MusicTech Rewinder - Issue #15

April 03, 2020

Dear reader,

after I took a couple of months off but now I am back and here comes the next edition of the MusicTech Rewinder.

I hope you are well and you are not too much affected by the present situation around the globe that we are all in.

"Hold the vision, trust the process" as a wise person once said.

Enjoy reading and stay healthy,

Matt

Creative industries are flocking to Twitch in the wake of the pandemic.

On the small miracle of experiencing sound with strangers.

Depending on who you ask, the advantage of technology based on artificial or machine intelligence could be a topsy-turvy funhouse mirror world — even in some very fundamental ways. “I actually think 10 years from now, you won’t be listening to music,” is a thing venture capitalist Vinod Khosla said onstage today during a fireside […]

By Emma Young. Strength of syncronisation predicted how much the audience enjoyed a piece of music.

Music managers weigh in on how they should be rebuilding their incomes.

Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage

SoundCloud CEO Kerry Trainor announced a plan worth $15 million to support creators during the shutdown, as well as initiatives designed to bolster their careers.

Most people choose to listen to music that they prefer or ‘like’ such as classical, country or rock. Previous research has focused on how different characteristics of music (i.e., classical versus country) affect the brain.

It may be most obvious in the explosion in live music streaming, but in fact, the coronavirus is having a major effect on music streaming and all forms of entertainment.

We spoke to eight artists, journalists, and industry insiders about their definitions of an industry plant and the ways in which the terms is misunderstood.

This in-depth record of the birth of audiophilia charts the history of the hobby from its World War II roots to the emergence of transistors to the rise of turntables and beyond, and recounts the names that innovated to bring audiophilia to where it is today.

Myspace changed the way we discovered music and fell apart after conquering the world.