Maarten

@maarten

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

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Fairness and Transparency in Music Streaming Algorithms: 2025 Review | Music Tomorrow

music-tomorrow.com

MUSIC x and AI music

The myth of fan power

Monia Ali exiledfan.substack.com

Fandom

"Fans can make waves—but it’s the industry’s job to pick up on that momentum and build on it."

Sony Music says over 75,000 items removed in battle against AI deepfakes

ft.com

MUSIC x and AI music

Changing the Tune: How Live Music Can Lead the Way in Sustainability

europejazz.net

Music & Sustainability

Better Live is an innovative cooperation project, generously funded by Europe Creative, that brings together eleven European partners working in the jazz and improvised music scene. Over the course of the next two years (2023-2025), Better Live will be dedicated to researching and creating new models of live music that encourage diversity and increase the number of smaller, more sustainable concerts

Readyweights, minting concepts

hd.mirror.xyz

MUSIC x and AI music

Finding traces of art through AI models and minting them for provenance

Downtown Music

downtownmusic.com

MUSIC x and Fandom

An ecosystem of fandom over superfans

BREAKING: OpenAI on losing track in German copyright case brought by music rights collecting society over song lyrics; injunction looms large – ai fray

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MUSIC x and AI music

Will music get licensed on both input and output?

Spotify Wrapped 2023: 'Music genres are now irrelevant to fans'

Christian Brooks bbc.com

MUSIC x and Community building

Genres are irrelevant, but community is powerful

Music and Sustainability: An Ecological Viewpoint

An exploration of how cultural heritage management and conservation practices in music can be informed by principles from the field of ecology to promote sustainability.

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Music & Sustainability

If we are willing to entertain the idea that music cultures behave as ecosystems, then from ecology we can discern four broad principles