, Experimenting, in January 2021.

https://www.sonjaonline.xyz/

https://www.biblioteka.world/