DiS founder Sean Adams sits down with DiS’s newest staff writer, Emma Wilkes, to mark 25 years of Drowned in Sound and what the future holds for the website, newsletter, and podcast. 
They reflect on Emma’s recent interview with Jeremy Corbyn as he champions grassroots venues, and turn the tables by asking each other questions usually reserved for podcast guests. Sean finally reveals how he would spend the $450m Spotify gave Joe Rogan, as this conversation explores the intersection of music, politics, journalism, and the survival of independent culture.
Sean and Emma discuss how music can be a gateway into politics (and vice versa), the pressures facing artists, publicists, and journalists in today’s music industry, and what a fairer ecosystem could look like. They also imagine music’s future in 2050 - the hopes, fears, and possibilities of where culture might go next.
Chapters:
00:00 – Introducing Emma Wilkes & 25 years of DiS
 02:00 – Jeremy Corbyn, grassroots venues & music for the many
 07:00 – Why music and politics can’t be separated
 14:00 – Music as a gateway into politics
 15:00 – Ticketmaster, Live Nation & the fight for fairness
 18:00 – What is journalism today?
 24:00 – Asking questions, telling stories & accountability in music journalism
 29:00 – $450m for Joe Rogan: how should money flow into culture?
 33:00 – Building connections between artists and audiences
 37:00 – Music media as infrastructure
 39:00 – Supporting mental health and addiction in the music industry
 45:00 – Stress behind the scenes: labels, PRs & campaign work
 46:00 – The albums we love and buried treasures
 48:00 – Music in 2050: hopes, fears & future sounds
 57:00 – What’s next for DiS at 25
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Links:
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<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='http://drownedinsound.org'>Drowned in Sound Newsletter

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<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.drownedinsound.org/jeremy-corbyn-on-grassroots-music/'>Emma Wilkes on interviewing Jeremy Corbyn (DiS)

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<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.musicvenuetrust.com/'>Music Venue Trust – safeguarding grassroots venues

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<li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.musicmindsmatter.org.uk/'>Music Minds Matter – mental health support for musicians</a></li>
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