TOP POSTS – Last week’s most-read: ASCAP takes on BMI • Stop chasing streams • Live Nation’s pay gap • moreCatch up on what everybody has been talking about with this week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from a powerful song causing controversy, ASCAP throwing shade on BMI, to rich. Continue reading
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Mac DeMarco isn’t a fan of the “feature culture” in music production: “It’s kind of gross”Mac DeMarco has had his say on the prevailing trend of music collaborations, labelling the current excessive “feature culture” as “kind of gross”.

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In a new interview with MusicTech, the One Wayne G creator discusses collaborations and why he and Kenny Beats get on so well on a musical level.
“The whole ‘feature culture’ that we’re living in nowadays is kind of gross to me,” he says in the interview. “It’s like, people put out records that are just all features. I don’t know; I’m happy to record with my friends, but for me to actually artistically write that kind of material can be tough. Especially in the scenario that collaboration usually comes about now, it’s like, ‘yo pull up on the studio, let’s work!’ I’m like, ‘What the fuck?’”
There is one collaboration DeMarco is happy to shout about though, and that’s with producer Kenny Beats. The Canadian added vocals and guitar to Kenny Beats’ 2022 track, Family Tree and is credited as a producer and engineer on MusicTech’s Album Of The Year in 2022, Kenny’s LOUIE.

“I love Kenny. He’s one of my good friends. I absolutely love this man.” He says.
“I have a nice collaborative experience with Kenny actually – he’s deeply interesting to me. The ground that he covers, musically… Like, he’s always interested in something new, and the genre doesn’t really matter to him, he’s down for whatever. He’s an interesting guy. I’m glad that he’s in my zone.”
“I think the collaboration works in some worlds, like in the beatmaking world and in other different [areas] of music, and it’s great. This is the way that I am but then I’ll be in a studio and a rapper will come through and just be able to, like, fucking unload onto the microphone I’m like, ‘How the fuck do you do that?’ It’s crazy.”
In related news, MusicTech spoke to Benny Sings recently too, who collaborated with Kenny Beats for his album, Young Hearts.
Check out Mac DeMarco, mammoth 199-track album, One Wayne G, via Bandcamp.
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“They’re cheap pieces of sh*t with crappy electronics”: Mac DeMarco on why he’s axed guitar pedals from his recording setupIf you’re a guitarist reading this, prepare for some emotional damage. Artist and producer Mac DeMarco has boldly stated that he absolutely can’t stand guitar pedals.
The multi-instrumentalist confessed his disdain for the classic effects that so many guitarists can’t live without while discussing how he has streamlined his recording process, and has stopped buying gear.

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DeMarco’s most recent album, One Wayne G, features over 119 tracks. Yes, that’s over eight hours of music and most of the tracks consist of numbered dates with only a few having actual worded titles. So it’s fair to say he’s not one to do things conventionally.
In his new digital cover feature with MusicTech, DeMarco explained why he decided to axe pedals from his setup in the studio: “I was just talking to my sound guy. I was sitting around the table outside and I was telling him how much I hate guitar pedals,” he says.
“They’re stupid. They’re cheap pieces of shit with crappy electronics. It’s just crap in the path. I don’t like crap. I don’t care if it makes you sound like Jimi Hendrix or whatever. I don’t want it. I don’t want it! It just stresses me out thinking about it,” he confesses.
“And the cables that people use in between them. Oh, man. And then the power – crappy. Everything’s crappy. It’s just crappy. And I don’t want them crapping up my shit. No crap.”

For his recent live shows in support of album Five Easy Hot Dogs, he did however have a small pedalboard that consisted of just a tuner, a vibrato pedal and an impulse response effect for his acoustic guitar. “Yeah, no more pedals,” he concludes. “All the pedals should be put in a big pile and we should light ‘em on fire.”
Read the full cover feature on MusicTech.
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Getting It Done: Last week in D.I.Y. & Indie MusicLast week, our tips and advice for the independent, do-it-yourselfers out there covered how to set up a professional photoshoot, how to get into music sampling, and more… A guide. Continue reading
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REWIND: The new music industry’s week in reviewA busy week by any definition, the music industry was no exception, with ASCAP throwing shade at BMI, on-demand streaming finally beating radio, and more… Live Nation’s Rapino enjoys widest. Continue reading
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