Music Tectonics
(Podcast) Music is Like Fire: A Seismic Shift
This week on the Music Tectonics podcast, host Dmitri Vietze chats with Tristra Newyear Yeager, resident music tech deep thinker, about unex
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Jeanne Bidault
Jun 21, 2019
The Purpose Of Music, AI Composers, Pre-Adds On Apple, And A New Way To Live Stream Festivals
June 16th - LA Times Does the fragmented music streaming landscape keep us from connecting with people through music? Sorry, I had my...
Dmitri Vietze
May 29, 2019
Why the Hate? Spotify is the Icebreaker Powered by Music
I see Spotify as the icebreaker, the nuclear ship that created a new path when the entire music industry froze over. Everyone in America was
Sydney Scorza
May 23, 2019
(Podcast) Without Artists, it’s All a Bunch of Static: How SoundExchange Builds a Better Music Indus
SoundExchange CEO and president Mike Huppe digs into all the ways the organization works to make the music industry more fair and frictionle
Music Tectonics
May 16, 2019
(Podcast) Always Listening: Do Music Streaming Apps Understand Us? with Joe Murphy of Vocalize.ai
This week on the Music Tectonics podcast, Vocalize.ai founder & CEO Joe Murphy rates the big music streaming services on their voice exp
Sydney Scorza
May 8, 2019
(Podcast) Cherie Hu on YouTube's Missing Hip Hop Premieres, Peloton's clapback, and Audio AR
Cherie Hu returns to Music Tectonics to delve into the week's news! Cherie digs deeper into why Hip Hop doesn't dominate YouTube
Sydney Scorza
Mar 28, 2019
Podcast: News Roundup March 28, 2019
Warner signs an algorithm (sort of), Myspace loses a decade, and music discovery happens where you least expect it. Rock paper scissors'
Tristra Newyear Yeager
Mar 15, 2019
Go Public, Go Pugilist: No More Mr. Nice Spotify
The war of words over Spotify's recent actions made this no ordinary week for news. Instead of a headline roundup, we asked rock paper...
Music Tectonics
Feb 1, 2019
AI Technology and the Music Industry, What Sirius XM plans for Pandora, and YouTube's Surprising
Forbes- January 28, 2019 Music industry pioneer Scott Cohen warns about the constantly shifting industry and the need to adapt to...
Music Tectonics
Jan 18, 2019
From Shazam to Pandora: 2018 Sees Fewer Acquisitions in Numbers, but High in Impact
Spotify, which went public on April 3 via direct listing (rather than a classic IPO), acquired Loudr later that month. Billing themselves as
Music Tectonics
Jan 14, 2019
Tremors That Shook 2018: Music Tech News Roundup
In MT’s 2018 Music Tech News Roundup, host Dmitri Vietze and regular guest Tristra Newyear Yeager explored some of the deep seismic shifts i
Music Tectonics
Jan 14, 2019
Podcast: Cherie Hu Sets the Stage for 2019's Music Tech Trajectory
Cherie explores how music is merging more and more with other creative industries including e-sports, film and TV, social media filters, and
Caitlin Blackford
Oct 27, 2017
Spotify and Apple Music Get Their Edge
The Verge – October 20, 2017 Starting in 2018, Billboard announced that they will begin counting “hybrid paid/ad-supported platforms”...
Tristra Newyear Yeager
Oct 20, 2017
Streaming — Beyond Good and Evil
It’s time to move on, folks. Sometimes it’s not about good and evil. We need to take the streaming music conversation to more nuanced places
Caitlin Blackford
Oct 20, 2017
Surge Prices and the Digital Age
TechCrunch – October 11, 2017 Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the launch of a virtual reality app “Venues,” which allows people to...
Caitlin Blackford
Oct 13, 2017
Create the Soundtrack to Your Life With Augmented Reality Video
Music x Tech x Future – October 8, 2017 With Amazon releasing a cheaper version of the Echo and Google upgrading Alexa, it seems as the...
Caitlin Blackford
Sep 22, 2017
Spotify Finally Gets the Upper Hand Against Apple Music
Hypebot – September 19, 2017 Being first on the music streaming scene has certainly helped Spotify get the advantage against Apple Music....
Caitlin Blackford
Sep 15, 2017
Pandora Reveals Its Competitive Edge Against Spotify
Digital Music News – September 11, 2017 According to financial projections, SoundCloud is going to have a rough few years ahead of...
Caitlin Blackford
Aug 28, 2017
Warner Music Group and Spotify Sign Licensing Deal
Digital Music News – August 21, 2017 The music industry and YouTube have a long running war against each other when it comes to...
Caitlin Blackford
Aug 22, 2017
Smart Speakers, Spotify Blocking Racist Music, and Payment for YouTube Content Creators
Digital Music News – August 20, 2017 How much does YouTube pay content creators? A musician debunks the claim that he is paid $3 for...
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