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2021 Grammy Awards: The List.

New age

Best New Age Album

More Guitar Stories – Jim "Kimo" West

Songs from the Bardo – Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal & Jesse Paris Smith

Periphery – Priya Darshini

Form//Less – Superposition

Meditations – Cory Wong & Jon Batiste

Jazz

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

"All Blues" – Chick Corea, soloist

"Guinnevere" – Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, soloist

"Pachamama" – Regina Carter, soloist

"Tomorrow is the Question" – Julian Lage, soloist

"Celia" – Gerald Clayton, soloist

"Moe Honk" – Joshua Redman, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Secrets are the Best Stories – Kurt Elling featuring Danilo Pérez

ONA – Thana Alexa

Modern Ancestors – Carmen Lundy

Holy Room: Live at Alte Oper – Somi With Frankfurt Radio Big Band

What's the Hurry – Kenny Washington

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Trilogy 2 – Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

on the tender spot of every calloused moment – Ambrose Akinmusire

Waiting Game – Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science

Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard – Gerald Clayton

RoundAgain – Redman Mehldau McBride Blade

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Data Lords – Maria Schneider Orchestra

Dialogues on Race – Gregg August

Monk'estra Plays John Beasley – John Beasley

The Intangible Between – Orrin Evans and The Captain Black Big Band

Songs You Like a Lot – John Hollenbeck with Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry, Gary Versace and The Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

Four Questions – Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Tradiciones – Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra

City of Dreams – Chico Pinheiro

Viento y Tiempo - Live at Blue Note Tokyo – Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola

Trane's Delight – Poncho Sanchez

Gospel/contemporary Christian music

Best Gospel Performance/Song

"Movin' On"

Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters (Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music)

"Wonderful is Your Name"

Melvin Crispell III, songwriter (Melvin Crispell III)

"Release (Live)"

David Frazier, songwriter (Ricky Dillard featuring Tiff Joy)

"Come Together"

Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters (Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Presents: The Good News)

"Won't Let Go"

Travis Greene, songwriter (Travis Greene)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

"There Was Jesus"

Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters (Zach Williams & Dolly Parton)

"The Blessing (Live)"

Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe Carnes & Steven Furtick, songwriters (Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes & Elevation Worship)

"Sunday Morning"

Denisia Andrews, Jones Terrence Antonio, Saint Bodhi, Brittany Coney, Kirk Franklin, Lasanna Harris, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore & Nathanael Saint-Fleur, songwriters (Lecrae featuring Kirk Franklin)

"Holy Water"

Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash & Scott Cash, songwriters (We the Kingdom)

"Famous For (I Believe)"

Chuck Butler, Krissy Nordhoff, Jordan Sapp, Alexis Slifer & Tauren Wells, songwriters (Tauren Wells featuring Jenn Johnson)

Best Gospel Album

Gospel According to PJ – PJ Morton

2econd Wind: ReadY – Anthony Brown & group therAPy

My Tribute – Myron Butler

Choirmaster – Ricky Dillard

Kierra – Kierra Sheard

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Jesus Is King – Kanye West

Run to The Father – Cody Carnes

All of My Best Friends – Hillsong Young & Free

Holy Water – We the Kingdom

Citizen of Heaven – Tauren Wells

Best Roots Gospel Album

Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album) – Fisk Jubilee Singers

Beautiful Day – Mark Bishop

20/20 – The Crabb Family

What Christmas Really Means – The Erwins

Something Beautiful – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album or Urban Album

YHLQMDLG – Bad Bunny

Por Primera Vez – Camilo

Mesa Para Dos – Kany García

Pausa – Ricky Martin

3:33 – Debi Nova

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

La Conquista del Espacio – Fito Páez

Aura – Bajofondo

MONSTRUO – Cami

Sobrevolando – Cultura Profética

Miss Colombia – Lido Pimienta

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Un Canto por México, Vol. 1 – Natalia Lafourcade

Hecho en México – Alejandro Fernández

La Serenata – Lupita Infante

Bailando Sones y Huampangos con Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez – Mariachi Sol De Mexico De Jose Hernandez

Ayayay! – Christian Nodal

Best Tropical Latin Album

40 – Grupo Niche

Mi Tumbao – José Alberto "El Ruiseñor"

Infinito – Edwin Bonilla

Sigo Cantando al Amor (Deluxe) – Jorge Celedon & Sergio Luis

Memorias de Navidad – Víctor Manuelle

American roots

Best American Roots Performance

"I Remember Everything" – John Prine

"Colors" – Black Pumas

"Deep in Love" – Bonny Light Horseman

"Short and Sweet" – Brittany Howard

"I'll Be Gone" – Norah Jones & Mavis Staples

Best American Roots Song

"I Remember Everything"

Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine)

"Cabin"

Laura Rogers & Lydia Rogers, songwriters (The Secret Sisters)

"Ceiling to the Floor"

Sierra Hull & Kai Welch, songwriters (Sierra Hull)

"Hometown"

Sarah Jarosz, songwriter (Sarah Jarosz)

"Man Without a Soul"

Tom Overby & Lucinda Williams, songwriters (Lucinda Williams)

Best Americana Album

World on the Ground – Sarah Jarosz

Old Flowers – Courtney Marie Andrews

Terms of Surrender – Hiss Golden Messenger

El Dorado – Marcus King

Good Souls Better Angels – Lucinda Williams

Best Bluegrass Album

Home – Billy Strings

Man on Fire – Danny Barnes

To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 – Thomm Jutz

North Carolina Songbook – Steep Canyon Rangers

The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1 – Various Artists

Best Traditional Blues Album

Rawer than Raw – Bobby Rush

All My Dues are Paid – Frank Bey

You Make Me Feel – Don Bryant

That's What I Heard – Robert Cray Band

Cypress Grove – Jimmy "Duck" Holmes

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? – Fantastic Negrito

Live at the Paramount – Ruthie Foster Big Band

The Juice – G. Love

Blackbirds – Bettye LaVette

Up and Rolling – North Mississippi Allstars

Best Folk Album

All the Good Times – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman

Thanks for the Dance – Leonard Cohen

Song for Our Daughter – Laura Marling

Saturn Return – The Secret Sisters

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Atmosphere – New Orleans Nightcrawlers

My Relatives 'nikso' Kowaiks – Black Lodge Singers

Cameron Dupuy and The Cajun Troubadours – Cameron Dupuy And The Cajun Troubadours

Lovely Sunrise – Nā Wai ʽEhā

A Tribute to Al Berard – Sweet Cecilia

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

Got to Be Tough – Toots and the Maytals

Upside Down 2020 – Buju Banton

Higher Place – Skip Marley

It All Comes Black to Love – Maxi Priest

One World – The Wailers

Global music

Best Global Music Album

Twice as Tall – Burna Boy

Fu Chronicles – Antibalas

Agora – Bebel Gilberto

Love Letters – Anoushka Shankar

Amadjar – Tinariwen

Children's

Best Children's Album

All the Ladies – Joanie Leeds

Be a Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders – Alastair Moock And Friends

