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Daily Edit | Feb 26
Norman D. Loco, community radio stations, and how money actually flows through the music industry in 2026
Radio Edit Team
February 26, 2026
Rooted in luminous lo-fi psych pop circulations – much like the scratched-up prettiness of feeble little horse – ‘i want a beer’ resembles a music that has been churned up and reconstituted over and over, its mangled remnants then hand-stitched together to form a mesmeric and bespoke piece of art. Each section of the track is marking a whole new territory from the last – a whacked-out effect here, a rocking fuzz section here; enjoying one lead vocalist, try a second! And inflating all these beguiling patchwork aesthetics, the lyrics are also wildly scattered, ranging from the morose, to the benign, from the throwaway, the philosophical, to the plain absurd: (“do you want a lighter? // suddenly you’re a biter” is a crazy parting lyric). -So Young
2 / 26 / 2026
Headlines
How Money Actually Flows Through the Music Industry in 2026 [hypebot]
The community stations reshaping radio [the face]
Adobe Firefly’s video editor can now automatically create a first draft from footage [techcrunch]
The luxury industry has over-indexed on visibility. Few care and even fewer buy. [matter]
RECORDING ACADEMY
MEMBERSHIP DEADLINE
MARCH 1ST, 2026
With the Recording Academy's membership application deadline coming up in just a few days, we wanted to send over some broad strokes info on the process in case you or any of your clients are interested in voting for next year's Grammys.
Recording Academy Membership Process:
The first step for a new candidate is to have two fellow music professionals submit recommendation forms on a candidate's behalf. Each recommendation must be submitted via an easy online form: Current Academy members can submit their recommendations here, and non-members can submit their recs here.
It's important to note that the candidate's email on both recommendations must match.Once the two recommendations have been submitted, the candidate will receive an email to complete their profile - deadline is March 1, 2026.
Following a review by the Recording Academy's Peer Review panel, approved candidates will receive an invitation by mid-July to join the Academy.
FAQ
Who is eligible to be a voting member?
Voting Membership is for performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, instrumentalists, and other creators (art directors, mastering engineers, notes writers, etc.) actively working in the recording industry
Do you have to be an American to be a Grammy voter
No, the Academy's membership is global
What are the requirements to be a member?
Each membership application will need to include:
Two strong recommendations from music industry peers. This requirement is waived for anyone who was nominated for or won a Grammy Award this past year (68th Grammy Awards).
Proof of a primary career focus in music (active marketing presence, tour dates, press, etc.)
Twelve commercially distributed credits in a single creative field (artist, songwriter, producer, etc). At least five of these credits must be from within the last five years.
Do the two letters of recommendation need to come from Academy members?
No, they can be from any music peer
When is the deadline to submit a membership application?
March 1st, 2026
How much does membership cost?
$150 / yr
