Thoughts & inspirations to kickstart music tech innovation in 2022

Dear reader,

I wish you a very happy, healthy, and prosperous year 2022!

This year is going to be again full of changes for the music ecosystem with many innovative solutions hopefully turning the tables in favor of artists and music consumers.

This newsletter will keep on focusing on the weekly latest news in music tech but I will also add some interesting or fun to click on links that I came across on the internet.

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Topics like Web 3, NFTs, DAOs, etc. will keep making headlines this year with more and more services about to launch. I have been investigating this space intensively since 2017 and I strongly believe that, in the long run, this will cause a major shift on all levels in the music ecosystem and lead to a big expansion of the value chain of music. But we are still far away from having any functional solutions or sustainable services for music on a web 3.0 in place. It's all about experimentation for now. I recommend looking at both sides(the hyped believers and the critics) when you jump into it. Don't forget that the biggest opportunity in Web 3.0 (which runs on blockchain protocols) is that we are entering the age of a machine-readable web. That's what opens the doors for entirely new ways to interact with music, brings back trust and control for its creators, and allows to directly incentives fans and engage with music cultures. Please read this article by Moxie(Founder of Signal) and stay away from any centralized NFT marketplaces or platforms. They are the worst of everything.

Other technologies which I think will make the news in the music space this year, will be Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, 3D Spatial Audio, Augmented Reality, Generative Audio/Functional Music, wearables/new musical instruments, and purely virtual artists.

Enjoy reading and have a fantastic weekend.

Cheers,

Matt

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