Maarten

@maarten

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

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Is Generative Music Really the Next Napster? - Trapital

trapital.co

MUSIC x and AI music

It’s all about creation

Latent Communities in an Artificial Internet

Leo Nasskau folklore.mirror.xyz

MUSIC x and Community building

As someone who talks about building and nurturing communities around artists from scratch a lot, this is a healthy reminder that there’s many different types and styles of community.

NFTs Are the Future Framework for Music Royalties: Op-Ed

Guest Contributor themusicnetwork.com

MUSIC x

I always argue the music industry won't play ball, but who knows, they might?!

What The Hexx Is DDEX?

synchtank.com

MUSIC x

The New Generation of Online Culture Curators | The New Yorker

Kyle Chayka newyorker.com

Community building

EM GUIDE – A new network of independent music magazines

mmn-mag.hu

MUSIC x

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

vox.com vox.com

MUSIC x and

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

MUTEK Forum Temporary Utopias Human Technological futures

clotmag.com

MUSIC x

How a festival’s theme can blend and bleed into the physical

The Modern Gala: How Latashá and C.Y. Lee Are Meming Patronage into Existence — Decential Media

MacEagon Voyce decential.io

“Amidst an exploitative music industry and extractive creator economy, could patronage nouveau become a blueprint for music’s future? Can Lee and Alcindor effectively instantiate their modern-day reprisal of a centuries-old relationship?”