MusicTech Rewinder - Issue #58

Happy Friday,

The Music Manager Forum UK launched their new, revised 2021 MMF Mental Health Guide in collaboration with Help Musicians UK and Music Support UK to offer guidance and signpost support for managers and their clients.

Enjoy reading this week's music tech news and have a wonderful weekend.

Cheers,

Matt

New .MUSIC Top-Level Domain Will Be Piracy Hostile, Despite Early Fears — torrentfreak.com

After an agreement was signed with ICANN, the new top-level domain .MUSIC has been secured by DotMusic Limited. Piracy-friendly it is not.

Roblox: The Platform Fueling a Chaotic Music Scene — www.nytimes.com

Players can customize their own worlds on the platform. Many illegally upload songs — called “bypassing audio” — and some make intense tracks in a new genre, robloxcore.

Discord is testing ticketed events, betting big on music — www.protocol.com

Is Discord doing concerts now? When Travis Scott launched his official Discord server in April, more than 100,000 users signed up. Scott's embrace of Discord was just the latest example of the company's efforts to attract labels, bands and other music industry insiders.

Unearthing the music industry’s buried treasure — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Chris Sheehan, founder of Karousel Music's Buried Treasure, on why re-energizing the past could unlock huge potential for the music industry…

The reign of the superstar is over — midiaresearch.com

It is growing ever-more difficult to generate a singular ‘big hit’. Awards shows have always had their issues with keeping relevant, but with streaming for both music and video exponentially increasing…

The music industry just took a backwards step on streaming pricing… in glorious HD — www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Why Amazon and Apple's latest announcements bear the hallmarks of an own goal for music rightsholders…

Why investors are increasingly drawn to the music industry in 2021 — themusicnetwork.com

Since blue-chip financiers rediscovered the music industry in 2018, interest has steadily grown.

Retention: the most underrated concept for artist strategy — amplifyyou.amplify.link

Turn your online presence, which can often feel tedious to maintain, into something from which new opportunities can emerge.

Meet The Board That Controls How Spotify Pays Artists — www.getrevue.co

Penny Fractions - Hello! Earlier this year I was elected to the board of Ampled, a co-op music startup that allows fans to subscribe to their favorite artists. I

How I Used Economic Theory at Spotify To Disrupt the Music Business — builtin.com

At the turn of the last century, widespread file-sharing had eviscerated the music industry. By evaluating the situation through a simple economic lens, however, Spotify created a business model that stopped the devastation.

Alzheimer’s patients and hospital staff prescribed music in NHS trial | Medical research | The Guardian

Exclusive: playlist based on listeners’ backgrounds and tastes found to lower heart rate, agitation and distress