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The quest for high-resolution stories at the turning point of tech / music / business. Longtime friends and co-hosts Carson Tworow and Will Chernoff have worked in Big Tech but aren't tech bros, made music professionally but aren't full-time musicians, and started media businesses but aren't content creators or hustlepreneurs. Come along as we apply what we've seen from all sides and figure out what new era is on the way.

  1. SEP 5

    Challengers to Bandcamp's Throne

    Be careful out there or you'll get yelled at by shirtless dudes in Pontiacs! Will has a music library app now on his desktop, and Carson needs a new website (02:10), Bandcamp launches Clubs (08:38), EVEN is a hip-hop-coded post-Bandcamp platform (25:35), we check out the familiar mission of another challenger called Ampwall (31:12), and some people really hate Stripe (46:19). Bandcamp Clubs: https://bandcamp.com/about_clubsEVEN: https://get.even.biz/Ampwall: https://ampwall.com/ Recs: Carson - The Bear season 4, Will - TANG! by Steph Wall FIND US: Will -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamchernoff/ -Rhythm Changes: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverjazz/ Carson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ctworow/ -Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ctworow.bsky.social/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctworow/ Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

    54 min

  2. AUG 22

    No Fees, No Saxe, No 'AI Music Night'

    Will LOVES that you don't read his emails. Subvert turned down $200K and want to launch with no fees (1:52), it's "AI Music Night" in Texas (18:15), We need skills to make the platform internet suck less (27:26), Which tech move is Will going to make first? (38:28), and JP Saxe's tour got canceled (48:19). Subvert 0% Platform Fees links: Changelog linkBlog post AI Music Night links: Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio venue in Denton, Texas announces "AI Music Night"Cancels later the same day after viral backlash JP Saxe tour situation links: First videoFollow-up videoVariety coverageSaxe writes to VarietyHis Substack"Why Some Artists are Rethinking Touring" on Chartmetric's blog by Sonia ChienWill's 2022 article about Cadence Weapon's tour losses Recs: Will - album Different Strokes for Different Folks by Charlie Hunter & Ella Feingold, Carson - album Baby by Dijon FIND US: Will -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamchernoff/ -Rhythm Changes: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverjazz/ Carson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ctworow/ -Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ctworow.bsky.social/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctworow/ Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

    1h 9m

  3. AUG 8

    Who Funds Your Bumbershoot?

    We have closure on The Velvet Sundown! Then we get into the very creative ticket pricing, or lack thereof, at Bumbershoot in Seattle and the Guelph Jazz Festival in Ontario (11:43), and a Vancouver city council motion that put several of our favourite ideas on the table, but didn't pass (27:42). Recs: Carson - Tyler Childers album Snipe Hunter, Will - Brighde Chaimbeul album Sunwise FIND US: Will -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamchernoff/ -Rhythm Changes: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverjazz/ Carson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ctworow/ -Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ctworow.bsky.social/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctworow/ Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

    56 min

  4. JUL 25

    Subversive Willy

    After clearing the WeTransfer air, we get into subvert.fm, a collectively owned music commerce platform in development. The Subvert team calls the platform a direct alternative to Bandcamp. We discuss the concept of Subvert and who founded it (11:17), Bandcamp controversies: being sold twice and union drama (15:08), Carson vs. Will on enshittification (29:46), Subvert's structure and current status (38:04), and how we feel about it + are we signing up as artists? (49:46) Recs: Will - podcast episode All One Song :: Jeff Parker on “The Needle and the Damage Done” by Aquarium Drunkard, Carson - album Swag by Justin Bieber FIND US: Will -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamchernoff/ -Rhythm Changes: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverjazz/ Carson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ctworow/ -Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ctworow.bsky.social/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctworow/ Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

    1 hr

  5. JUL 11

    It's Time to Leave Spotify, Right?

