MusicTech Rewinder - Issue #52

Happy Friday,

as usual, here are a few interesting links that I stumpled upon this week.

In this short video that someone dugged talks Paul Simon about the songwriting process behind one of the defining songs of the 70s.

The NFT is getting out of hands and a lot of folks in the music business have started to get into it. I suggest watching this video before you start thinkning of minting an NFT yourelf.

Enjoy reading and have a great weekend,

Matt

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