I’m using the iOS app and there was a survey that asked me to switch to landscape mode, but because the app locks everything in portrait, I wasn’t able to continue with the survey. Frustrating. Please fix this.
I'm a topliner who's collaborated with a lot of producers/beatmakers from this sub over the last several years, and I've had a lot of fun being creative while building a portfolio I'm proud of. But more recently, I've increasingly been given tracks by producers that sound a tad too similar (almost questionably) to their reference track, and not only that, to write hooks and sing in a way that completely mimics the artist on the reference. I completely understand the idea of paying homage to one's influences, and I can also appreciate that making music similar to a big-name artist is a viable way to attract earballs to your music, but I can't help but be disillusioned by the lack of creativity and advocacy for artistic integrity. It's disheartening for me to receive a track, be explicitly told to just go ham and be creative, spend time writing and singing a demo, put together a rough mix, only to be told I should then scrap everything and write a melody that sounds more like the reference track. I've even been asked on a few occasions to change my voice so that it sounds like XYZ, which is quite interesting since I always send samples of my work to the producer in my first communication with them, and they know what my voice sounds like. I believe there's a way to make music that is undeniably affected, shaped, and swayed by the music that came before us, but in a manner that isn't blatantly replicating an existing song. I just hope that we aren't drifting headfirst into a trend of mimicking. Where's the originality?
Does anyone have any experience with automatic payment to a BMO credit card from a BMO chequing account? I set up the automatic payment some time ago as a safeguard in case I forget, but I've never actually forgotten and I always paid well before the due date. But this time it's a huge amount, so I needed more time to move funds over to my chequing account. So today is the card payment due date, but I haven't seen any funds move from my chequing account yet. Does it usually happen on the same day or should I wait for it to reflect on the next day?
Seems like Kinsey hasn't appeared on The Nerve for a while and vice versa with KS Unfiltered. Perhaps they fell out over the Christopher Andersen episode?