✖️ Innovation in classical music 🎻 Music & video's changing relation 📺 Google's AI invents new sounds 🤖
Hey everyone,
I had a great time at Classical:NEXT last week – peep the lead article for some of the interesting startups I met there.
No shortage of fascinating reads this week. Switched the categories up a bit to fit everything in. <3
Keep the MIDEM recommendations coming!
Love,
Bas
From me, for you
Four innovations in classical music
Some of the innovative projects and products I met with (or shared a stage with) at Classical:NEXT.
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Pioneering the relation of music and video: a look at the innovators
Music and video became intertwined in the late 20th century. Now, in a digital reality, what is the combined future of the two?
Personalities
Spotify's Troy Carter concedes artists aren't being paid enough by streaming services
His point being: “We need to reconfigure the value chain.“
Music Business Worldwide interviews Jimmy Iovine
Interesting read about the founder of Interscope, Beats By Dre, and Beats Music (now Apple Music). Gives his perspective on what’s important in the music business now, and how he got to where he is with the advice of John Lennon and others.
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Landmrk steers NY Shakira fans to pop-up performance
Landmrk is the Pokémon Go-like app for collecting music from real-world locations. The chart-topping superstar rewarded devoted fans in New York with the unlocking of the ultimate treasure: herself.
Beyond streaming
Blockchain and music data's byzantine problem
Most blockchain articles regurgitate the same old points of discussion, but this one’s actually worth your time, even when you’ve already read all the others.
Can Ticketmaster’s anti-bot assault fix its most infuriating problem?
“Verified Fan” fights scalper bots to make those Harry Styles tickets easier to snag—but there’s still room for improvement.
Tech as a creative instrument for music (podcast)
Sound artist Kathy Hinde and computer artist Matthew Olden AKA I Am The Mighty Jungulator talk about creative ways of using tech as a musical tool
Wide view
Google’s AI invents sounds humans have never heard before
Using math to create thousands of new musical instruments.
The 1920s technology that changed popular music forever
How the rise of radio sent the record industry into crisis. Dropping record sales dropped 80 percent in 1926 alone. And how the industry found a way to turn the recording from an elitist into a mass product.
The outrageous (and totally necessary) lengths TV and film creators will go to to prevent leaks
From Stranger Things to Game of Thrones to Twin Peaks… all have developed extensive methods to keep their secrets.. uhm.. secret.
Go the extra mile
WATCH: A young Frank Zappa turns the bicycle into a musical instrument 🚲
Applying language analysis to the way VCs’ talk about female entrepreneurs 👩💻
Germany’s new concert temples: concert halls are a special thing 🏛️
Google is launching a cloud computing service giving everyone access to its newly designed AI chip ☁️
The insidious class divide in music teaching 👩🏫
Creators are flocking to Patreon for monetization 💰
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📰 Last week: How to gamify your fanbase 👾 Playlists are social media 🎶📱 Festivals going geek 🤓💃
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