Music Not Diving with Scuba

Guest Skream, a headline DJ, talks about his experiences in the music industry, including stage invasions, tour bus fires, and being marketed as a certain image. They also discuss the evolution of music styles, the challenges faced in the industry, and wild festival experiences. The podcast delves into the impact of their project in Colombia, gatekeeping in the drum and bass scene, and the changing environment of record shops. A fascinating and entertaining conversation.

Renowned musician, producer, and DJ Matthew Dear joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion. They cover AI-related issues, minimal music, Detroit, sampling, and more. The episode also touches on living in Upstate New York vs. Ann Arbor, the impact of politically charged songs, flaws in public administration, and the expression of ideas in various forms. A varied and entertaining conversation with Matthew Dear awaits!

Mat Dryhurst, engaged in important work at the intersection of music and emergent tech, discusses projects like Holly+ AI and web3 interaction, haveibeentrained.com for opting out of Large Language Model training datasets, and the Interdependence podcast. They explore the impact of emergent tech on musicians and the importance of collaboration. Topics include gatekeeping in the music industry, consent and data in generative AI, regulation of web two, copyright challenges in AI models, potential of web three and crypto, and the compelling yet terrifying aspects of AI.

In this podcast, they discuss the involvement in Afterlife, the Ibiza party and label gaining popularity. They delve into the AI revolution and musicians' reactions. They also explore the evolution of DJ sets, the challenges of touring, the rise of T-totalism in the DJ community, and the potential upside of AI in music. Additionally, they talk about artists opting out of AI training models and the use of data by big tech companies.

Bill Brewster, co-author of the most authoritative book on DJing, discusses the history of DJing, the influence of technology and commercialism, the impact of Thatcherism on UK culture, the role of the gay community in New York's dance music culture, the evolution of DJ culture in Ibiza, and the changing attitudes towards DJs as skilled artists.

Despite the appearance given by my conversation with Sam Valenti, I was on holiday last week. I've latterly decided to extend my break by another seven days, just because I realised that I really need it. So to fill the podcast gap we present my appearance on the Will Clarke podcast from a few weeks ago. We discuss many familiar issues, including the music press, social media, and the running of record labels. It was a fun conversation to have and an illuminating look into the running of one of the few other podcasts of this sort that goes out every week. Back on schedule next Tuesday with a full ep... and I'm pretty sure it's going to be a good one!If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else. Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do! Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlistFor more links and other info visit the official Scuba websiteFollow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Any person who has run a label for knocking on a quarter of a century is someone I want to talk to.Ghostly International was launched in 1999 by Sam Valenti with a single by fledgling producer Matthew Dear which would go on to be sampled on a global hit by Fedde Le Grand. You know the one.This episode is actually almost a sequel to episode 077 with Shawn Reynaldo. Of course we discuss Ghostly, and particularly the early period of the label, but I really want to pick Sam's brain on a few of the key issues which came out of that episode from a few weeks ago.So we discuss issues including the decline of local scenes, the value of gatekeepers, the comparative lack of anthems in contemporary music, as well as his substack project Herb Sundays.This was a good one, you're gonna enjoy it!If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else. Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do! Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlistFor more links and other info visit the official Scuba websiteFollow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paris is rarely cited (somewhat unfairly) as one of the key cities of electronic music, but the influence of French musicians is absolutely huge. You know the names, and you definitely know the tracks. But there's a lot more to it than Daft Punk and Justice. Chloé Thévenin has been a key figure in Paris for the last two decades, as resident at the hugely important night Le Pulp, and at Rex Club, while also developing a reputation as a highly technical producer operating in different styles and in collaboration with a range of musicians.We discuss all of the above, plus delving into her journey as a musician from beginnings in the Paris club scene in the early 90s, recent developments in AI and spacial audio, and the cultural importance of clubs in the development of electronic music and culture. This is a good one, and you're going to enjoy it! If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else. Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do! Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlistFor more links and other info visit the official Scuba websiteFollow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is music journalism in as bad a place as people say it is? I've certainly said it... really quite a lot. Maybe to the extent that I've been a bit unfair on the overall quality of music writing today, and having a total ban on music writers on the show was also possibly taking things a bit too far. Today though, the ban is lifted. Shawn Reynaldo is a former editor of XLR8R, and contributor to many of the august music publications we all love to hate, but now operates mostly out of his First Floor platform on Substack. He's just released a book entitled First Floor Vol 1, and we spend most of this week's episode digging into some of the issues covered in it. These include... streaming platforms, musical gatekeepers, media snobbery, the commercialisation of dance music, local scenes, and a lot more meaty stuff besides. I love this sort of conversation, and you're definitely going to enjoy listening to it. If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else. Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do! Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlistFor more links and other info visit the official Scuba websiteFollow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We haven't done a solo pod since the 'Thoughts On Releasing Music' two-parter which covered episodes 58 and 59. Those two were really popular, surprisingly so... to me at least. I enjoy doing these because it forces me to get my thoughts together in a way that I sometimes struggle to usually. And the topics we're covering today definitely require some clear thought. Obviously the episode title is a bit provocative. It could totally be happening though. Generative AI and LLMs are things we're going to be discussing a lot in the coming weeks and I thought it would be useful to get my fairly-uneducated intuitions on the subject down on record. Clearly I'm hoping to learn a lot more about this area from having long conversations on the show people who actually know what they're talking about - that usually helps.And then we get into something that I did a really bad job of addressing on my recent appearance on Beats In Space. The decline in the cultural importance of music, that is. I'm not sure if I do much of a better job here, and I think writing an article or something is going to be the best way of really describing it. But I have a go. Anyway, this is a different sort of solo pod to the last ones but I hope it'll be as enjoyable. Or at least provoke a few thoughts anyway. If you're into what we're doing here on the pod then you can support the show on Patreon! There are two tiers - "Solidarity" for $4 a month, which features regular bonus podcasts and extra content. And "Musicality" which for a mere $10 a month gets you all the music we release on Hotflush and affiliate labels AND other music too, some of which never comes out anywhere else. Plus there's also a private area for Patreon supporters in the Hotflush Discord Server... but anyone can join the conversation there in the public channels, so please do! Listen to all the music discussed on the show via the Not A Diving Podcast Spotify playlistFor more links and other info visit the official Scuba websiteFollow Scuba: twitter instagram bandcamp spotify apple music beatport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.