Lush Future #8 - @PumpUpThaVolume (with James Evan Pilato)
Channel: Lush Future
Date: 12/02/2015

Mike was fortunate enough to be able to sit down with James Evan Pilato of MediaMonarchy.com and @PumpUpThaVolume to discuss the current state of the music industry.

James is a pro, when it comes to recording and producing, and I am a noob. Thusly, I screwed up the video recording on my end, but was too happy with the interview to hold it back from release.

Media Monarchy
http://mediamonarchy.com

@MediaMonarchy
http://twitter.com/MediaMonarchy

@PumpUpThaVolume
http://twitter.com/PumpUpThaVolume

-- Show Notes:

@00:00 Pump Up The Volume (1990) [Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuhHPQxS2nQ

@01:30 Introduction

@02:20 How long have you been doing @PumpUpTheVolume? Radio?

@6:30 How do you seek new music?

@10:45 What features do you seek, in determining whether or not to broadcast a piece of music?

@14:20 Do you ever select tracks that you personally don't necessarily 'like' but that you think are of a certain quality or talent?

@17:00 Sources:
KEXP
http://kexp.org/

KUTX
http://kutx.org/

KCRW
http://kcrw.com/

WXPN
http://xpn.org/

MPR
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/

@17:45 How do you select tracks to fit others' tastes?

@21:00 "Deerhoof track" - Not #Entertainment, but #Tools
http://pumpupthavolume.blogspot.com/2015/01/putv143.html

@22:17 What's your opinion on the current state of the music industry?

@26:00 How has self-promotion via the internet changed the experience of an average listener?

@28:00 Do you feel that the internet has affected how artists create music?

@28:25 #Hotfoot name-dropped

@31:20 What direction is the internet pulling music towards, in the future?

@36:00 Have we seen a fan-run label before?

@36:58 Atari Teenage Riot [31c3 Keynote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Bg0w7GnaA

"Riot sound effects can produce an actual riot in a riot situation." - William S. Burroughs
http://www.poetspath.com/transmissions/messages/burroughs.html

@38:30 How do you know if a track is okay to broadcast?

@41:50 Must a track first be played *somewhere* on the radio?

@42:30 Would there be a different set of restrictions if you charged users to listen to PumpUpThaVolume?

@44:50 Does commercial radio carry a different set of restrictions?

@47:20 Are there any hacks for local bands to be exposed via a local radio station?

@50:20 Sally Ford
http://www.sallieford.com/

@51:50 Albums, or tracks?

@55:40 Where can people find more of James Evan Pilato?