Maarten
@maarten
I operate at the intersection of music, technology, and education
musicx.substack.comMaarten
Protecting the Family: A few more notes on “the new Taylorism”
tgpbennett.wordpress.com
the inside story of the battle for Taylor Swift, into which all of us who listen to this album have been enrolled, is that of one capitalist pitted against another. The victim may have become the victor but it is a victory for asset management
8_17.pdf
chnm.gmu.eduMetacrap by Cory Doctorow
Just a moment...
alivetheory.net
Disclaimer: Sorry for the clickbait title, but this could be an academic essay entitled something dry like “Music Journalism As Infrastructure” but that lacks the intrigue or friction these platforms demand if I want to write to you, my fellow music fan.
Music journalism faces oblivion, here’s why we need to save it
Fairness and Transparency in Music Streaming Algorithms: 2025 Review | Music Tomorrow
music-tomorrow.com
The algorithm failed music
theverge.comWhatever Happened to the Semantic Web?
twobithistory.org
Community Weaving
community-weaving.org