MusicTech Rewinder - Issue #45

Happy Friday,

I hope you had a great week.

Here are two fun-to-click-on discoveries I have made this week on the internet.

Play the piano while you’re writing your next blog post: Jazz Keys entertains you with soothing acoustics while you’re typing away.

Check out this auditory comparison of 770 artists’ live and studio tracks.

Enjoy reading and have a wonderful weekend.

Cheers,

Matt

Tom Gray, of the band Gomez, is lobbying the UK government to regulate music streaming.

Yesterday's second session at the UK's parliamentary inquiry into the economics of music streaming was another double-header.

On February 15, Music Innovation Hub (IT) and Media Deals (DE) are launching the European capacity-building program Music Tech Europe Academy.

SyncFloor, the music discovery and licensing platform, has been awarded a technology patent for the key part of its platform designed with the needs of video production teams in mind: its “natural language search.”

A case for universal music access. The problems with corporate music streaming are clear. The pay is inconsequential, the power is far too centralized, the social fabrics of music communities are eroding.

This is part 2 of my "marketing long read" posts, part 1 focused on Catalogue . In a recent interview with Steve Lamacq, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters told him “We don’t have anyone else making decisions…

SoundCloud has lost ground to TikTok, Instagram, and Bandcamp. By employing community monetization strategies from gaming, it can claw its way back to the center of music culture.

I’m a bit of an audiophile, because I really enjoy music that is nicely reproduced, not because I’m up for dropping five figures on an audio component. One of the most enduring debates among audiophiles is analog vs. digital. I don’t really take a position in this debate. I’ve owned a turntable since my age […]

Although they were easy to miss in the end of year kerfuffle, serveral new copyright bill and proposals were not only announced, but in some cases have already gone into. Continue reading

A guide by Marie Cebrian & Julie Knibbe Whenever you share content on a platform, whether it’s music on a streaming service or a video in an Instagram story, your success will depend on how eng…