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Chris Dalla Riva

Chris Dalla Riva is a musician from New Jersey who works on analytics and personalization at Audiomack, a popular music streaming service. He posts about music and data on TikTok at @cdallarivamusic. Check out his new EP You Know I Can Be Dramatic.

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September 21, 2025

Stick To The Beat

How the drum machine, despite being a machine, proved just to have just enough heart to dominate the pop charts.

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