What is an Influencer?

Recently, I watched the short film, “Influencers” by R+I Creative, that to tried set out and answer that question. They attempted to define what makes someone an influencer and what effect the influencer has on the arts and culture in general.
The full, fourteen-minute version is posted below and features music by legends like Duke Ellington [...]

Guest Post — “The Evolution of Sound” by Alex Mann

Part I
Discussions surrounding the current relationship between music and emerging technology typically revolve around changes in media distribution, consumption and monetization. Rarely is there a focus on music evolving as a technology itself.
At the current speed of the digital marketplace, music must evolve at an equivalent rate to listeners’ tastes in order to prosper, [...]