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So you want to dissect an album with a room full of strangers. Good. That's where the real learning happens — when someone points out the snare sample...
You've just finished listening to a new album that's got everyone talking. Your Discord server is buzzing, the subreddit is heating up, and someone su...
So you've heard about Community Album Autopsies—maybe you've even run one. The idea sounds good: get a group together, dissect an album track by track...
You've probably seen a fan forum explode over a new album — someone posts a track-by-track breakdown, others pile on with hot takes, and pretty soon y...
A few of us on Playrium.xyz started doing album autopsies as a way to understand why records hit or miss. No grand plan. Just curiosity. Then a reader...
You write a thoughtful review on Playrium.xyz. Someone DMs you: 'Love your ear for assembly. Want to collab?' That is the shift we are after — from an...
It started on a Tuesday night in March 2021. I was 27, working a retail job that paid just enough to keep my student loans at bay, and running a side ...
You have a hot album autopsy on your hands. The data says this take will explode. But your gut whispers: is it fair? Welcome to the tension every comm...
A few weeks ago, I got a message from a stranger. They thanked me for my autopsy of Kid A on Playrium. Said their professor used it in a lecture on mi...
You've written fifty album reviews. They're fine. But when a hiring manager at a label or streaming service scrolls your blog, they see the same block...
You sit down with headphones, ready to listen. Your friend has sent you their new album—six months of late nights, mixing doubts, and a few hundred do...
You finish a 5,000-word autopsy of a 1997 indie-rock deep cut. You post it on your community blog, expecting maybe 200 views from fellow obsessives. T...