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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. Moby would be the first person to admit he was always the unlikeliest of pop stars.

Moby has admitted that the American audience for his music has shrunk over the last few years. The 'Lift Me Up' star is currently prepping the release of his tenth studio album Destroyed, which is due ...

"Moby! Moby! Over here!" the photogs shout, and the artist, hands deep in pockets that don't belong to him. obliges, sort of. Alone on the sidewalk, he shifts his tiny bald head to and fro. Click!

Moby live at Area 1 show during Moby Headlines AREA 1 in Mountain View, California, United States. (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage) This article originally appeared in the June 2002 issue of SPIN.

It takes weeks, even years, to write a song. NPR Music's Project Song challenges musicians to do it in just two days. And every Project Song participant has worked right up to the last minute — that ...