Maarten

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Maarten

@maarten

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

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Why Fan Pages Are Becoming Artists’ Most Useful — and Cheapest — Marketing Tool

Elias Leight billboard.com

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MUSIC x and Fandom

Velvet Sundown Archives - Monocle

Humans as 'luxury goods' in the age of AI

Sangeet Paul Choudary platforms.substack.com

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MUSIC x and AI music

Curation + Curiosity lead to identity

The Sound of Belonging

Josh Dalton somuchinbetween.substack.com

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MUSIC x and Fandom

Music is social, make it so

Music city report 2024-25.pdf

drive.google.com

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Awesome report on the music scene and policy in Bangalore and Kochi

“Just because a song is viral doesn’t mean it’s good” and that’s a real problem for artists

Laura Fisher midiaresearch.com

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Lyrical Miracle: Mick Jenkins Hits the Eject Button

notes.catalog.works

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Amazing first hand look at a specific era of the music business

Everybody Has to Self-Promote Now. Nobody Wants To.

vox.com vox.com

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This is a great essay on the need for self-promotion in the current creator economy

HIVEWIRE #14: Diversified Portfolios: Placing Emerging Artists At The Intersection Of Venture And Social Capital

MUSIC x and Music Tech / Future of Music

Should artists turn VC?