I'm an Optimist – Dog On Fleas

Songs for Singin' – The Okee Dokee Brothers

Wild Life – Justin Roberts

Spoken word

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth – Rachel Maddow

Acid for the Children – A Memoir – Flea

Alex Trebek – The Answer Is... – Ken Jennings

Catch and Kill – Ronan Farrow

Charlotte's Web (E.B. White) – Meryl Streep and Full Cast

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

Black Mitzvah – Tiffany Haddish

I Love Everything – Patton Oswalt

The Pale Tourist – Jim Gaffigan

Paper Tiger – Bill Burr

23 Hours to Kill – Jerry Seinfeld

Musical theater

Best Musical Theater Album

Jagged Little Pill – Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast)

Amélie – Audrey Brisson, Chris Jared, Caolan McCarthy & Jez Unwin, principal soloists; Michael Fentiman, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Barnaby Race & Nathan Tysen, producers; Nathan Tysen, lyricist; Daniel Messe, composer & lyricist (Original London Cast)

American Utopia on Broadway – David Byrne, principal soloist; David Byrne, producer (David Byrne, composer & lyricist) (Original Cast)

Little Shop of Horrors – Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff & Tom Alan Robbins, principal soloists; Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken & Frank Wolf, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, lyricist) (The New Off-Broadway Cast)

The Prince of Egypt – Christine Allado, Luke Brady, Alexia Khadime & Liam Tamne, principal soloists; Dominick Amendum & Stephen Schwartz, producers; Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)

Soft Power – Francis Jue, Austin Ku, Alyse Alan Louis & Conrad Ricamora, principal soloists; Matt Stine, producer; David Henry Hwang, lyricist; Jeanine Tesori, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)

Music for visual media

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Jojo Rabbit – Various artists

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Various artists

Bill & Ted Face the Music – Various artists

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Various artists

Frozen II – Various artists

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer

Ad Astra – Max Richter, composer

Becoming – Kamasi Washington, composer

1917 – Thomas Newman, composer

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams, composer

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"No Time to Die" (from No Time to Die)

Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell (Billie Eilish)

"Beautiful Ghosts" (from Cats)

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)

"Carried Me with You" (from Onward)

Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth (Brandi Carlile)

"Into the Unknown" (from Frozen II)

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Idina Menzel featuring AURORA)

"Stand Up" (from Harriet)

Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo (Cynthia Erivo)

Composing/Arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

"Sputnik"

Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)

"Baby Jack"

Arturo O'Farrill, composer (Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)

"Be Water II"

Christian Sands, composer (Christian Sands)

"Plumfield"

Alexandre Desplat, composer (Alexandre Desplat)

"Strata"

Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows featuring Anna Webber & Eric Miller)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

"Donna Lee"

John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

"Bathroom Dance"

Hildur Guðnadóttir, arranger (Hildur Guðnadóttir)

"Honeymooners"

Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows)

"Lift Every Voice and Sing"

Alvin Chea & Jarrett Johnson, arrangers (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea)

"Uranus: The Magician"

Jeremy Levy, arranger (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

"He Won't Hold You"

Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier featuring Rapsody)

"Asas Fechadas"

John Beasley & Maria Mendes, arrangers (Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Orkest Metropole)

"Desert Song"

Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Säje)

"From This Place"

Alan Broadbent & Pat Metheny, arrangers (Pat Metheny featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)

"Slow Burn"

Talia Billig, Nic Hard & Becca Stevens, arrangers (Becca Stevens featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth)

Package

Best Recording Package

Vols. 11 & 12

Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)

Everyday Life

Pilar Zeta, art director (Coldplay)

Funeral

Kyle Goen, art director (Lil Wayne)

Healer

Julian Gross & Hannah Hooper, art directors (Grouplove)

On Circles

Jordan Butcher, art director (Caspian)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Ode to Joy

Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)

Flaming Pie (Collector's Edition)

Linn Wie Andersen, Simon Earith, Paul McCartney & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)

Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991

Lisa Glines & Doran Tyson, art directors (Grateful Dead)

Mode

Jeff Schulz, art director (Depeche Mode)

The Story of Ghostly International

Michael Cina & Molly Smith, art directors (Various Artists)

Notes

Best Album Notes

Dead Man's Pop

Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)

At The Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines From The Studio, 1894-1926

Tim Brooks, album notes writer (Various Artists)

The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital Of The West, 1940-1974

Scott B. Bomar, album notes writer (Various Artists)

The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us From Joplin To Jazz And Shaped The Music Business

Colin Hancock, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Out Of A Clear Blue Sky

David Sager, album notes writer (Nat Brusiloff)

Historical

Best Historical Album

It's Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers

Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)

Celebrated, 1895–1896

Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Unique Quartette)

Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (1936–1943)

Zev Feldman, Will Friedwald & George Klabin, compilation producers; Matthew Lutthans, mastering engineer (Nat King Cole)

1999 Super Deluxe Edition

Michael Howe, compilation producer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Prince)

Souvenir

Carolyn Agger, compilation producer; Miles Showell, mastering engineer (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark)

Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions

Béla Fleck, compilation producer; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer (Béla Fleck)

Production, non-classical

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Hyperspace

Drew Brown, Andrew Coleman, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, Jaycen Joshua, Beck Hansen & Mike Larson, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)

Black Hole Rainbow

Shawn Everett & Ivan Wayman, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Devon Gilfillian)

Expectations

Gary Paczosa & Mike Robinson, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Katie Pruitt)

Jaime

Shawn Everett, engineer; Shawn Everett, mastering engineer (Brittany Howard)

25 Trips

Shani Gandhi & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Adam Grover, mastering engineer (Sierra Hull)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

Andrew Watt

"Break My Heart" (Dua Lipa)

"Me and My Guitar" (A Boogie wit da Hoodie)

"Midnight Sky" (Miley Cyrus)

"Old Me" (5 Seconds of Summer)

"Ordinary Man" (Ozzy Osbourne featuring Elton John)

"Take What You Want" (Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott)

"Under The Graveyard" (Ozzy Osbourne)

Jack Antonoff

"August" (Taylor Swift)

Gaslighter (The Chicks)

"Holy Terrain" (FKA Twigs featuring Future)

"Mirrorball" (Taylor Swift)

"This Is Me Trying" (Taylor Swift)

"Together" (Sia)

Dan Auerbach

Cypress Grove (Jimmy "Duck" Holmes)

El Dorado (Marcus King)

Is Thomas Callaway (CeeLo Green)

Singing for My Supper (Early James)

Solid Gold Sounds (Kendell Marvel)

Years (John Anderson)

Dave Cobb

"Backbone" (Kaleo)

The Balladeer (Lori McKenna)

Boneshaker (Airbourne)

Down Home Christmas (Oak Ridge Boys)

The Highwomen (The Highwomen)

"I Remember Everything" (John Prine)

Reunions (Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit)

"The Spark" (William Prince)

"You're Still the One" (Teddy Swims)

Flying Lotus

It Is What It Is (Thundercat)

Best Remixed Recording

"Roses (Imanbek Remix)"

Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)

"Do You Ever (RAC Mix)"

RAC, remixer (Phil Good)

"Imaginary Friends (Morgan Page Remix)"

Morgan Page, remixer (Deadmau5)

"Praying for You (Louie Vega Main Remix)"

Louie Vega, remixer (Jasper Street Co.)

