Archive - MUSIC x

✘ 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 •

November 2024

✘ In defence of music as poor media

And: More Indian artists on the world stage?; Resale caps & dynamic pricing; AI in music marketing; Networked cooperative ecosystems; The Cure into…

Nov 14, 2024 •

October 2024

✘ Gender, metadata, music, and tech

And: Universal strikes AI training deal; The unauthorized repair of the world; How big can music merch get?

Oct 31, 2024 •

✘ Navigating the future through music and tech

And: How AI can help reshape the music industry; Where You At raises £2.5m for nightlife security; Timbaland x Suno; Brands after Vibes; Latent…

Oct 24, 2024 •

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✘Fragments in Ecstacy

Let’s use our shattered digital world to make meaning.

Oct 17, 2024 •

Tristra/ T Newyear

✘ TikTok eats the music industry for breakfast

And: TikTok's squeeze on indie labels; Burn the playbooks; Does live music need an upgrade; Do Androids dream of Balenciaga SS29

Oct 11, 2024 •

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