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Why small markets have weak domestic repertoire: A hypothesis

Why do international hits dominate the charts of local markets in so many places that we go to? Why can’t the local domestic market seem to…

Jun 19, 2023

Jun 19, 2023

Peng Sing

Small Scenes & Symbolic Boundaries

This passage is written from the perspective of someone who is a stakeholder in the Singapore music scene.

Jan 15, 2022

Jan 15, 2022

Peng Sing

What is “low class music” and why it matters?

I came across this wonderful video Rich sociological commentary on how certain types of electronic music constitutes “low class”, or what…

Oct 21, 2020

What is “low class music” and why it matters?

Oct 21, 2020

Peng Sing

Social Distance, Cruelty, and Racism during COVID-19

The term “social distancing” is really a misnomer: When most of us participate in social distancing we are far from being socially distant…

Apr 19, 2020

Social Distance, Cruelty, and Racism during COVID-19

Apr 19, 2020

Peng Sing

Top Hits and Pop Optimism

Research suggests top hits are becoming more homogeneous. With the industry stabilizing around streaming, could there be hope?

May 27, 2018

May 27, 2018

Peng Sing

On popular music, ethnicity, and power

I was reading an article from a 1986 issue of BigO which described Jimi Hendrix as a rock musician. My first instinct was to google “Is…

Apr 8, 2018

Apr 8, 2018

Peng Sing

MaSiWei’s Refresh and the Chinese millennial plight

On Christmas day last year, 88rising released a music video directed by Adrian Actually for the song Refresh by MaSiWei, a members of the…

Jan 21, 2018

MaSiWei’s Refresh and the Chinese millennial plight

Jan 21, 2018

Peng Sing

Ramblings: Music & Authorship

In the process of distributing music independently to platforms like Spotify and iTunes through my online aggregator, I noticed something…

Oct 26, 2017

Oct 26, 2017

Peng Sing

When Watching a Concert Costs More Than Money

With Taylor Swift’s latest release, we now have a Spectacular case study of how technology, capitalism, and the music industry are…

Aug 28, 2017

Aug 28, 2017

Peng Sing

Why Arts Funding is Important, especially in Singapore

This week, an ex-Nominated Member of Parliament named Calvin Cheng has been triggering the entire Singapore arts community for suggesting…

Jul 29, 2017

Jul 29, 2017

Peng Sing

Peng Sing

Currently on government service. Sociology, music industry, and pop culture. Founder of indie label, musician in www.clubmildclubmild.com.

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