MusicTech Rewinder - 40 years CD, the Spotify dilemma, web 3 IP and more

Hi there,

here comes your weekly digest of music tech news.

Enjoy reading and have a great weekend.

Cheers,

Matt

Does the perfect sound exist? Vinyl records rebound in digital music age — www.washingtonpost.com

Vinyl records are booming in the age of digital music. Have audiophiles discovered the perfect sound quality?

Music in the Metaverse: Redefining music rights in the Web3 world — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

The following MBW op/ed comes from Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Owner/President of DMG Clearances, and a global expert on music rights clearances.

Web3 upends IP — www.politico.com

As computers begin producing art-like works and NFTs offer a new way to own digital content, businesses, governments, and internet users are experimenting with their approaches to intellectual property rights.

Holly Herndon Clones Herself Into Holly+ AI Deepfake Voice — futureparty.com

Berlin-based musician Holly Herndon released an AI tool, dubbed Holly+, that allows any artist to use an AI-version of their voice for whatever song they’re working on.

Spotify’s GetReadyWithMusic Will Make Playlists Based On Your Outfits | StyleCaster — stylecaster.com

Discover Spotify's new GetReadyWithMusic In-App feature which will create an entire music playlist based on your outfit.

Deezer Launches In-App 'Humming Feature' to Identify Songs Stuck in Your Head - Deezer Press — www.deezer-blog.com

In a first for a global music streaming app, Deezer adds searching by humming, singing, and whistling for its SongCatcher functionality in the app.

Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats - Protocol — www.protocol.com

The company wants to establish an open, royalty-free alternative to Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. The project is known internally as Project Caviar.

14 innovative music startups helping artists, labels, and other creators grow their businesses — www.businessinsider.com

Our inaugural list of innovative startups in music tech, includes companies like AudioShake, Epidemic Sound, and Royal.

YouTube has a secret weapon in plan to surpass Spotify — www.hypebot.com

YouTube has been plotting to overtake Spotify as the top DSP. It turns out that they’ve got a secret weapon that might make it happen.

Spotify keeps making it harder to listen to music — www.theverge.com

As Spotify has expanded into podcasts and audiobooks, the basic function of its app — as a music player — is getting steadily worse.

The CD’s Rise in the Music Business: An Oral History — www.billboard.com

As the CD turns 40, label marketers and musicians discuss the format's history and how they helped sell skeptical music executives to the soon-to-be-dominant format.

Streamers Use Playlists to Control the Music Industry — www.wired.com

The recorded music market is regaining its former hourglass shape—this time with platforms like Spotify at the center.

Song data startup Session, co-founded by Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Niclas Molinder, strikes partnership with SoundCloud — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Session Studio is embedded within DAWs to capture song information and data at the point of creation…