music
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9 Fun Facts about “GEMA Reform”
“Außerordentliches Mitglied”Almost all my fellow composers (aged between 30 and 45) are außerordentliche Mitglieder and can’t vote because our income from GEMA hasn’t exceeded 30,000 euros in the past five years. And yes, in theory, we can vote for “Delegierten” and let them represent us, but why are we treated differently? Scores for GEMAMany composers… Read more
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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
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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
