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We’ve seen a few major artists using WeTransfer for unique campaigns the past couple months to engage with fans. How’ve those projects come about?With Grimes and the team, they weren’t just looking to reach out to fan — they wanted to reach out to other creators and get it in their hands. We’d gotten requests in the past from a lot of artists just wanting to do remixes or give away stems and other video treatment, but especially now we’re being a bit more picky about choosing plans that have more thought. … [Read more...] about At Work With Tiffany Yu, Head of Music at WeTransfer

This is the same cycle of violence that we have seen before. The last few days have been full of emotional anguish, triggers, and mobilization efforts. The community is grieving. George Floyd’s family is still mourning. Minneapolis is still mourning. Black youth and other petrified civilians had to watch Floyd in his last moments in real-time. The Minneapolis community had to watch the video circulating on autoplay as the video garnered national attention. This is not the only murder we’ve witnessed circulating of a beloved member from the Twin Cities. Others include Philando Castile and Jamar Clark [whom Minneapolis police shot to death in 2015], just to name two. … [Read more...] about ‘The Community Is Tired. The Community Is Hurt’: Twin Cities Musicians Talk George Floyd Uprising

“We’re doing [the] Saint Pablo [tour],” he continues, “and the cultural impact is incredible, but I’m looking for other forms of validation. Just because it’s not playing on the radio – ‘Father Stretch [My Hands]’ is in the club, on the radio a bit – but to put that same amount if not more work and you’re used to it coming out like Graduation, where everything is everywhere, it’s frustrating. Really ever since the Taylor Swift moment, it had never been the same, the connection with radio. Whatever powers that be, it was much harder after that … If you’re an artist and you’re signed to a major label, you want to be on the radio, especially if you’re popular, if you’re one of the most famous people on the planet and people love your music.” … [Read more...] about Kanye West on ‘Connecting’ With Trump: ‘When He Was Running, I Felt Something’

Oh yeah. I’ve always given Bill Black the credit for Elvis’ antics. Back in those days, bass players, especially those with a country music background, were always comedians. Bill would start carrying on and riding his bass and things like that, which would loosen the crowd up. And then Elvis would have them in the palm of his hand. He’d start shakin’ his leg and stuff. Bill would just whisper something in Elvis’ ear while he was singing, and whatever Bill told him to do, Elvis would do it. Every time. He’d say, “Elvis, throw your belt out now,” and he’d take it off and throw it out into the audience. And then Bill would whisper something else and Elvis would come over and take my belt off. Then one night, Bill took one of Elvis’ shoes off and threw it out into the crowd and it hit an old lady in the head. [Laughs] We had to cut that one. … [Read more...] about Q&A: Scotty Moore Keeps On Rockin’

In 1502, Christopher Columbus arrived in what is now Panamá to a people who were suspicious of his intentions, even though they didn’t know about his ambitions for conquest, or his history of cutting off appendages of Arawak and Taino people in the drive for gold. When local Ngäbe leader el Quibian began to trade with and house Columbus and his brother Bartolomeo, he made the colonialists commit not to overstaying their welcome or go too far down the rivers. Eventually the Columbus brothers tried to trick and execute el Quibian, but he escaped, organized an alliance with his neighbors, and destroyed Bartolomeo Columbus’ ship as it attempted to stray further down a river than was agreed upon. The ship didn’t stand a chance, and neither did the Columbus brothers. Over 500 years later, the Ngäbe people are still free and largely autonomous, and still having to destroy the property of colonialists who try to steal their land. We recommend taking a shot of … [Read more...] about 9 Historical Triumphs to Make You Rethink Property Destruction