Posts By: Straith

Net neutrality is the way to keep independent artists on a level playing field with corporate music. The most remarkable thing about music in 2014 is its diversity. To follow the Top 40 is to just barely scratch the surface of what it means to listen. As Steve Albini noted in his keynote speech at…

OWSLA: EGGNOG vol 1

Just in time for the holidays: OWSLA’s first-ever compilation features 28 tracks from Skrillex’s label.

BitTorrent users are 170% more likely to buy music versus average Internet users. Last year, we launched an alpha project called BitTorrent Bundle. Our goal was to build a sustainable ecosystem for the Internet’s creative projects. A place where published stories could be big, messy, and multimedia. A place where artists and fans could connect…

The artist’s first album is the first open Bundle paygate project. “I was making things I’d never heard before, things I could just imagine.” Diplo began work on his first album ten years ago, between Philadelphia and Florida, between jobs, after hours, on the bus, and inside his head. Florida, released in 2004 on Big…