"Young & Alive (Bazzi vs. Haywyre Remix)"

Haywyre, remixer (Bazzi)

Production, immersive audio

Best Immersive Audio Album

The judging for this category was postponed.

Production, classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical

"Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, 'Babi Yar'"

David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

"Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua"

Bernd Gottinger, engineer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)

"Gershwin: Porgy and Bess"

David Frost & John Kerswell, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (David Robertson, Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

"Hynes: Fields"

Kyle Pyke, engineer; Jesse Lewis & Kyle Pyke, mastering engineers (Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion)

"Ives: Complete Symphonies"

Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers; Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, mastering engineers (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Producer of the Year, Classical

David Frost

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 (Jonathan Biss)

Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (David Robertson, Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

Gluck: Orphée & Eurydice (Harry Bicket, Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus)

Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)

Muhly: Marnie (Robert Spano, Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)

Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 845, D. 894, D. 958, D. 960 (Shai Wosner)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, 'Babi Yar' (Riccardo Muti, Alexey Tikhomirov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

Blanton Alspaugh

Aspects Of America - Pulitzer Edition (Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony)

Blessed Art Thou Among Women (Peter Jermihov, Katya Lukianov & PaTRAM Institute Singers)

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9; Copland: Billy The Kid (Gianandrea Noseda & National Symphony Orchestra)

Glass: The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Joseph Li, Nicholas Nestorak, Madison Leonard, Jonas Hacker, Ben Edquist, Matthew Adam Fleisher & Wolf Trap Opera)

Kahane: Emergency Shelter Intake Form (Alicia Hall Moran, Gabriel Kahane, Carlos Kalmar & Oregon Symphony)

Kastalsky: Requiem (Leonard Slatkin, Steven Fox, Benedict Sheehan, Charles Bruffy, Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, The Saint Tikhon Choir, Kansas City Chorale & Orchestra Of St. Luke's)

Massenet: Thaïs (Andrew Davis, Joshua Hopkins, Andrew Staples, Erin Wall, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & Toronto Symphony Orchestra)

Smyth: The Prison (Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton, James Blachly & Experiential Orchestra)

Woolf, L.P.: Fire And Flood (Julian Wachner, Matt Haimovitz & Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)

Jesse Lewis

Gunn: The Ascendant (Roomful Of Teeth)

Harrison, M.: Just Constellations (Roomful Of Teeth)

Her Own Wings (Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival)

Hynes: Fields (Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion)

Lang, D.: Love Fail (Beth Willer & Lorelei Ensemble)

Mazzoli: Proving Up (Christopher Rountree, Opera Omaha & International Contemporary Ensemble)

Sharlat: Spare The Rod! (NOW Ensemble)

Soul House (Hub New Music)

Wherein Lies The Good (The Westerlies)

Dmitry Lipay

Adams, J.: Must The Devil Have All The Good Tunes? (Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Cipullo: The Parting (Alastair Willis, Laura Strickling, Catherine Cook, Michael Mayes & Music Of Remembrance)

Ives: Complete Symphonies (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

LA Phil 100 - The Los Angeles Philharmonic Centennial Birthday Gala (Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Langgaard: Prelude To Antichrist; Strauss: An Alpine Symphony (Thomas Dausgaard & Seattle Symphony Orchestra)

Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 & Symphony No. 2, 'The Four Temperaments' (Thomas Dausgaard & Seattle Symphony)

Elaine Martone

Bound For The Promised Land (Robert M. Franklin, Steven Darsey, Jessye Norman & Taylor Branch)

Dawn (Shachar Israel)

Gandolfi, Prior & Oliverio: Orchestral Works (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

Singing In The Dead Of Night (Eighth Blackbird)

Whitacre: The Sacred Veil (Eric Whitacre, Grant Gershon & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

"Ives: Complete Symphonies"

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

"Aspects of America - Pulitzer Edition"

Carlos Kalmar, conductor (Oregon Symphony)

"Concurrence"

Daníel Bjarnason, conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra)

"Copland: Symphony No. 3"

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

"Lutosławski: Symphonies No. 2 & 3"

Hannu Lintu, conductor (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

"Gershwin: Porgy and Bess"

David Robertson, conductor; Angel Blue & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

"Dello Joio: The Trial at Rouen"

Gil Rose, conductor; Heather Buck & Stephen Powell; Gil Rose, producer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Odyssey Opera Chorus)

"Floyd, C: Prince of Players"

William Boggs, conductor; Keith Phares & Kate Royal; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Florentine Opera Chorus)

"Handel: Agrippina"

Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor; Joyce DiDonato; Daniel Zalay, producer (Il Pomo D'Oro)

"Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg"

Donald Runnicles, conductor; David Butt Philip & Elena Tsallagova; Peter Ghirardini & Erwin Stürzer, producers (Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin; Chorus Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Best Choral Performance

"Danielpour: The Passion of Yessuah"

JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J'Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)

"Carthage"

Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

"Kastalski: Requiem"

Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Charles Bruffy, Steven Fox & Benedict Sheehan, chorus masters (Joseph Charles Beutel & Anna Dennis; Orchestra Of St. Luke's; Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale & The Saint Tikhon Choir)

"Moravec: Sanctuary Road"

Kent Tritle, conductor (Joshua Blue, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Dashon Burton, Malcolm J. Merriweather & Laquita Mitchell; Oratorio Society Of New York Orchestra; Oratorio Society Of New York Chorus)

"Once Upon a Time"

Matthew Guard, conductor (Sarah Walker; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

"Contemporary Voices" – Pacifica Quartet

"Healing Modes" – Brooklyn Rider

"Hearne, T,: Place" – Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra

"Hynes: Fields" – Devonté Hynes & Third Coast Percussion

"The Schumann Quartets" – Dover Quartet

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

"Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra"

Richard O'Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

"Adés: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra"

Kirill Gerstein; Thomas Adès, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

"Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas"

Igor Levit

"Bohemian Tales"

Augustin Hadelich; Jakub Hrůša, conductor (Charles Owen; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)

"Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival"

Daniil Trifonov; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

"Smyth: The Prison"

Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

"American Composers at Play - William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto"

Stephen Powell (Attacca Quartet, William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto, Charles Neidich & Jason Vieaux)

"Clairières - Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger"

Nicholas Phan; Myra Huang, accompanist

"Farinelli"

Cecilia Bartoli; Giovanni Antonini, conductor (Il Giardino Armonico)

"A Lad's Love"

Brian Giebler; Steven McGhee, accompanist (Katie Hyun, Michael Katz, Jessica Meyer, Reginald Mobley & Ben Russell)

Best Classical Compendium

"Thomas, M.T.: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke"

Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer

"Adès Conducts Adès"

