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- MusicTech Rewinder - the death of a gamechanger for music, Royalties, AI, NFTs, shifts in structures, and more
MusicTech Rewinder - the death of a gamechanger for music, Royalties, AI, NFTs, shifts in structures, and more
Dear reader,
it's Friday again. That means it is time for your weekly dose of music tech news.
This edition features quite a variety of interesting news and stories from different parts of the music tech ecosystem.
Enjoy reading and have a wonderful sunny weekend.
Cheers,
Matt
The act of preserving or archiving can be a form of restorative justice, or it can be a form of exploitation. Mira Kaplan connects preservation efforts across time and space, from the early 20th century to the modern-day, to help us understand this important practice.
Coldplay launched tour app to help fans reduce carbon footprints while traveling to shows — completemusicupdate.com
Coldplay have launched the ‘Music Of The Spheres’ World Tour app, promised last year as part of their efforts to make the live dates as environmentally sustainable as possible.
American rapper Kendrick Lamar has made use of deepfakes for his latest music video.
The use of holograms in concert settings has been around for a while, resurrecting artists like Tupac Shakur, Ronnie James Dio, and Roy Orbison. OLP wants to take this further.
What Snapchat is getting right about the future (and why music should pay attention) — www.midiaresearch.com
The music industry has spent the last few years studying the ins and outs of new platforms like TikTok and Twitch, with good reason.
Whenever the idea of TikTok becoming a record label is raised in music biz circles, the suggestion is typically scoffed at. But the evidence is building that such a description might one day fit.
Apple announced the iPod is dead, remaining for sale while supplies last. If you were considering purchasing one, buy now or forever hold your peace.
In the year 2022, some people are still downloading songs in .mp3 and carefully curating them on their iPods.
Family In Music's Kevin Bacon & Tim Delaney on how new tech can boost music creators' earnings — www.musicweek.com
Family In Music has been making an impression in 2022 with its plans to help protect the rights and incomes of songwriters. Here, the company’s chief innovation officer and managing director reveal their vision for the start-up in the expanding streaming economy.
Spotify claims equal access to its playlists, but a new data analysis by industry consultancy Music Tomorrow shows just how dominant the major labels are of the larger official Spotify.
Over the last month, several contributors in the Water & Music community collaborated to analyze music NFT market dynamics, based on data from our members-only music NFT database.
Record labels and publishers ink major settlement, moving from 9.1 cents to 12 cents per track for US mechanical royalties on physical sales — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
Today (May 5), we learn that the groups representing songwriters, music publishers and record labels have now reached an agreement to settle that rate negotiation.
VEVA Sound and SoundExchange have announced a new data partnership to make it easier for creators to be paid their royalties.
Insights : Digital Dialogue: Let's Talk Neighbouring Rights with Hayley Roscoe (Lime Blue Music) — byta.com
Hayley Roscoe talks about neighboring rights in music. What artists need to know, is who collects royalties and clears up misinformation.