Anil Prasad

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Anil Prasad created Innerviews, one of the Internet's first online music magazines. It initially launched in 1994.

Innerviews

Innerviews delivers in-depth interviews that Prasad says "enable artists to speak at length about topics that matter to them." The magazine features a wide variety of genres, including rock, jazz, world music, pop, hip-hop, and folk. Innerviews is acclaimed by many musicians for its detailed, research-based approach.

Work

Prasad’s writing has also appeared in Guitar Player, Bass Player, Frets, JazzTimes, Relix, All About Jazz, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). In addition, Innerviews content is used as part of the UCLA School of Music's course curriculum.

Interviews

Innerviews features more than 250 of Prasad's interviews with artists including Will Ackerman, Afro Celt Sound System, Tori Amos, Ian Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Animal Logic, Joseph Arthur, Asian Dub Foundation, Adrian Belew, Pierre Bensusan, Jeff Berlin, Luka Bloom, Alain Caron, Sheila Chandra, Michel Cusson, Al Di Meola, Eels, Fairport Convention, Larry Fast, Béla Fleck, Rory Gallagher, Fareed Haque, Michael Hedges, Jonas Hellborg, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Holland, Steve Howe, Karsh Kale, Mick Karn, Mike Keneally, Leo Kottke, Bill Laswell, Tony Levin, Massive Attack, Loreena McKennitt, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Russell Mills, Steve Morse, No-Man, Orbital, Jean-Luc Ponty, Porcupine Tree, Trevor Rabin, William Shatner, Dave Swarbrick, David Sylvian, Miroslav Tadic, Talking Heads, Richard Thompson, David Torn, Ralph Towner, Miroslav Vitous, Victor Wooten, and Yes.

Book

Prasad is the author of the best-selling book Innerviews: Music Without Borders. The eBook edition hit #1 on iTunes’ Arts & Entertainment and Music charts. The book features interviews with 24 musicians who share thoughts on the creative process, their careers and aspirations, conflicts and collaborations, and the challenges of today's music business. Artists profiled in the book include Björk, Stanley Clarke, Ani DiFranco, Béla Fleck, Bill Laswell, John McLaughlin, Public Enemy, David Sylvian, and Tangerine Dream. Cover art is by Andy Rinehart. The book has been reviewed by media outlets worldwide. "Prasad gets artists to share their deepest thoughts about a wide range of topics, from spiritual inspiration and motives to compositional methods. A fascinating look at the thinking of contemporary artists," said The Christian Science Monitor. "The book sets the bar for getting musicians to speak candidly and thoughtfully about their work and relation to the world,” wrote The Ottawa Citizen.

Appearances in Other Books

Prasad’s work has been quoted in more than two-dozen music books, including In a Silent Way: A Portrait of Joe Zawinul by Brian Glasser, In The Court of King Crimson by Sid Smith, On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno by David Sheppard, and So What: The Life of Miles Davis by John Szwed.

Music Industry Criticism

Prasad is an outspoken critic of several music industry practices, most notably Internet streaming policies engaged in by companies such as Spotify and MOG. He is the author of a presentation titled "The Economic Reality of Streaming for Musicians" that examines the history of streaming, the artist royalty rates involved, and their negative impact on artists' livelihoods. Prasad has also criticized recording contracts, in particular copyright and master ownership clauses, and is an advocate of artists retaining the entirety of copyright in their own works.

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