MusicTech Rewinder - Issue #30

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Matt

A look at how various forms of media including music streaming have been impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic. As well as how artists and their teams are utilizing new emerging forms of media to connect with audiences within the current isolated and online environment.

Paid livestreams from artists like BTS are netting millions of dollars, skyrocketing brand-new startups to the top of the music industry, and making labels and talent agencies scramble to adapt. Will they last?

The rise of livestreams has opened up the conversation around accessibility for disabled gig-goers. NME meets activists, demanding change

The album emulates the voice of the Peruvian avant garde poet Jorge Eduardo Eielson

A look into the exciting future of human-AI co-creativity in music” – or an A&R exec’s worst nightmare?

User-centric streaming, the streaming platform model where a subscription goes proportionally towards musicians, continues to gain increased industry awareness.

In recent days we have seen three major developments that, collectively, are a potential pivot point for social music: 1. TikTok close to a US-entity buyout by Microsoft to avoid potential sanctions,…

Published last week in an interview with Music Ally, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek’s misjudged remarks that appeared to treat artists and musicians as mere “content creators” as he demanded more and more “continuous engagement”, they sounded like the clinical kind of directives an unscrupulous sweat shop owner would trot out, it also revealed just how out of touch he is and the double standard at the heart of the broken Spotify model.

African creatives can maximise the powerful multimedia features of Triller.

Whatever the outcome, chaos is already underway. Upon Trump’s initial warning of the ban, influencers flocked to TikTok to livestream their thoughts and encourage fans to follow their accounts on other social platforms including YouTube, Triller and Instagram.