About fees, selling records, and public funding: How musicians strive for a living in the digital era.

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    Zara Mujthaba – Music and Tourism in the Maldives
    Podcast by Thomas Burkhalter
    In this episode of «Long Take: Life as an Artist», Maldivian singer, producer, and artist Zara Mujthaba shares insights into her musical journey, her involvement with the influential Maldivian collective Dinba Family, and on the evolving tourism industry in the Maldives.
  • Monocultures are never really healthy: a plea for music curating beyond eurological thinking (photo: NatuerlichGut/Pixabay).
    Beyond the North-West Asian Subcontinent: New Ways of Curating Musicking
    Essay by Sandeep Bhagwati
    Eurological ways of curating music tend to ignore their own social and aesthetic contexts. In his essay, the composer Sandeep Bhagwati asks for more wakefulness in choosing that acknowledges the pluralities of musics today.
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    Here and Now: The Subtle Pressures of Cairo
    Podcast by Fajr Soliman
    «TIMEZONES» – Episode 16. This edition hosts three composers, musicians, and DJs of various backgrounds and music styles to shed light on the Egyptian music industry.
  • Timezones Kampala.
    When Creativity Meets Chaos
    Podcast by Turkana
    «TIMEZONES» – Episode 15. This edition offers insight into the uncompressed underground music scene in Kampala, Uganda, shaped by many inspiring and upcoming artists.