MusicTech Rewinder - Issue #85

Hi,

Here comes your weekly update on latest music tech news and some web discoveries.

1) Award-winning poet Garrett Hongo describes his decades-long quest to create an ideal audio setup in his book The Perfect Sound: A Memoir In Stereo. Read about it here.

2) Heardle. It's Wordle but for music. Name that tune in as few tries as possible.

3) I recommend watching this episode of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" if you want to get a better understanding of why the ticketing market is fucked up and why as an artist or venue you shouldn’t make deals with Ticketmaster. And that is just one part of the music value chain that gets more and more consolidated.

Enjoy reading and have a great weekend.

Cheers,

Matt

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