This week on the Music Tectonics podcast, Vocalize.ai founder & CEO Joe Murphy rates the big music streaming services on their voice exp

We're trying out a different format for our weekly news roundup: a podcast episode! This week, rock paper scissors' resident music tech experts Jade Prieboy and Tristra Newyear Yeager dig into the headlines with host Dmitri Vietze. Hear what's breaking, from growing revenue projections to the potential for AI in live music. The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. The podcast i

TechCrunch – October 11, 2017 Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the launch of a virtual reality app “Venues,” which allows people to “watch live concerts, and live sports, and premieres of movies and TV shows, all around the world with friends.” Facebook plans to launch the app next year, along with the Oculus Go VR headset which has speakers built into the headset. Zuckerberg said that it is Facebook’s goal to get 1 billion people into VR. New York Times – October 14, 2017

Digital Music News – August 20, 2017 How much does YouTube pay content creators? A musician debunks the claim that he is paid $3 for every 1,000 views and insists that he is making only 1/50th of that amount. Hypebot – August 15, 2017 Smart speakers, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, are set to boost interest in music streaming services. Pandora reports that listening on smart speakers has increased 282% in just over a year. The Next Web – August 14, 2017 Spotify has taken