Archive - MUSIC x

February 2025

✘ AI as a Game Piece, or the tool is the medium

And: Sound and music affect the way we eat; Prototyping social forms of care; Is AI making us dumb?; Remastering royalties; The future of the internet…

Feb 27 •

✘ Diversity to Inclusion - Kendrick Lamar and Chineke!

And: Casual viewing; Longevity for music-tech companies; Cultural resilience in Kosovo; Adjusting the music compass; State of gamification

Feb 20 •

✘ Let’s stop talking about emerging technologies

And: Labelling AI music; Lucian Grainge's 2025 memo; The strategic acquisitions of 2024; Spotify and UMG rigged the game a long time ago

Feb 6 •

January 2025

✘ Rip, Mix, Burn - redux

And: Data Capitalism + Algorithmic Racism; Meming patronage into existence; Copyright under siege; Ideas to keep your music scene alive; DeepSeek FAQ

Jan 30 •

✘ 2025: The Year of Culture (and Why You Should Care)

And: Music industry as a field of cultural production; Boiler Room sold again; GEMA sues Suno; UMG to dual list in the US?

Jan 23 •

Charlotte Caleb

✘ The context paradox: bias in the AI and creativity debate

And: A Sense of Rebellion; Manifesto for the Environmental Ecology Lab

Jan 16 •

✘ Mood Machines, superfans, and music culture that sucks

And: The music-tech ownership ouroboros; The ghosts in the machine; The ugly truth about Spotify

Jan 9 •

December 2024

✘ The Power of Visual Storytelling in a Fast-Paced World

Why there’s still space for immersive visuals in today’s content-saturated culture.

Dec 19, 2024 •

✘ Digital libraries and the future of music preservation

And: 600+ musicians signing letter against labels' Internet Archive suit; existential copyright trolling in books+music; rising threats to fan privacy…

Dec 12, 2024 •

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✘ Music inside video games - rights & discovery

And: A directory of inspiration; How do you relax; Human creators at risk of Gen AI; Rage against the machine; When fan-made content eclipses original…

Dec 5, 2024 •

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