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Work With Blink-182, Lollapalooza & Champion, Creative Sauce from T-Pain & Mad Keys, New Music & More!

WHAT IS IT THE WAVES?! (ahem)

Anyways, we have a ton of cool information and opportunities for you, including a new section called “Creative Sauce” where we share tips & resources from creatives around the web!

Let’s get into it…

Community Notes

  • Join us tomorrow for Future Surf Radio Ep. 174

  • Share what you’re working on in our “Work In Progress” chat

  • Get text notifications with relevant updates on events & drops

  • WIVVE drops new “MELANATED” mix, listen here

  • Support the BABYOIL Fund - One of our favorite DJs had his equipment stolen over the weekend and we are coming together to help him get back in action.

If you have something you’d like to be included in the community notes section text it to us here!

INDUSTRY TEA

SXSW Cuts Ties With US ARMY, But Is That Enough?

SXSW has ditched its relationships with the US Army and a bunch of weapons manufacturers, which has been positively received across the industry. But if those sponsors are a problem, what about SXSW’s ties to the Saudi Arabian government via its majority owner Penske Media Corporation?

TIME x OpenAI

A new licensing deal gives OpenAI access to Time Inc.'s archives from the last 101 years.

Meta Data as Explained By Brian Zisook

CREATIVE SAUCE

  • T-Pain speaks on distancing yourself from vanity metrics (link)

  • Mad Keys drops his custom plug-in for Ableton users (link)

  • Getting booked for festivals isn’t a complete mystery after all (link)

  • Blogs digging deeper with music, by Arabbitshole (link)

NEW WAVS

Future Surf Selects Playlist

The FSR Selects playlist features picks from our staff and select songs curated from submissions to our weekly radio show. Best enjoyed on shuffle. 🔀

Recently added:

Yung Rio, an artist we got familiar with through his older brother Miles Ryan Harris, recorded “cell music” on his headphone mic while in prison.

This music is amazing, and we are grateful that he was able to express himself and share it with the world.

Read this message from Yung Rio and listen to cell music:

FREE RIO

More Albums to Check Out:

Open Calls, Grants, & Residencies for Creatives

Lollapalooza and Blink-182 Cover Song Campaign 

In honor of the INKBOX collaboration with Travis Barker, artists are invited to create a one-minute video covering part of a Blink-182 song in their own unique style.

To submit, email your video to [email protected]. Every artist that submits will be included in the campaign, and INKBOX will select the best videos to feature on their Instagram with 1.5M followers. Who knows, Blink-182 might repost your video too!

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