Mark Stone & Christianne Stotijn; Thomas Adès, conductor; Nick Squire, producer

"Saariaho: Graal Théâtre; Circle Map, Neiges, Vers Toi Qui Es Si Loin"

Clément Mao-Takacs, conductor; Hans Kipfer, producer

"Serebrier: Symphonic Bach Variations; Laments and Hallelujahs; Flute Concerto"

José Serebrier, conductor; Jens Braun, producer

"Woolf, L.P.: Fire and Blood"

Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

"Rouse: Symphony No. 5"

Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

"Adès: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra"

Thomas Adès, composer (Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Adès & Boston Symphony Orchestra)

"Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua"

Richard Danielpour, composer (JoAnn Falletta, James K. Bass, Adam Luebke, UCLA Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra & Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus)

"Floyd, C.: Prince of Players"

Carlisle Floyd, composer (William Boggs, Kate Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

"Hearne, T.: Place"

Ted Hearne, composer (Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra)

Music video/film

Best Music Video

"Brown Skin Girl" – Beyoncé, Saint Jhn & Wizkid Featuring Blue Ivy Carter

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Jenn Nkiru, video directors; Lauren Baker, Astrid Edwards, Nathan Scherrer & Erinn Williams, video producers

"Life Is Good" – Future Featuring Drake

Julien Christian Lutz, video director; Harv Glazer, video producer

"Lockdown" – Anderson .Paak

Dave Meyers, video director; Nathan Scherrer, video producer

"Adore You" – Harry Styles

Dave Meyers, video director; Nathan Scherrer, video producer

"Goliath" – Woodkid

Yoann Lemoine, video director; Horace de Gunzbourg, video producer

Best Music Film

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice – Linda Ronstadt

Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers

Beastie Boys Story – Beastie Boys

Spike Jonze, video director; Amanda Adelson, Jason Baum & Spike Jonze, video producers

Black Is King – Beyoncé

Emmanuel Adjei, Blitz Bazawule, Beyoncé Knowles Carter & Kwasi Fordjour, video directors; Lauren Baker, Akin Omotoso, Nathan Scherrer, Jeremy Sullivan & Erinn Williams, video producers

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme – Freestyle Love Supreme

Andrew Fried, video director; Andrew Fried, Jill Furman, Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarina Roma, Jenny Steingart & Jon Steingart, video producers

That Little Ol' Band From Texas – ZZ Top

Sam Dunn, video director; Scot McFadyen, video producer

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Eight People I’d Like to Get to Know Better!

ONE   /   ( ALIAS / PRONOUNS ) : Ann, she / her / hers TWO   /   ( BIRTHDAY ) : July 25 THREE   /   ( ZODIAC SIGN ) : Leo FOUR   /   ( HEIGHT ) : 5′2″ FIVE   /   ( HOBBIES ) : Roleplaying, video games, reading, puzzles, walks, listening to music SIX   /   ( FAVORITE COLOR ) : Pink SEVEN   /   ( FAVORITE BOOKS ) : House Of Leaves by Mark Danielewski, Lisey’s Story by Stephen King, Face The Music by Paul Stanley EIGHT   /   ( LAST SONG LISTENED TO ) : Akira Yamaoka - “Theme Of Laura” NINE   /   ( LAST FILM OR SHOW WATCHED ) : Gonna rewatch BoJack Horseman! Other than that though I’ve mostly been watching Let’s Plays and horror compilations on YouTube.  TEN   /   ( INSPIRATION FOR MUSE ) : A lot of my inspiration comes from what goes unsaid in the games and my related head canons. I’m also inspired by sad instrumentals, songs about pain and healing, and conversations with @xfaucheuse​. ELEVEN   /   ( STORY BEHIND URL ) : I wanted to use skull + bug, but skullbug was taken, so I replaced the u in skull with a v to make skvllbug. 

Tagged By: @poeticvocals Tagging: @balsamina @crypticspooksandtricks @lxngfxrgxtten @nemekii @pixylate @pumpkaboospiced @silentchamp​ @sunbonded​

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Zajok a nappaliból – Grand Traxelektor 2019 / 2. Move!

Kétezertizenkilenc elektronikus zenei undergroundjának legtöbbet hallgatott és legérdekesebbnek ítélt művei hármas tematika szerint rendezve. (második rész)

