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โ๏ธ Postinternet music is the future ๐ป AI music is already mainstream ๐ฅ Internet's post-text era is here ๐คณ #99 Feb 12, 2018
โ๏ธ Music & innovation in 2018 โก Spotify's IPO for dummies ๐ธ YouTube's AI drives 70% of views ๐ญ #98 Jan 15, 2018
#97 Dec 11, 2017 โ๏ธ Apple drives artists to chatbots ๐ YouTube leveling the playing field? ๐ AI will change your music strategy ๐จ โ Hi everyone!ย The news is out: IDAGIO raisedย โฌ8 million. I'm stoked to be on board for this phase and
#96 Dec 4, 2017 โ๏ธ Female music startup founders ๐ฉโ๐ป Spotify + Tencent share swap? ๐จ๐ณ Buying cats on the blockchain ๐ฑ โ Hi everybody!Slush Music and Slush were AMAZING. Here's my review.It's been great meeting so many of
#95 Nov 27, 2017 โ๏ธ Will tech make labels obsolete? ๐ Building 250k plays on Soundcloud ๐ฏ Why musicians get digital wrong ