MusicTech Rewinder - Deep Learning + HRTF, ByteDance starts music streaming service, Holograms, Vinyl Update and more

Hey,

it's Friday again and here comes your weekly dose of the latest music tech news.

On another, personal, note: I will be heading to Kenia in November (don't worry, the Music Tech Rewinder will continue;-)) and I would like to connect with people there who work with music tech or on innovative solutions for the music ecosystem. In case you know someone there, or someone who knows someone, I would really appreciate any intro or recommendation. Just hit me up. Thank you!

Now, please enjoy reading and have a wonderful weekend.

Cheers,

Matt

Deep Learning Could Bring the Concert Experience Home — spectrum.ieee.org

The century-old quest for truly realistic sound production is finally paying off

Spotify is in music industry's crosshairs, but TikTok gets a Free Pass — www.hypebot.com

TikTok, which is being touted as the #1 place for music discovery, is paying creators and rightsholders a fraction of what Spotify does, and yet the streamer is under constant. Continue reading

TikTok parent in talks with labels to launch music streaming service in 12+ new markets — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Sony Music Entertainment recently refused to renew its licensing agreement with Resso, resulting in its catalog being pulled from the service in all three of…

It’s happened: 100,000 tracks are now being uploaded to streaming services like Spotify each day — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Figure confirmed by both Universal and Warner bosses – but who, exactly, is it benefitting?

Google’s new AI can hear a snippet of song—and then keep on playing — www.technologyreview.com

The technique, called AudioLM, generates naturalistic sounds without the need for human annotation.

AI music generators could be a boon for artists -- but also problematic — techcrunch.com

Stability AI is funding an effort to create a music-generating system using the same AI techniques behind Stable Diffusion.

ABBA, Holograms, and Bands Who Can’t Stand Each Other — www.vulture.com

ABBA once said they will never appear onstage again. But this past May, they did at ABBA Voyage, their new virtual-concert residency in London. Forget reanimating dead musicians. Holograms are for living performers who can’t stand their bandmates.

Towards Recommender System Optimization. Part 2: How Can Artists Influence Recommendation Algorithms? — www.music-tomorrow.com

How can artists and their teams amplify algorithmic traffic on Spotify? Learn how you can manage the inputs processed by the recommender to amplify algorithmic traffic

Update: The Pressing Situation Since March 2022 | Making Vinyl — makingvinyl.com

By Larry Jaffee, Making Vinyl co-founder/conference director In March 2022, Jack White made an appeal that went viral, calling for the major labels to build their own pressing plants once again to meet consumer demand and loosen the 10-month backlogs, which have also impacted his own Third Man Pressing facility in Detroit. I knew from Continue Reading

As the Music Acquisition Frenzy Crashes Into Reality, Rebeat Digital Steps In to Help — www.digitalmusicnews.com

Rebeat Digital is helping companies improve the monitoring and monetization of their precious assets — and realistically appraise catalogs.

A needs-driven approach to music NFT metadata — www.waterandmusic.com

A proposal for a more minimalist, needs-driven approach to ironing out a music NFT metadata schema, grounded in emerging contextual use cases around the artist/fan journey in Web3.

The case for (defining) a ‘Rich Listening Experience’

It seems that streaming provides a rather poor listening experience. What should be the alternative? The case for investigating what a “Rich Listening Experience” could or should be.