Spotify playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3cCgKZ3autPSLenlyyER5w 1800HaightStreet – Infestation [Confess, EP, Lobster Theremin] 2000 And One - The Needs Of The Many [The Needs Of The Many, EP, OFF] Anthony Rother – Hyperbolic [Hyperbolic, EP, Psi49net] Anthony Rother - Inner Space Odyssey [Hyperbolic, EP, Psi49net] Anunaku - Bronze Age [Whities 024, EP, Whities] Anunaku – Temples [Whities 024, EP, Whities] ASC - Black Rooms  [Realm Of The Infinite, LP, Auxiliary] Black Merlin - Psych 73 [SFORMATOR 1, EP, Pinkman] Blawan – Gadget [Many Many Pings, EP, Ternesc] Blawan - Many Many Pings [Many Many Pings, EP, Ternesc] Broken English Club - The Modern Desire [White Rats II, LP, L.I.E.S.] Chants - Assiah Dance [Seven Spheres, LP, Astral Plane] Clouds - Another Day [Sharp Like A Razor, EP, Headstrong] Clouds - Arkhangelsk Nightmare [Sharp Like A Razor, EP, Headstrong] Cop Envy - Rat Break [Cotton, EP, Hypercolour] De Bons en Pierre - Frog Stoemp [No. 2, EP, Dark Entries] Desert Sound Colony - Can Can Wingspan [Can Can Wingspan, EP, On Loop] Developer – Buffalo [Four Corridor's, EP, Coincidence] Djedjotronic feat. Lokier - Are Friends Electric (Lokier Remix) [Are Friends Electric, EP, Boysnoise] Download - GUI goats [Unknown Room, LP, Sub-Conscious Communications] Echologist – Resistance [Resistance, EP, Anemone] Eomac - Being, Not Object (Eomac VIP) [Reconnect, EP, Eotrax] Eric Copeland - Beat It [Trogg Modal Vol. 2, LP, DFA] E-Saggila - My World My Way [My World My Way , LP, Northern Electronics] Exium – Unemotional [XX Part 1, LP, Nheoma] Franck Vigroux – Carre [Théorème, EP, D'Autres Cordes] Giant Swan - 55 Year Old Daughter [Giant Swan, LP, Keck] Giant Swan – YFPHNT [Giant Swan, LP, Keck] Goth-Trad - Bloody Dice [Knights Of The Black Table, LP, Daymare] GusGus - Fireworks (C.P.I. Remix) [Remixes Are More Flexible, Pt. 1, EP, Oroom] Headless Horseman - The Distress Subsided [Headless Horseman 008, EP, Headless Horseman] Homemade Weapons - Svalsat (Donato Dozzy Remix) [Gravity Remixed, EP, Samurai Music] Jensen Interceptor - EM Damage [SAFE, EP, Who's Susan] JK Flesh & Orphx - Mutagen (Live) [Light Bringer, LP, Hospital Productions] Kangding Ray - Polygon [Azores, EP, Figure] Karenn - Rek [Kind Of Green, EP, Voam] Kris Baha - Non For The Sane [Palais, LP, CockTail d'Amore Music] Luke Vibert - I Will Always Hate You [Valvable, LP, I Love Acid] Machine Woman - East Midlands Rave Tune [When A Machine Cries, You Get Petrol, EP, Take Away Jazz] Matrixxman & Physical Therapy - The Survivors [Threads, EP, Nonplus] Meat Beat Manifesto - Pin Drop [Opaque Couché, LP, Flexidisc] Om Unit & Kid Drama - Untitled 3 [Untitled Works, EP, Apollo] Pfirter - A Different Reality [The Empty Space, LP, MindTrip Music] Phil Kieran, Douglas McCarthy - Fall Rise (Druggs Mix) [Fall Rise, EP, Optimo Music] Pinch - Fortune Tellers [Border Control, EP, Berceuse Heroique] Plaid - Meds Fade [Polymer, LP, Warp] Pris – Aquarius [New Babylon, EP, Empathy Corp] Pris – Discovery [Sulphur City, EP, Empathy Corp] Red Axes - Kookoo Papa (Original Mix) [Sound Test, EP, Phantasy Sound] Redshape – Bishop [Android Malfunction, EP, Delsin] Retina.it - Memory Sensation [Formant / Neural Map, EP, Nonplus] Rex The Dog - Experimental Housing [Experimental Housing, EP, Soft Computing] Sam KDC - Trial by Fire [Omen Rising, LP, Horo] Soren Roi - Bishop Ford [Retrograde Amnesia, LP, BANK Records NYC] Soren Roi - More About Myself [Retrograde Amnesia, LP, BANK Records NYC] Stanley Schmidt - Critical History [Smart Replies, EP, Vienna] Stanley Schmidt - Smart Replies [Smart Replies, EP, Vienna] Test Dept - Full Spectrum Dominance (JD Twitch Remix) [Disturbance Disordered, LP, One Little Indian] Test Dept - Gatekeeper (Wrangler Remix) [Disturbance Disordered, LP, One Little Indian] Test Dept - GBH84 (Angst78 DDR mix) [Disturbance Disordered, LP, One Little Indian] Test Dept - Landlord (Living Totem Remix) [Disturbance Disordered, LP, One Little Indian] Thighpaulsandra - The Goat Owl [Practical Electronics With Thighpaulsandra, EP, Editions Mego] Tom Of England - Sniffin' at the Griffin [Sex Monk Blues, LP, L.I.E.S.] Tommy Four Seven - Aphelion (Silent Servant Remix) [Veer Remixed, LP, 47] UVB76 – Extend [Session Extend, EP, Tabernacle] UVB76 – Hajime [S A N, LP, Teenage Menopause] UVB76 - Itaewon [S A N, LP, Teenage Menopause] UVB76 – Nox [S A N, LP, Teenage Menopause] Vatican Shadow - The House Of The Followers (JK Flesh Remix) [American Flesh For Violence, LP, Hospital Productions] Zaliva-D – Calling [Calling, EP, SVBKVLT]

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Netflix’s First Hit Show Was Bill Clinton’s Impeachment Testimony

A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail.

Today, Netflix produces (not just distributes) so much content that you’d never be able to watch it all. But the company had to start somewhere, and that place was in 1998, as a company that had built itself around a technology that was relatively untested in the market, the DVD player.

In 1996, the first DVD players showed up in Japan, and by the middle of 1997, the U.S. had a growing DVD market of its own.

If anyone was going to find a way to turn this growth into a phenomenon, it was Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings, the cofounders of Netflix.

The DVD had a lot of things going for it as an idea for distributing content. Built around a standard, it was clear that momentum could build around it becoming a mainstream way to record and distribute content, replacing both the VHS recording and the LaserDisc. At the time Randolph and Hastings found it, it was still an extremely expensive and fairly rare technology, with early DVD players selling for as high as $750 ($1,194 today).

Signs were promising. According to Sound & Vision, about a million DVDs sold in that first year, despite only around 530 titles being on the market. Hastings and Randolph, discussing the idea during commutes together, knew that its biggest advantage might be its size—which meant that it could be mailed very cheaply.

It was a neat idea—one that launched publicly in April of 1998—but the DVD was still very young, and Netflix's flat-fee casual rental strategy still hadn’t been uncovered. It needed something to sell the concept of DVDs-by-mail to the public.

Oddly enough, such an opportunity surfaced in the news cycle. In the fall of 1998, the march towards Bill Clinton’s impeachment proved an important growth hacking opportunity for the still-new company.

“Congress released this material with the intent that it be made available to the widest possible audience. By offering the complete Clinton testimony on DVD for only $.02, we believe we are making it possible for virtually every DVD owner to easily review this material and form their own opinion.”

— Marc Randolph, the first CEO of Netflix, discussing the company’s plan to sell Bill Clinton’s grand jury testimony to the public for two cents in a September 1998 press release. The company was able to pull together the DVD release of the testimony, which it sold as a loss leader, in a single weekend. The company initially planned to give it away for free, minus the cost of shipping, except the system had no way to give away something for free—an ironic note given the company’s later business model.

An edited version of Bill Clinton’s grand jury testimony, in case you want to skip to the important parts.

How Netflix leveraged the sudden release of key impeachment testimony to earn itself national press

As entertainment goes, President Bill Clinton’s August 17, 1998 grand jury testimony—which can be viewed, in full, on C-SPAN—does not exactly carry the fireworks of the film Bird Box or the sixth season of BoJack Horseman.

It’s literally Clinton, speaking before the Office of Independent Counsel Ken Starr about allegations of lying under oath during a sexual harassment lawsuit (involving Arkansas state employee Paula Jones) about an affair (with White House intern Monica Lewinsky). It’s around four hours long, and Clinton is responding to questions the entire time, sometimes in graphic terms.

As a piece of history, it’s unparalleled—no other president, including the current one, has ever subjected himself to this type of grand jury testimony. The things he said during this recording directly led to his impeachment, though not his removal from office. (As in 2020, the votes simply weren’t there.)

This clip, unique in American history, begs for editing and curation, but despite this, there was a strong interest in the full video, thanks to its limited initial distribution. (The full text of the testimony, as published in 1998, still resides on the Washington Post’s website.)

It had been kept under wraps for roughly a month after it had been recorded, but this was about to change—on September 18, 1998, the House Judiciary Committee decided to release the whole thing to the public, creating something so compelling that cable news networks aired the whole thing in full.

And through a unique mixture of Silicon Valley connections and good timing, Netflix had found an opportunity to exploit this video to its advantage.

Now imagine getting the video we just featured above in one of these. Image: Mychal Stanley/Flickr

In his recent book, That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea, Netflix cofounder Marc Randolph laid out the plan, which was formulated with the help of two early figures in Netflix’s history—Mitch Lowe, the vice president of business development and strategic alliances, and Arthur Mrozowski, the CEO of Media Galleries, a post-production firm that specialized in DVDs.

