Maarten

@maarten

I operate at the intersection of music, technology, and education

musicx.substack.com

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Ireland's Memory Machines — The Dial

Jessica Traynor thedial.world

MUSIC x and Media

Our memories are now contingent on technology

More generally, it’s not beginnings and ends that count, but middles. Things and thoughts advance or grow out from the middle, and that’s where you have to get to work, that’s where everything unfolds.

– Gilles Deleuze, On Leibniz

Community building

Boots Riley Says a ‘Gentler Capitalism’ Won’t Save Society

Jason Parham wired.com

culture

What’s the definition of culture? Culture is what we do to make our survival normal.

Frontiers | Musicians, the music industry, and suicide: epidemiology, risk factors, and suggested prevention approaches

frontiersin.org

MUSIC x

Read if you want to be able to talk about suicide in music from a position of strength instead of fear

Brands After Vibes

NEMESIS nemesisglobal.substack.com

MUSIC x and Community building

Dance and music are potent forms of cultural defiance in Palestine

Kaia Lola wagingnonviolence.org

MUSIC x

If you think Web3 is all about money, you’re wrong

Ornella Vallana blockworks.co

MUSIC x and Web 3 Business Models

Web3 hits different. Here you learn by creating, experimenting and collaborating — every single day. You’re not just a student; you’re a BUIDLer, a creator. A doer from the very first moment.

The trouble with licensing music in the metaverse

musically.com

Music & Gaming

Laurie Spiegel on the Difference Between Algorithmic Music and ‘AI’

Terrence O’Brien theverge.com

MUSIC x and AI music