27 articles from the Videojam editorial team.
The words 'royalty-free' and 'Creative Commons' get thrown around constantly and mean very different things. A clear, jargon-free guide to what you can actually use, and how.
Jun 3, 2026
The thirty seconds a booker spends on your page decides everything. Here's what they're really evaluating — and how to pass the test most artists fail without knowing it.
Jun 2, 2026
One of the most famous vocals of the 90s belonged to a singer who was left off the credits and replaced by a model in the video. How Martha Wash fought back — and changed the law.
Jun 1, 2026
An electronic press kit is the difference between a booker taking you seriously and never replying. A practical guide to building a video-first EPK that actually gets you booked.
Jun 1, 2026
YouTube is the world's largest music video library and one of its worst places to actually discover music. On the difference between a warehouse and a record store.
May 31, 2026
Autoplay promises endless discovery and delivers a slow drift into sameness. On why the feature that never lets you stop is quietly the enemy of actually finding anything.
May 30, 2026
Recommendation engines are extraordinary at keeping you watching and terrible at showing you something that matters. A case for the old, human, unscalable art of curation.
May 29, 2026
Angular, ironic, art-school strange — new wave built a visual identity so distinct it escaped the music entirely. A look at the look that refused to stay in its decade.
May 28, 2026
The drowning legend behind 'In the Air Tonight' (and why it's false), the time Phil Collins outran the clock on Concorde to play Live Aid twice in one day, and how a drummer became an accidental superstar.
May 27, 2026
Jazz rarely gets the conceptual music video treatment — and that turns out to be its strength. On the quiet art of simply pointing a camera at musicians who are listening to each other.
May 24, 2026