Mrozowski, a friend of Lowe’s, knew of a firm called Mindset that claimed to have the ability to encode analog tapes to DVDs in real time. Which meant that they had the ability to convert a piece of film, press it to DVD almost immediately, and mail it to whomever wanted it.

Lowe was interested in testing this capability out, but identifying the perfect test case wasn’t easy—until the plan to release the grand jury testimony was announced. Lowe, who had made his name on a RedBox-style video rental machine called Video Droid, was well-connected and quickly found a source for the raw video.

While there was a bit of debate over whether it was the right move, per Randolph, the very-young company was well-positioned to put its chutzpah to good use. Some of the key decisions made in the process of producing the DVD (including the price) came about because of a low-key, non-corporate approach that helped to encourage creative thinking.

“We’d built a company where freewheeling discussions sometimes turned heated—and it was okay,” Randolph wrote in his book. “Where ideas were more important than chain of command. Where it didn’t matter who solved a problem—only that it got solved. Where dedication and creativity mattered a lot more than dress codes or meeting times.”

Lowe was the point person on the whole affair, getting the master from Mindset and copying the discs at Media Galleries. And while it was not easy—Randolph describes Lowe returning to the office after a stressful 72-hour period in which he did not sleep—his efforts were successful. They didn’t even buy or design labels for the discs. They just shipped them out, bare.

For one thing, they didn’t need to. Netflix was the only company in the world selling a hot title on DVD. However, the title proved a little hotter than they expected.

So, it turns out that not everyone got Clinton’s grand jury testimony on their DVD

Netflix’s wild bet on political scandal succeeded in almost every single way a story like this possibly could. It earned the company press in some of the biggest publications in the country, including Variety, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

The company produced around 10,000 DVDs of the testimony. The company stated in its press release that the first 2,000 copies were sold at 9.95 with a $4 rental price, but that it was cutting the price to two cents plus shipping to “encourage public education.”

Per Randolph, the gambit earned the company 5,000 new customers at a cost of less than $5,000—a major shot in the arm for the then-new company.

The story, in many cases, was played with a bit of a sneer by the press, an accepting wink that a new startup had successfully played the PR fiddle perfectly.

“If you are one of the dozens of Americans who cannot get enough of the Clinton-Lewinsky saga, a California company called Netflix has just the thing for you,” Peter H. Lewis wrote in The New York Times.

Lewis wrote, seemingly sarcastically, that the DVD was rated NC–17. (The discussion was at times explicit, but a film of this nature likely wouldn’t have been rated, especially with that turnaround.) It turns out that, at least for some of the company’s customers, that rating might have actually been a bit on the mild side.

See, in Lowe’s haste to get a DVD made, he and others made a mistake, grabbing the wrong spindle of DVDs—which, reminder, didn’t have labels. And it turns out that Media Galleries had a bunch of porn DVDs in the fabrication line that day, and Netflix ended up mailing a number of them to its customers.

At least one mixed-up copy of the fateful DVD ended up in the hands of someone who actually served in the Clinton White House. According to The Washington Post’s “In the Loop” column, Jonathan Kopp, who served for Clinton during his first term, paid the two cents plus shipping for the DVD, only to find the X-rated film, which according to The Post was titled The Lonely Widow, instead.

“Now I understand what Ken Starr was watching when he did his report,” Kopp quipped to columnist Al Kamen.

Per Randolph, the company apologized, and offered to replace the botched DVD for a real one, on the company’s dime. Lowe, who regaled the tale years later, noted that the situation had a particularly amusing silver lining.

“We told our customers to send them back—no one did,” Lowe said in 2018 at a Sundance event.

Netflix is an established company at this point, with less room to play around. It’s basically an arm of Hollywood at this point.

But at least one key figure in the early days of Netflix is still taking pretty risks in his career.

Mitch Lowe, the man responsible for coming up with the impeachment marketing tactic, spent the last few years pumping air from his lungs into the troubled Helios and Matheson Analytics, the parent company of the infamous startup MoviePass. He was MoviePass’ CEO.

If you watched the saga of MoviePass, the startup that promised you could go to the theater and watch a movie whenever you wanted for a single subscription price, and thought that was the work of a wild marketer, you might not be surprised to find out that the same guy was responsible for the leap of faith that gave Netflix an important jumpstart.

The difference between Netflix and MoviePass was that Helios and Matheson couldn’t convert on its attention-grabbing strategy. But when you can convert, it makes all the difference.

In 1998, there wasn’t really a term for what Netflix did, but in 2010, a guy named Sean Ellis came up with a term for it: growth hacking.

“The right growth hacker will have a burning desire to connect your target market with your must have solution,” Ellis wrote. “They must have the creativity to figure out unique ways of driving growth in addition to testing/evolving the techniques proven by other companies.”

Sometimes, a good growth hack might involve a distribution strategy that stays consistent over a number of years, like how Dropbox gives away free space if you get referrals to sign up using your code. Other times, it’s a matter of taking something happening right now and exploiting it, cleverly.

The latter is what Netflix did back in 1998. It might’ve been just the jump in attention they needed to remain a dominant force in our lives 22 years later.

Good thing at least some of the DVDs offered what was advertised.

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2018-04-04 01 MUSIC now

MUSIC

Brooklyn Vegan

Juliana Daugherty releasing debut LP on Western Vinyl (stream a track)

Beach House share "Dark Spring" off upcoming LP

Alex Cameron reteams w/ Jemima Kirke for "Studmuffin96″ video, expands tour

watch Scottibrains' (Boxed In, Dan Carey) disturbing "Sustained Threat" video

Petal announces new album 'Magic Gone,' shares "Better Than You"

Consquence of Sound

Elle Fanning is a punk-loving alien in new trailer for John Cameron Mitchell’s How To Talk To Girls At Parties: Watch

Beach House share video for new single “Dark Spring”: Watch

Melody’s Echo Chamber announces new album, Bon Voyage, shares “Breathe In, Breathe Out” video: Watch

Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival adds Van Morrison, Neil Young, Margo Price for second leg

Ranking: Every Stanley Kubrick Film from Worst to Best

Fact Magazine

Ash Koosha releases new album AKTUAL

Sim Hutchins announces new album Clubeighteen2thirty

Autechre announce four day NTS Radio residency

David Stubbs charts history of electronic music in new book Mars By 1980

Mutable Instruments reveals new random sampler module, Marbles

Fluxblog

Talk About The Findings

Hohner Eko Taktron Arp

One Two Let Me Go

Shower Me In Symphonies

Fifth-Dimensional Views

Idolator

Cardi B Hosts A Wild Party In Her Sexy “Bartier Cardi” Video

She’s Coming! Carly Rae Jepsen Teases A New Song Called “This Love Isn’t Crazy”

Sabrina Claudio Returns With Sexy Bedroom Anthem “All To You”

Dua Lipa Teams Up With Calvin Harris For New Single “One Kiss”

Demi Lovato & Luis Fonsi Perform “Échame La Culpa” Live For The First Time

Listen to This

Path - There's Room on the Hill [indie rock experimental] (2017)

Liquid Monk -- On the Rocks [Soul / Hip-hop] (2017)

P.Y.T. - Deep Down [Pop]

The Tiger Lillies -- Vagina [dark cabaret]

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band — I Won’t Hurt You [psychedelic rock]

Popjustice

New Music Good Friday: Post Precious! Dragonette! CHVRCHES!

