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Joe Hardy
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I like music. co-founder @sydneymusic.net.

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Wow it's almost like making a website designed to serve the needs and interests of your audience by being actually useful produces good outcomes!!
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
lol you know what doesn't have the juice?

(Bluesky, it's Bluesky)
December 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Boring old Web 1.0 websites have still got the juice!!

@sydneymusic.net just keeps on growing
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Just because you're doing the thing, doesn't mean the thing is being done
A common product trap is confusing activity with progress. Progress is hitting specific goals, like faster load times, growing usage or revenue.

Activity is work that feels productive like writing code or PRDs but doesn't guarantee results.

It’s important not to mistake output for outcomes.
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As with every week, I'll be on ABC Radio Sydney at 0935 AEDT to talk local gigs.

It's a record breaking week for us in terms of show volume, so there's a lot to get through!

Listen here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...
ABC Sydney Live Audio - ABC listen
Listen live, whenever you want, wherever you are with ABC Sydney.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Sold out in 24 hours! Blown away by the response. Very excited.
SYDNEY. Very excited to announce our second discussion on the viability of grassroots music culture, hosted in collaboration with Offbeat Collective.

No talks, no panels: just a full room discussion with whoever shows up.

Spaces *very* limited. RSVP essential.

events.humanitix.com/building-a-v...
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
RSVPs are 50% gone already
SYDNEY. Very excited to announce our second discussion on the viability of grassroots music culture, hosted in collaboration with Offbeat Collective.

No talks, no panels: just a full room discussion with whoever shows up.

Spaces *very* limited. RSVP essential.

events.humanitix.com/building-a-v...
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Record labels somewhat famously have never been in the morality business and somewhat more famously have always been in the “squeezing artists for profit until they burn out and die” business
Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
SYDNEY. Very excited to announce our second discussion on the viability of grassroots music culture, hosted in collaboration with Offbeat Collective.

No talks, no panels: just a full room discussion with whoever shows up.

Spaces *very* limited. RSVP essential.

events.humanitix.com/building-a-v...
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Phenomenal piece
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Speaking with Chris Taylor about QÄNTÄS DU SOL 😎 on ABC Sydney this morning
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I swear to god, the amount of wasted productivity waiting for AI prompts to come back, there is absolutely no way this is helping us.
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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I've had a weird life. Over 30 years I've worked with, but never for, governments both in Australia and abroad, at both national and semi-sovereign levels of jurisdiction. The one thing I've learned from experience is that THE only good governments are ones that are willing to upset vested interests
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 AM
As of 8:20am this morning, neither The Music or The Music Network had published anything about the ARIAs or the results, supposedly the biggest night in Australian music.

Am I allowed to say we don't have a functioning music media yet or is it still too soon?
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is tomorrow!
Melbourne! I'm in your city next Tues to co-host a community discussion with local DIY producer and organiser Kuya Neil.

We'll be exploring what makes a healthy grassroots music ecosystem, why things have gone a bit off the rails, and how to rebuild.

Presented by @sydneymusic.net + Sound School
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Michael Burry, known for his $1B bets against Palantir & Nvidia, is reportedly closing his hedge fund. He claims market fundamentals are divorced from stock prices, blaming the AI bubble.

I guess he's admitting the market can stay irrational longer than he can stay solvent.
‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry shuts down hedge fund
The asset manager famous for betting against the US housing market says stock prices are unhinged from fundamentals.
www.afr.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Melbourne! I'm in your city next Tues to co-host a community discussion with local DIY producer and organiser Kuya Neil.

We'll be exploring what makes a healthy grassroots music ecosystem, why things have gone a bit off the rails, and how to rebuild.

Presented by @sydneymusic.net + Sound School
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
*blinking*

?????
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.

Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Sydney's most comprehensive gig guide @sydneymusic.net needs your help to stay in the game!

Our popular "Music In Every Corner" t-shirts and tote bags are getting another run and will be shipping soon.

Pre-order yours today!
store.sydneymusic.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Here's the rate of increase for AI/LLM referrals to SydneyMusic.net this year. Shit's crazy. It's a real worry for website publishers.

We estimate these figures reflect around 1-3% of queried on chatbots for (in our case) "what gigs are on in Sydney?"
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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The independent web needs and deserves your support. And sites like Stereogum inspire everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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The Alpha Arena experiment gave six frontier models $10K each to trade crypto derivatives over two weeks: losses ranged from Qwen3 Max's $652 to GPT-5's $5,679 (Sebastian Pellejero/Reuters)

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November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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US small caps are up 0.5% y/y, worse than cash and bonds

and that includes dividends $IJR
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM