✖️ I'm done with Medium for now 🙅 Believe Digital & the value gap ⏩ Valuing attention with blockchain 🔗
Good times in Berlin last week with a lot of inspiring conversations, attending my first Algorave, and learning a thing or two about modular synths. Back to business as usual this week!
From the wider MxTxF community:
👉 Startup Sesame is looking for entertainment startups to enter their event accelerator program. (Learn more)
👉 New music business event in the UK: Sound Industry, hosted by Bristol Women in Music. Coming Thursday! Wish I could attend.
Love,
Bas
From me, for you
Why I’ve stopped publishing on Medium
You may have noticed that I’ve stopped sharing my Medium links in my newsletters recently. In this piece I explain how Medium lost my trust and what they can do to regain it (in short: we shouldn’t give up our relations with our audiences, unless platforms offer real value in return).
Digital music space
Spotify lets you listen to music for free, but you’re the real product
When does creepiness outweigh value in the increasing personalization of advertising and music recommendations?
'I don't see a YouTube value gap. Over 45% of our revenue from the platform is from UGC'
CEO & Founder of Believe Digital: “If you block music being used on user generated videos on YouTube, you’re blocking a source of revenue as well as the ability to reach new audiences who might stream the music elsewhere.”
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com • Share
Why Drake’s More Life is the new normal in streaming
Something between a mixtape and a normal release, that helps the artist’s teams gather data to form decisions for an upcoming more conventional release.
musicindustryblog.wordpress.com • Share
Beyond streaming
Infinite Music ∞ Makes It Last Forever
I love the topic of non-static music. It exists in many shapes and forms, like interactive or adaptive music. Infinite music releases music from the constraints of time and gives a record millions of potential outcomes which may take decades, or centuries, to listen through.
AI’s role in the future of music: a conversation with Amper CEO Drew Silverstein
An interview with Drew Silverstein, CEO of AI-powered music composition platform Amper Music, about how artificial intelligence will shape the future of music.
Google is letting celebs speak directly to fans via search results
Google is going to allow celebrities and organisations to “Post” status updates directly into search results. Specifically, it’s including “museums, sports teams, sports leagues, movies” and in Brazil: musicians.
Wide view
From the creator of Javascript and the co-founder of Mozilla and Firefox. A new way to value attention, basically: a blockchain-based ad network.
basicattentiontoken.org • Share
Can Instagram pods change the game for users?
Like-minded Instagrammers are forming secret groups to drive up likes and pull in followers — but do they work?
Don't Get Hacked - Product Hunt
Products to protect your accounts and devices. :-)
Fun
This 1983 documentary about early electronic music is eerily beautiful
I enjoy looking back a few decades and see what people were saying about technological innovations in that time. Not just what they say, but how they say it, with what words, in what context.
www.electronicbeats.net • Share
Gonzo Circuits: the synths of Peter B / Ciat-Lonbarde
The artistry that goes into current-day synth building. An amazing look into the work of Peter B, whose work is much appreciated in the modular synth scene. (via @jellea)
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