NONONO’s new one is v excellent and here’s the video

New Music Friday: all hail Let’s Eat Grandma’s miniature pop symphony

Paloma Faith’s branded content is better than your branded content

Saluting the artwork for PRETTYMUCH’s Healthy

Reddit Music

The Specials - Ghost Town [Ska - Two Tone] Today is my reddit b-day (5 year anniversary), so here's one of my favorite songs of all time!

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) - [Pop/Rock]

[Spotify] - Is the music genres you most listen to feature/webpage still around?

A Tribe Called Quest vs Aphrodite - 1nce Again [Drum and Bass/Hip-Hop](1998)

Fat Freddy's Drop - Wandering Eye [Reggae]

Rolling Stone

High Times With the Black Beatles: Inside Rae Sremmurd's Wild Third Album

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Talks Convincing Taylor Swift to Re-Join Service

Jay-Z on His Mother Coming Out: 'I Was So Happy for Her That She Was Free'

Hear Elvis Presley's Rare, Stripped-Back Take of 'Suspicious Minds'

U-God Reps Wu-Tang Clan Around the World in 'Epicenter' Video

Slipped Disc

Maria-Joao Pires: I never had a good relationship with the piano

Biz news: IMG snatch conductor from HP

James Levine victim: I was silenced by the New Yorker

Jonas Kaufmann headlines Aids ball

Death of a US music director, 92

Spotify Blog

The Weeknd Drops Two New Music Videos Only on Spotify

Taylor Swift’s New Delicate Video Only on Spotify

Spotify Expands Secret Genius With the Launch of Studios

Spotify and Genius Team Up to Launch Déjà Vu Podcast, Hosted by Stereo Williams

Spotify Celebrates Black History Year-Round with Launch of Black History Is Happening Now

We Are the Music Makers

Anyone know how to make some of the tracks from bojack horsemans them song?

Any good podcast out there in regards to making music?

What piece of gear was your game-changer? What gave you the best boost to workflow/inspiration/etc., that you can no longer live without?

Seeking audio interface with many inputs

Learn to mix myself or hire an expert?

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Bluemountain Capital Management Has Lowered Grace W R & Co Del New (GRA) Position By $2.04 Million; Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) Sentiment Is 1.11

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., a mining and natural resources company, produces and supplies iron ore. The company has market cap of $2.02 billion. The firm operates four iron ore mines in Michigan and Minnesota; and Koolyanobbing iron ore mining complex located in Western Australia. It has a 31.28 P/E ratio. It sells its products to integrated steel companies and steel producers in the United States and the Asia Pacific.

Bluemountain Capital Management Llc decreased Grace W R & Co Del New (GRA) stake by 69.77% reported in 2017Q2 SEC filing. Bluemountain Capital Management Llc sold 28,755 shares as Grace W R & Co Del New (GRA)’s stock declined 0.67%. The Bluemountain Capital Management Llc holds 12,460 shares with $897,000 value, down from 41,215 last quarter. Grace W R & Co Del New now has $4.88 billion valuation. The stock decreased 1.73% or $1.27 during the last trading session, reaching $72.04. About 784,754 shares traded or 6.58% up from the average. W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) has declined 6.22% since December 3, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 22.92% the S&P500.

The stock increased 2.40% or $0.16 during the last trading session, reaching $6.82. About 12.92M shares traded or 23.79% up from the average. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) has risen 122.26% since December 3, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 105.56% the S&P500.

Ratings analysis reveals 0 of Cliffs Natural Resources’s analysts are positive. Out of 2 Wall Street analysts rating Cliffs Natural Resources, 0 give it “Buy”, 0 “Sell” rating, while 2 recommend “Hold”. CLF was included in 2 notes of analysts from October 13, 2016. The company was maintained on Thursday, October 13 by FBR Capital. On Monday, November 14 the stock rating was upgraded by Morgan Stanley to “Equal-Weight”.

Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors Llc holds 5.31% of its portfolio in Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. for 1.82 million shares. Goldentree Asset Management Lp owns 3.11 million shares or 4.89% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Tegean Capital Management Llc has 4.74% invested in the company for 1.25 million shares. The United Kingdom-based Horseman Capital Management Ltd has invested 1.36% in the stock. Taylor Asset Management Inc, a Ontario – Canada-based fund reported 595,200 shares.

Analysts await Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE:CLF) to report earnings on February, 8. They expect $0.25 EPS, down 39.02% or $0.16 from last year’s $0.41 per share. CLF’s profit will be $74.12 million for 6.82 P/E if the $0.25 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.36 actual EPS reported by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -30.56% negative EPS growth.

Bluemountain Capital Management Llc increased Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK) stake by 16,954 shares to 18,137 valued at $1.83M in 2017Q2. It also upped Anadarko Pete Corp (NYSE:APC) stake by 48,354 shares and now owns 49,612 shares. Avnet Inc (NYSE:AVT) was raised too.

Among 14 analysts covering W. R. Grace & Co (NYSE:GRA), 9 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 64% are positive. W. R. Grace & Co had 26 analyst reports since August 3, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Outperform” rating by Robert W. Baird on Tuesday, February 7. The company was maintained on Thursday, October 26 by KeyBanc Capital Markets. KeyBanc Capital Markets maintained the shares of GRA in report on Friday, September 1 with “Buy” rating. Jefferies maintained W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) on Thursday, August 31 with “Hold” rating. As per Thursday, December 10, the company rating was initiated by BB&T Capital. Seaport Global Securities initiated the shares of GRA in report on Tuesday, September 13 with “Neutral” rating. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Credit Suisse given on Thursday, March 24. Goldman Sachs downgraded the shares of GRA in report on Thursday, June 8 to “Neutral” rating. The company was maintained on Monday, March 7 by Macquarie Research. The stock of W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) earned “Neutral” rating by Tigress Financial on Monday, August 3.

Analysts await W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) to report earnings on February, 14. They expect $0.96 EPS, up 1.05% or $0.01 from last year’s $0.95 per share. GRA’s profit will be $65.06M for 18.76 P/E if the $0.96 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.90 actual EPS reported by W. R. Grace & Co. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 6.67% EPS growth.

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Zajok a nappaliból – Traxelektor 2018 - Összegzések II.

Kétezertizennyolc elektronikus zenei undergroundjának legtöbbet hallgatott és legérdekesebbnek ítélt művei három halmazba sorolva.

