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What Is Music Intelligence?

Third Bridge Creative

How humans and data collaborate to figure out what's happening—and about to happen.

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Check out our expert Q&As, data-driven trend analyses, and staff recommendations

Is "Indie Sleaze" Really Back?

Sound Signal

The Sound Signal team investigates the return of a popular Y2K genre.

How Hannah Elliott Discovers New Music

TBC Selects

TBC's senior producer takes a treasure-hunt approach to finding the K-indie sounds she loves.

Staff Mix No. 4: Stepping Over Petals

TBC Selects

A playlist celebrating Japanese artists from the ’70s to the present, via tracks that embody the transition from spring to summer.

Jocelyn Brown on the Sweet Spot Between Knowledge and Intuition

Guidance

Being a music supervisor requires a profound fluency in a huge array of sounds—but also an understanding of how people will respond to them.

Sofia Coppola Is Soundtracking Sadness Online

Sound Signal

Her moody aesthetic finds common ground with the more melancholy tendencies of Gen Z.

How to Build a Fans-First Music Service

Guidance

Seasoned product manager Jon Maples discusses the necessity of getting past your own biases, plus how to tell when a tech trend lives up to the hype.

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