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Thx for spreading the word!

Love when the Tectonics community invites more startups into the fold! Thx, Diana!!

Calling all narwhal music tech startups (unique cool companies)!!! https://lnkd.in/gzsQ68if

"The number one skill for being an artist, in the next decade, is being a community builder." That's according to Rob Abelow, who was interviewed by Tristra Yeager on this week's Music Tectonic podcast. But what does that mean? Rob and Tristra go deep on the colossal future of direct-to-fan interaction. And yes, they study and extrapolate how this works for Fred Again again and again. Have you listened to the interview?

Wow, the week isn't even half over and there is so much in the news! I scan the music tech and innovation news across hundreds of outlets, so you don't have to. Skim this list... Music Industry News from this Week _________________________ 💰 INDUSTRY REVENUE🤑💰 ===================== Sony Music Builds Moat with Music and Games as Morningstar Raises Fair Value (Forbes) Spotify India's Ad Revenues Nearly Doubled in 2023 (Music Ally) Omdia Predicts $53.4bn of Global Retail-Music Sales bt 2028 (Music Ally) SiriusXM Share Price Continues to Rise Ahead of Stock merger (Billboard) _________________________ 🖼 🔭 BIG PICTURE 🖼 🔭 🖼 ===================== Music Catalog Giant Hipgnosis Is Sold, and Merck Mercuriadis Exits (New York Times) Lucian Grainge: Artist-Friendly leader of a Music Juggernaut (Los Angeles Times) David Byrne: Why Radio Should Pay Singers Like Beyonce and Willie Nelson (USA Today) Scalpers Reverse-Engineer Ticketmaster's 'Non-Transferable' Tickets (404 Media) Who Wins When There's So Much Music? (Trapital) Amazon, Apple, Spotify File Legal Challenge Agaist Canada's Music Streaming Tax (Music Business Worldwide) Songwriters and Publishers Should Be Seeing a Larger Slice of the Digital Pie (Music Business Worldwide) YouTube's Latest Use for AI: Removing Copyright-Claimed Music (Music Ally) ______________________ 🍭 🍬 FLAVOR 🍭 🍬 🍭 =================== 'Live Music' Feels Different in the Vision Pro (Whistleout) LiveOne and Seekr to Unveil AI-Driven Music Search Platform (Yahoo Finance) 25% of Music Producers Are Now Using AI, Survey Says -- But a Majority Show Strong Resistance (Music Business Worldwide) _________________________ ✨ ⭐ EXTRA CREDIT ⭐ ✨ ===================== Why is ByteDance Considering a Move That Burned So Many Tech Giants? (Variety) Reggie Watts is in the Right Place at the Right Time (Rolling Stone) BPI Unveils 'Scale-Up and Growth' Program for London Music/Tech Firms (Music Ally) Blackstone Wins Shareholder Support to Buy Hipgnosis Fund (Billboard) _____________________ 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 ================== Want to get news like this in your inbox every Friday? Tell me in the comments and I will hook you up!

Features Apple iOS should add: - the ability to select text messages and loop in one or more individuals to insert newcomers to a group chat; all existing participants can approve of additions - the ability to send your kid a timer to tell them how many minutes they have until you are leaving the house - default Albums in the iOS Photos app and a prompt to put detected scans in Albums for Receipts, ID Cards, Records, or Scans #iphone #iosfixes #apple

I can’t believe how much gold guests like Bruce Hamilton are giving away in the How To Startup podcasts with Music Tectonics. Check out our conversation “Hit the Deck: Pitching Your First Investor” this week wherever you listen! And let me know your favorite takeaways.

Is this a sign of hope? I saw more music investments last week than 26 prior weeks. And an uptick in hew hires on LinkedIn. 🤞

It’s rare that people get this detailed publicly with advice to music tech startups. This is a great read for anyone looking to start a music tech company or for those seeking investment. The Parallel Narratives approach is clever and reminds me of a Parallel Industries approach that Cliff Fluet discussed on the first episode of the Music Tectonics How to Startup podcast mini-series.