MusicTech Rewinder - Issue #38

Hey,

here comes a double edition of my newsletter. 20 links instead of 10.

Enjoy reading and have a wonderful and relaxing Christmas holiday.

Cheers,

Matt

Hype Machine has created a new toolbar called Merch Table to transform your Spotify playlists into links to buy the songs on Bandcamp.

And: Spotify's plagiarism detecting AI; PRS for Music proposes higher livestream tariffs; New YouTube features; Germany's event cancellation fund for 2021

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

This is what solidarity sounds like.

I couldn’t live with myself if I continued to work in an industry that was hostile for music makers, so I came up with a solution to end the woes of artists around the world

LN, AEG, Eventim and Superstruct are among those backing the Yourope-led initiative to bring back festivals at the "earliest opportunity".

Spotify's in-house AI expert, François Pachet, is a co-founder of the new technology, now being reviewed for a European patent…

DMCA strikes are a nightmare for streamers, which is about to get much worse especially for Twitch streamers according to reports.

Has streaming volume really peaked in the U.S., or is the current stalled growth a blip?

The Spotify app on Android is preparing to add a highly-requested feature that will let users play locally stored files on the app.

For a generation that experienced the switch from analog tapes to MP3 players and from minidiscs to online streaming, there is no doubt that the music industry underwent deep transformations over the past decades.

Audio is experiencing a Cambrian moment, growing faster now than it ever has before. Apple is expected to sell over 100 million AirPods this year, up from 60 million in 2019.

From unexpected inspiration to pure pet pop and tracks that you can ‘touch’; Samsung reveals how 2020 has revolutionised the future of music:

This is part 1 of a series of articles about the future of music ecosystems in a post-pandemic world. The objective is to demonstrate that no matter where you live, 2021 can be a great year. 2020 has…

Music-streaming subscriptions contribute $8.5 billion a year to the record business — but the biggest future growth may lie in social media, gaming, livestreaming, and fitness

Fortnite, TikTok, Twitch, Verzuz: Rolling Stone Music Now podcast digs into the music biz’s evolution, via our Future 25 list

The Q&A founder and ex-Spotify exec joins the MBW podcast to talk independent artists – and the future of the business…

And: the stickiest social apps; gaming and creativity in music; PRIMAVOC rapid testing trial; Tomorrowland's virtual stages

Could 'digital scores' lead to a new kind of music experience in the future? An expert from DMU has won €2 million to find out.

‎Dario de Wet & Farhan Lalji bring you MDLSKL - Putting the spotlight on the intersection of music and technology in the modern streaming era.

A Bradford primary school wants the world to know its newfound Sats success is down to giving all children up to six hours of music a week