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Remembering John Perry Barlow - Grateful Dead Lyricist, Tech Futurist
It's inadequate to call John Perry Barlow a product of the 1960's since he did so much to help shape it and the decades that followed. If being a lyricist for the Grateful Dead weren't enough, his “Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace", published 22 years ago this week, and his work as a founding member of ...
Tech, Data, Music and Unintended Consequences
In this piece, Bim Ditson looks at the collision of the life a musician with the harsh realities of capitalism, the consolidation of power online, and the dangers of life on the road. Guest post by Bim Ditson from CASH Music I was asked to write about the consolidation of power online. After a number of ...
Top 9 Exciting Gear Releases From NAMM 2018
The annual National Association of Music Merchants (or NAMM) Trade Show tends to evoke a good amount of excitement among music industry gear heads, and 2018 was no exception. Here we look at nine of the most notable such releases from this year's show. Guest post by Rory Seydel of Landr Every year the gear announcements ...
Create, Add To Playlists With Your Voice On Amazon Music
Amazon Music users can now tell Alexa to create a new playlist or add a song to an existing playlist with just their voice. While listening to Amazon Music on an Alexa-enabled device users can now say: “Alexa, add this song to my playlist” “Alexa, add this to my playlist” “Alexa, add this to my ‘Studying’ ...
Emergence Of Blockchain Technology For Music
In this piece, Mo Jalloh of Zimmi breaks down what blockchain tech can be defined as, and how the emergence of blockchain tech will affect artists and music industry in the near future. Guest post by Mo Jalloh of Zimrii The emergence of BlockChain Technology has been described as the greatest technology invention since the dawn of the ...
Spotify Acquires Online Recording Studio Soundtrap To Help 'Democratize The Music Ecosystem'
Spotify has acquired fellow Stockholm based startup Soundtrap, a popular web based recording studio. In a post announcing the deal, Spotify said that “Soundtrap's rapidly growing business is highly aligned with Spotify’s vision of democratizing the music ecosystem." Spotify has acquired online recording studio startup Soundtrap. Few details of the acquisition were shared, but Soundtrap, founded in ...
Pandora App Adds Direct Alexa Voice Control For Sonos
Pandora has added Alexa powered voice control of Sonos wireless speakers from within the music streamer's app. Many anaylyats believe that voice control of music is the killer app that will bring music streaming into the mainstream. Pandora today added voice control of Sonos wireless speakers from its mobile app. More than 50% of U.S. Sonos ...
Who Needs Shazam? Google Assistant App Adds Song Recognition
Google has added song recognition to its Google Assistant app across all platforms. Ask Google Assistant “what song is this?” or “what song is playing?,” and it shows the song's name, the artist, lyrics, and links to YouTube, Google Play Music and Spotify. Move over Shazam... Music recognition had previously come to Google's Pixel 1 and Pixel ...
How Do Advances In Technology Change The "Live Experience"
With advances in the development of technology, what it means to see something “live" has changed. With the stage being brought into people's homes YouTube and Facebook Live, concerts have become something anyone with smartphone can participate in. Guest post by Sabrina Bucknole on the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This blog was written by Sabrina Bucknole. Sabrina has been singing ...
Music Creators See Massive Tech Earning Billions While 'Strip-Mining Artists' Work' [Op-Ed]
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Necessity has proven to be the mother of re-invention, with the digital reboot of the music industry compelling them to learn a number of new tricks in order to stay afloat, as well as forcing them to become stronger advocates for their rights. In this piece Melvin Gibbs calls on artists to and Washington to defend ...
