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βœ–οΈ What if Marilyn Manson was a YouTuber? πŸ’‘ The music streaming playlist economy πŸ“ˆ 1,000 subs! 🍾

Bas Grasmayer
Jan 23, 2017
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βœ–οΈ What if Marilyn Manson was a YouTuber? πŸ’‘ The music streaming playlist economy πŸ“ˆ 1,000 subs! 🍾

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A small milestone: MxTxF now counts 1,000 newsletter subscribers. πŸŽ‰ A perfect early birthday gift for the newsletter (first one went out on Feb 8). Thanks for joining!

Big edition this week. Loads of great articles and interesting news - in music and in tech. Enjoy!

Love,
Bas

From me, for you

What if Marilyn Manson was a YouTuber? Constructing your artist narrative in the digital age.

How to use your artist narrative to sustain attention over long periods of time.

medium.com β€’ Share

The music streaming playlist economy

Taking a look at music streaming playlists, from gatekeepers and business practices, to how playlists are influencing music itself.

blog.synchtank.com β€’ Share

Digital music space

How to measure the value of playlist placement

Getting your music placed in a popular playlist is one of the most valuable ways to get heard by thousands of fans. But not all playlists are created equal.

www.digitalmusicnews.com β€’ Share

Tidal will now let you edit the length and tempo of tracks

Music is about to become a lot less static. Important trend - surprised to see Tidal is the first major streaming service to let people influence tracks, despite Spotify having the brilliant Echo Nest team on board (who built the Infinite Jukebox). This trend will change the way we listen to, interact with, and create music.

www.theverge.com β€’ Share

TIDAL sells 33% stake for $200m to Softbank-owned telco Sprint

I guess TIDAL’s going to ride out 2017. And wow, a $600m valuation. MBW quoted a Jay-Z lyric on Twitter: β€œI sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell; I am a hustler baby, I’ll sell water to a well.”

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com β€’ Share

Why Netflix can turn a profit but Spotify cannot (yet)

Why Netflix can turn a profit but Spotify cannot (yet)

Cites three reasons, but β€œthe main reason for Netflix’s stronger position is that it owns so much of its content, while Spotify and co rent their content.” Interesting, as streaming services have started investing in their own content in recent years.

www.midiaresearch.com β€’ Share

New figures show payouts of Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube

Spotify’s average per-stream payout has fallen by 16% since 2014, according to a new dataset published by artist-rights blog The Trichordist.

musically.com β€’ Share

Beyond digital

Looking for a (paid) gig as a music curator? This startup has you covered

Looking for a (paid) gig as a music curator? This startup has you covered

Everybody wants to be a DJ nowadays, right? Well, now’s your chance to actually get paid for selecting music. Music curation meets on-demand economy.

By the wonderful Kollekt.fm team - one of whom hosted me during Amsterdam Dance Event. πŸ™

thenextweb.com β€’ Share

Storytelling in music: the next chapter

Lucy Blair Pettersson about how a combination of human storytelling and machine learning can empower artists and audiences to write the next chapter of music marketing.

www.lucyblairpettersson.com β€’ Share

Let’s Be The Change tackles diversity at music conferences

If you’ve ever found yourself annoyed by all-male β€˜manels’ at music-industry conferences, a new initiative that’s launching today should be encouraging. Let’s Be The Change >>

musically.com β€’ Share

iLoveMakonnen tweets β€œI’m gay”

Great to see artists in a very masculine subculture coming out. If we’re going to rely on music to fuel protest culture, then it’s essential that elements of hiphop show the way forward beyond a rather homophobic and misogynist legacy.

www.thefader.com β€’ Share

The unlikely odds of making it big

What three years and 75,000 shows in New York tell us about the chance your favorite band will succeed.

pudding.cool β€’ Share

This artist wants to show you how machines β€œsee” music

Trevor Paglen discusses artificial intelligence, machine vision technology, and music.

www.thefader.com β€’ Share

Wide view

Apple shows its walled platform muscle with a 25% App Store price hike in UK

Has to do with currency fluctuations… but still.

www.midiaresearch.com β€’ Share

The inside story of BitTorrent’s bizarre collapse

Started reading How Music Got Free recently. BitTorrent’s story reminds me a bit of how the Fraunhofer Institute struggled to monetize the MP3 technology in the 90s.

backchannel.com β€’ Share

How to move your audience to a new platform

One of the most important skills in the digital age. Can’t rely on just one platform. Don’t put your eggs in one basket.

blog.patreon.com β€’ Share

AI software learns to make AI software

AI expects being put out of work by… AI! β€œGoogle and others think software that learns to learn could take over some work done by AI experts.”

www.technologyreview.com β€’ Share

McKinsey sees blockchain technology reaching full potential in 5 years

Focuses on financial markets, but since the music industry also deals with transactions and complicated legal frameworks across many territories, we’ll be impacted by blockchain technology in a large variety of ways.

bravenewcoin.com β€’ Share

Fun

Book: Song Stories, by Kyle Bylin (pre-order giveaway)

I’m in a book. Along with many others about songs that for some reason affected our lives. Comes out on Feb 2, but you can pre-order here until Jan 31 and receive some free giveaways. Last chance.

songstories.org β€’ Share

How Jack Your Body began house music's squelching electronic revolution

Steve β€˜Silk’ Hurley only made his 1986 track to amuse his friends – then it burst out of Chicago’s clubs and became a No 1 hit

www.theguardian.com β€’ Share

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