News Roundup with Eleanor Rust and Tristra Newyear Yeager

It’s time for a news roundup! In this week’s episode, Eleanor Rust, head of marketing at Rock Paper Scissors, and Tristra Newyear Yeager explore the latest music industry news and trends.

Learn how artist-founded and fan-centric platforms are changing the way people interact with music, bringing fan creativity to the foreground. Find out how the latest developments in blockchain-powered financial and creative tools are streamlining artist workflows. Discover the potential of spatial audio and enhanced audiobook experiences. How will artists continue to integrate live-streaming and hybrid tours in a post-pandemic world? What went wrong with Groovy? Find out on this week’s episode.

0:45 Eleanor Rust, marketing director at rock paper scissors inc.

2:30 Digital collectables

• The Future Is Here With Emmersive Entertainments NFT Music Streaming Platform

8:38 Spatial Audio

• Writers notes: the record label remixing novels into music

9:42 Clubhouse, podcasts, and social audio

• The Clubhouse Party Is Over

• The Drop-In Audio App Clubhouse Is Dying. It Was Fun While It Lasted

• Spotify Is Giving Podcasters Perks That Will Make Independent Music Artists Very Jealous

• Trust Me, You Want This

17:22 Creator Economy

• Rainbows End: A Novel with One Foot in the Future

• Amanda Palmer

• The Age of Mass Music Creation with Meng Kuok from BandLab

• Native Instruments: 25 years Pushing the Boundaries of Sound

27:34 Live Music

• Garth Brooks Cancels Remainder of 2021 Stadium Tour Due to Pandemic

• BTS And Garth Brooks Are Among The Latest To Cancel Tour Dates Due To COVID

30:35 Licensing

• YouTube is forcing the popular Groovy Discord music bot offline

• Has video killed the radio star? YouTube shuts down popular discord music bot, Groovy

• Bang Energy Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit From Sony Music

34:48 The way people socialize with music

• Streaming Is Big — But Where’s the Community? Vertigo Introduces Collaborative ‘Artist Lounges’

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The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Weekly episodes include interviews with music tech movers & shakers, deep dives into seismic shifts, and more.