    The story around Daniel Ek's military tech investments has reached a fever pitch, and nothing about it is likely to improve. Is now finally the time to quit using Spotify? We dive into Deerhoof's announcement about pulling their music from Spotify (4:03), our feelings about what to do as an artist (18:30), and what to do as a user (36:57). Recs: Will - Without A Stage: LA's Independent Jazz Scene directed by Michael DiPietro by The Terrarium on YouTube , Carson - Andor season 2 FIND US: Will -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamchernoff/ -Rhythm Changes: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverjazz/ Carson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ctworow/ -Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ctworow.bsky.social/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctworow/ Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

    50 min

  6. JUL 4

    Granville Timbaland

    We're back from going to festivals! We kick it off in urban affairs with "The Uncertain Future of Granville Island" by Uytae Lee on the YouTube channel About Here (2:23), then swing into AI as Carson shares the Timbaland music training/generating controversy (24:31) and Will gets into The Velvet Sundown, an accelerationist mix of AI-generated everything + bot playlist marketing (47:09). Timbaland links: “Timbaland’s AI music project is a ghost in a misguided machine” by Sheldon Pearce for NPRZarah Scully claims Timbaland trained Suno using her voiceYouTube video: Curtiss King interviews Zarah Scully Velvet Sundown links: "The Velvet Sundown are a seemingly AI-generated band with 325k Spotify listeners" by Stuart Dredge for Music AllyBenn Jordan’s IG post claiming Velvet Sundown are 100% AI gen. Rick Beato agrees They are supposedly tweeting Recs: Carson - album Tether by Annahstasia, Will - album Gadabout Season by Brandee Younger FIND US: Will -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamchernoff/ -Rhythm Changes: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverjazz/ Carson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ctworow/ -Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ctworow.bsky.social/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctworow/ Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

    1h 7m

  7. JUN 20

    Rhythm Changes’ 5th Birthday! In-Person at Carson’s

    We hang at Carson’s house to celebrate 5 years of Will’s music website Rhythm Changes! We talk about: (2:28) The very beginning of RC in the summer of 2020 with 50 email sign-ups, (7:11) “The worst gig of my life” story and reuniting with David Blake, (15:50) Is vancouverjazz dot-com lost forever? (20:04) The curse of always being The Podcast Guy, (23:29) Times that Will touched a nerve with subjects? (28:35) Caity Gyorgy and 'never write alone', (32:59) Why Will didn't cover the scene's most controversial story, (42:38) How the 2021 heatwave, RC’s failed first jazzfest, and Thad Bailey-Mai's set at Ocean Artworks led to Will meeting Tim Reinert before Tim started presenting shows, (54:26) The tech stack at RC, (1:01:10) Why Will replies to over 80% of music submissions, (1:02:31) Why the Infidels Jazz t-shirt is the most meaningful piece of clothing he owns. Recs: Will - album Ce qui tourne dans l’air by l’Oumigmag, Carson - album All Ashore by Punch Brothers We’ll take a short break now and return in July. FIND US: Will -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamchernoff/ -Rhythm Changes: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverjazz/ Carson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ctworow/ -Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ctworow.bsky.social/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctworow/ Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

    1h 13m

  8. JUN 13

    Wanna Pay More Tax, Yes or No?

    Shout-out to our friends in The Shorties! We then get into a story called "Why it’s Time to Support Grassroots Venues with a £1 Ticket Levy" by Dan McCarthy in The Quietus (5:09), an out-of-nowhere but relevant reference to the 2015 vote on our local transit authority in Vancouver (21:41), and the video "Why EVERY Artist should be on YouTube" by Jon Talks Beats (26:55). Recs: Will - album Sancocho Trifásico by Empanadas Ilegales, Carson - album Caroline 2 by Caroline FIND US: Will -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@williamchernoff/ -Rhythm Changes: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vancouverjazz/ Carson -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ctworow/ -Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ctworow.bsky.social/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctworow/ Hosted by Carson Tworow & Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music by Carson Tworow.

    56 min
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The quest for high-resolution stories at the turning point of tech / music / business. Longtime friends and co-hosts Carson Tworow and Will Chernoff have worked in Big Tech but aren't tech bros, made music professionally but aren't full-time musicians, and started media businesses but aren't content creators or hustlepreneurs. Come along as we apply what we've seen from all sides and figure out what new era is on the way.

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