The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, February 16

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Monday, February 12

• How rap became the soundtrack for Polish nationalism
  Story from Buzzfeed
• Jóhann Jóhannsson: The late Icelandic composer who made loss sublime
  Appreciation from The Guardian
• Blockchain explained: It builds trust when you need it most
  Post from CNET
• This gadget lets you scratch and DJ timecode vinyl without using a needle
  Post from The Verge
• Kendrick Lamar bans all cameras during his latest tour
  Post from Engadget
• Lovebug Starski, hip-hop trailblazer, is dead at 57
  Obituary from NY Times

Tuesday, February 13

• 24-hour clubs can totally transform a city, both for better and for worse
  Story from Noisey
• Size doesn't matter: Why festival goers should think smaller
  Post from Consequence Of Sound
• Justin Timberlake's 'Man Of The Woods' knocks Migos out of no. 1
  Item from NY Times
• 10 important questions to ask before hiring a music PR agency
  Post from Hypebot
• Other sites have fake news, so SoundCloud has fake music
  Post from Vulture
• Songwriters gain influence in how the Music Modernization Act would work
  Post from Billboard

Wednesday, February 14

• US judge dismisses Taylor Swift 'haters' case as too 'banal'
  Post from BBC News
• This is how music producer Oak Felder crafted Demi Lovato's hit song 'Sorry Not Sorry'
  Post from Recode
• Patti Smith's valentine: A night of music, reading and family at the DIA
  Interview from Detroit Free Press
• Does music make you smarter?
  Post from Playbill
• What your go-to hookup music says about you
  Post from Noisey
• Tourism industry turns to American music to draw international visitors
  Post from LA Times

Thursday, February 15

• Kendrick Lamar's 'Black Panther' and the art of the corporate crossover
  Column from Stereogum
• Music streaming is booming...so what happens next?
  Post from Music Ally
• It took Trump to make Superchunk go political
  Post from NY Times
• Kanye West resolves $10M Lloyds Of London lawsuit
  Post from BBC News
• Industry pageturners: Books being read by music business major players
  Post from Hypebot
• Six classic songs with out-of-tune guitar or bass parts
  Post from Guitar World

Friday, February 16

• Is video game music an art - and a business - in it's own right?
  Post from Forbes
• Imagine Dragons to conservative group: Stop using our music
  Post from Mother Jones
• Universal Music Group's revenue reached nearly $7 billion in 2017, a 10% jump
  Story from Variety
• Grammys organization writes letter defending its representation of women
  Post from AP via Stereogum
• BlocBoy JB is now in the running to become America's next top rapper
  Interview from The Fader
• How an indie-rock star is made in 2018
  Story from NY Times