Maarten

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Maarten

@maarten

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

musicx.substack.com

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Adventures in NicheCraft

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Community building

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The nostalgia

The Ghosts in the Machine

Liz Pelly harpers.org

Spotify vs musicians

DeepSeek FAQ

Ben Thompson stratechery.com

MUSIC x and AI music

Pluralistic: My McLuhan lecture on enshittification (30 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net

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Media and MUSIC x

A great breakdown of enshittification and the cures to this horrible disease

Just a moment...

fairplayforkids.org

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MUSIC x and Music & Gaming

Read the whole report

Takedown Fails: Artists Are Seeing Their Music Removed From DSPs for Streaming Fraud They Didn’t Commit

Ari Herstand variety.com

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Fixing underlying problems please, no band aids

Reset! network | Culture and Media amid Romania’s Fight Against the Far-right

reset-network.eu

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Culture can change thinking

Architecture for Sound: On Kevin Shields, SUNN O)))), and the Demands of Maximalism

Dereck Blackburn quiethouserecording.substack.com

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Writing about music and MUSIC x