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Rivers Cuomo's Spreadsheets — Engineering a Career as a Band
The Weezer frontman has been quietly running his songwriting practice as a database for almost thirty years. The system is invisible on the records, which is the point.
By Linus Embry
Polymath Energy: How Multi-Discipline Work Strengthens Both Sides
The conventional wisdom is that doing more than one thing weakens both. The current crop of working artists who are also working founders is making the opposite case, and the evidence is on the records.
By Linus Embry
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2 Rivers Cuomo's Spreadsheets — Engineering a Career as a Band
The Weezer frontman has been quietly running his songwriting practice as a database for almost thirty years. The system is invisible on the records, which is the point.
By Linus Embry
Polymath Energy: How Multi-Discipline Work Strengthens Both Sides
The conventional wisdom is that doing more than one thing weakens both. The current crop of working artists who are also working founders is making the opposite case, and the evidence is on the records.
By Linus Embry
- Linus Embry
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