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The April issue of  Trust Me, I’m A Scientist, is just around the corner! Time to check out the March issue if you haven’t already. In it, you’ll find: In Defense of the Amateur (And Why Copyright Matters to People Who Don’t Care About Making Money) Bjorn This Way — What Makes Sweden So Good […]

Yesterday was the first Monday of the month, which means we launched the January issue of Trust Me, I’m A Scientist.  You may notice that this is our first-ever issue with advertising sponsors. You may also notice that there are no spam ads or preference trackers or any of that big brother nonsense. We’re strictly […]

The new December issue of Scientist is just a couple of days away. So read the November issue while you still can! In it, you can: Win your own Scientist t-shirt, help music spaces recover from Sandy, declare an end to the War on Facts, rediscover Shuggie Otis, tour recording studios in Brooklyn, get the […]

The new American Masters documentary on music mogul David Geffen is very much worth watching. I suggest you drop everything now and stream it at the bottom of this page if you haven’t already. When I was a teenager, it seemed that just about every cool record that came out on a major label did […]

Yesterday was the first Monday of the month, which means we launched the October issue of Trust Me, I’m A Scientist, the “music magazine for people who make music.” In This Issue: Unpaid internships at for-profit companies have risen exponentially over the past 10 years. New lawsuits challenge the legality and ethics of the practice, […]

By now, most musicians have heard that Amanda Palmer has gotten into some hot water over her refusal to pay string and horn players on her current tour. She has instead asked “professional-ish” musicians to volunteer and join her for free on each stop of her tour. To be fair to Ms. Palmer, I have […]

Hello fellow Scientists of Sound! In observance of Labor Day, we released the new September issue of Trust Me, I’m A Scientist on Tuesday this week. If you haven’t already, please have a read of the critically acclaimed “music magazine for people who make music.” In This Issue: Have you ever found yourself mired in […]

As always, a new issue of Scientist came out on the first Monday of this month. Check it out if you haven’t already! In This Issue You Can: Get reliable new streaming numbers and a few predictions in “How To Fix Spotify.” Find out how your evolutionary programming can be used to help you make […]