music

  • 9 Fun Facts about “GEMA Reform”

    What is happening?GEMA Reform info (Top22a is the most relevant one):https://www.gema.de/de/musikurheber/mitgliederversammlung/infomaterial Who can vote at GEMA?https://www.gema.de/de/w/hilfe/musikurheber/mitgliedschaft/bereits-mitglied/formen-der-mitgliedschaft You can’t vote but still want to do something? Here is an email address to write to: reformvorhaben2025@gema.de You can also protest at the meeting for “außerordendliche Mitgelieder” on the 13th if showing up there is not too humiliating… Read more

  • I Had a Song Played 32,314,172 Times — and It Changed Nothing

    In the summer of 2024, my father invited me to play “Er Quan Ying Yue” (The Moon Reflecting in Erquan Pool) with him. He recorded our performance and uploaded the video to Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok. Two weeks later, he was thrilled to share some surprising news with me: the video had garnered… Read more

  • Longest Concert (2022)

    Longest Concert  – The Life Of A Playback Device Longest Concert was premiered in May 2022 in LICHTHOF Theater (Hamburg). With support by Stimme X e.V. Zeitgenössisches Musiktheater Norddeutschland. Concept The Role of the Machine We listen to the concert. We care so much about what to listen to. But how do we listen? Where do… Read more