MusicTech Rewinder - Issue #35

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Spotify has a patent for personality tracking technology – and it’s pretty creepy stuff — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Future research could begin to link streaming behavior with brain scanning, genetic, and physiological data."

INTERVIEW: Gomez's Tom Gray Discusses Musicians In Crisis — thequietus.com

A new rock music and pop culture website. Editorial independent music website offering news, reviews, features, interviews, videos and pictures

PatchXR opens the world of music to extended reality — www.makery.info

A media for DiYers, full on info on labs, those of open tinkering as well as those of university fablabs. A brand new website based on experimentation.

The World According to Sound A surround sound event and miniature audio show — www.theworldaccordingtosound.org

The World According to Sound is a 90 second podcast. Each episode features a new sound and the story behind it. Sometimes the sounds come from things you’ve seen but never listened to: bridges, muddy holes in the ground, or wifi networks.

Where Will Spotify Be in 5 Years? — www.msn.com

Spotify has multiple plans to improve margins going forward. Unlike many high-growth software companies, Spotify currently sports rather low gross margins. Last quarter, gross margins came in at just 25.4%, and the company recorded an operating loss of $167 million.

3 Reasons Every Business Should Hire A CSO (Chief Sound Officer) — www.forbes.com

Three primary areas in which any future-facing business could benefit by hiring a Chief Sound Officer are: Customer Satisfaction and Wellbeing, Employee Health, and Productivity.

Draft Proposal of Music Metadata Design for AI Music Copyright - Global Collaboration, Transparency and Recycle Concept — medium.com

Inclusive benefit to all stakeholders. (AI Music Demos at the bottom!)

A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future — www.npr.org

There's Bandcamp, beloved by artists. There's Spotify, very well-liked by listeners. And then there's that big question mark. The artist Damon Krukowski takes a look.

The Future of Listening: It’s the Decade of Sound — news.harman.com

The HARMAN team made a big splash at the recent Audio Collaborative, Europe’s premier event for consumer audio, pro audio and entertainment industry professionals. Carsten Olesen, President of Consumer Audio, presented the Keynote on the Future of...

Fast Fwd Panel Recap: The Intersection of Gaming and Music in Quarantine Culture — www.synchtank.com

A recent panel brought together some of the biggest players in music and gaming to discuss the intersection of the two industries.

Digital music’s new drop culture — mailchi.mp

Would you believe me if I told you that the two digital images above sold on the blockchain for nearly $40,000? That might sound a bit absurd, but that’s exactly what happened in the last week — and independent electronic artists were directly involved in the upside.