I.Main

ASC – Cerulean Retina.it & Plaster – Amphrysia Redshape - Blink (Original Mix) Elektro Guzzi – Compas Eric Copeland - Neckbone (Cooper Saver Remix) Fischerspooner - Have Fun Tonight GusGus – Featherlight Inigo Kennedy – Magma Kris Baha - Notion Of Dismay Nathan Fake – Arcaibh Nathan Fake – Sunder Pris - 17-17 Der Dritte Raum - Visitors (Original Mix) Luke Vibert – Arcadia Luke Vibert – Phlacid Slam – Mellifluous ASC - Vortex Ring Imre Kiss – Love Jimmy Edgar -Burn So Deep ft. DAWN (Extended Mix) PanTone - Booya Boy (Original Mix) Paul St. Hilaire & Rhauder - Redeem (Soulphiction Reconstruction) Talaboman - Brutal Chugga Chugga (L.B. Dub Corp Remix) Tapan - Europa (Timothy J Fairplay Remix) Thievery Corporation feat. Racquel Jones - Letter to the Editor (Thievery Remix) Blawan – Careless Galcher Lustwerk – Wristbands Luke Vibert – Turn Daniel Avery – Projector E-Saggila - Striving For Action Jensen Interceptor - Route E Lucy – Tarkomania Redshape - LoveInsanity (Original Mix) The Micronauts - Acid Party (Original Mix) Underworld & Iggy Pop - Bells and Circles I Cube - Fractal P Death In Vegas - Witchdance Dub Die Orangen - Yaranabe (Live Mix) Ken Ishii - Malfunction Manipulation (Funk D'void Remix) Marcel Dettmann & Silent Servant - The Bond Teste – Lyubov Tony Allen & Jeff Mills feat Carl Hancock Rux - The Night Watcher Underworld & Iggy Pop - Get Your Shirt Vril – Riese The Orb - The End of the End The Orb feat Hollie Cook - Rush Hill Road Overmono - Daisy Chain Pascal FEOS - F & L (Original Mix) Phil Western - Fear of Intimacy Roisin Murphy - World's Crazy Anthony Rother – Brahmall Art of Tones - Rainbow Song (2018 Rework) Felix Da Housecat & Kristin Velvet - Uneducated Thief (Louie Vega Remix) Khidja - Haetrin (John Talabot’s Late Remix) Lake Haze - Hydro Blast Pearson Sound - Our Spirits Soar Slam - Athenaeum 47.20.991 Youth & Gaudi - The Four Horsemen of Dub Desert Sound Colony - Fast Life

II. Move!

Black Merlin – 12515 Leiras - 33 Degree Headless Horseman – Gravity Pinch - AHH FFF SSS Rrose & Lucy - Inverted Limb Acronym - Planetary Boundaries ASC - Gravity Distortion Fixmer - The God Jensen Interceptor - Horner Acid Octave One presents Random Noise Generation - (Age Of) Endustry (Original Mix) Surgeon - The Primary Clear Light Surgeon - The Vibratory Waves Of External Unity ASC - Dimensional Rift Blawan – Klade Developer - Frozen Shadow (Original Mix) Inigo Kennedy – Shudder Phase Fatale & Silent Servant – Confess Shinedoe vs 2000 and One - World of Acid (Shinedoe Remix) Broken English Club - Funny Games Dasha Rush - Time Coil Echologist – Dispatch Ground – Logos Jensen Interceptor feat. Kirin J Callinan - Delayed Response LB Dub Corp feat. Aurelie Yung – Edge Ancient Methods feat. Regis - Array The Troops Cub - Seeing From Above Giant Swan - High Waisted Leiras & Svreca - Naacal (400PPM Remix) Juan Sanchez - Fokus (Matrixxman & Echologist Remix) Matrixxman & Echologist - Expiration (Juan Sanchez Remix) Pris - Velvet Lips (Original Mix) Underworld & Iggy Pop – Trapped Vril – Paradiqma Acronym - Burgundy Soul Clouds - Eclipser «Neurealm Ultra Signal» (Clouds Remix) Exium - Non-Cellular Life (Original mix) Frak - Tarpaulin (Original Mix) Marcel Dettmann - Autumn77 Marcel Dettmann - Test-File Shinedoe - Mutant Frequencies Gary Beck - Bone Jacked Handbraekes – Intertwo Pearson Sound - Rubble The Micronauts - Polymorphous Pervert

III. Special

Meat Beat Manifesto – Lurker Tapan – Bogovi Tomaga - Fist to Fist Tomaga - Memory in Vivo Exposure, Pt. 1 & 2 Primitive World - Matrix of the Visible Primitive World - Space, Movement and Light Recondite – Daemmerlicht Recondite – Lichtung Acronym - Hydraulic Fracturing Alva Noto - Uni Blue Alva Noto - Uni Normal Arte Moderno - Soy Feliz Biosphere - De Doornboom Biosphere - Rovertse Heide Edit Select & Claudio PRC – Contacts Hieroglyphic Being - The Red Notes Low Jack - Raid Leader Low Jack - They Rule Mouse on Mars - Dimensional People Part II. Mouse on Mars - Sidney In A Cup Solar Fields - Parallel Universe Caterina Barbieri - Virgo Rebellion Fluxion - Another Side Imre Kiss - You And Me Are The Same Marco Shuttle - Lux et Sonus Sigur Ros - 64o02'44.1N 16o10'48.5W Talaboman - Dins El Llit (Superpitcher Remix) The Future Sound Of London - Old Empire Actress & London Contemporary Orchestra – Hubble Daedelus - Pulse Width Fluxion - Poise (Original Mix) Funki Porcini - The Mulberry Files Gas - Rausch 5 Inigo Kennedy – Oblivion Lucrecia Dalt – Edge The Black Dog - Black Daisy Wheel Transformations - Bona Fide Pt. 1. Chris Liebing feat. Gary Numan & Ralf Hildenbeutel - Polished Chrome (The Friend Pt 1) Jon Hassell – Dreaming Mika Vainio & Vigroux – Brume Soundwalk Collective – L’ Impossible du Possible Aphex Twin - T69 Collapse Cub - Primitive Sleep Die Orangen - Metal Man (Tapan Remix) Leiras & Svreca - Tilling Ceramics (Volte-Face Remix) Neil Tolliday - Koskaan Herätä Psychic TV - Thee Whale The Black Dog - Literal Optical Slant The Black Dog - We Must Repeat (Fake News RMX) The Orb & Jah Wobble- Doughnuts Forever The Residents - Freaky Wake Tomaga - Breakfast at the Volcano Tony Allen & Jeff Mills - Locked And Loaded Tony Allen & Jeff Mills - The Seed Vril – Haus Delroy Edwards & Dean Blunt - Desert Session - Audio Track 07 DJ Boring & Stanley Schmidt - Stay Young Heinali - Rainbow Folding Neneh Cherry – Kong Phil Western - Requiem for Love Samantha Glass - Carriers of the Wind Scuba - Rolling Hitch Teresa Winter - For Murder Best Available Technology - Nick and Kev Set Controls For The Waning Moon E-Saggila — Glass Wing Khidja - Kraftfeld (Lena Willikens Remix) Laurel Halo & Hodge - The Light Within You Panda Bear – Cranked Rapoon ‎– Na Ru Slam - Athenaeum 05.09.059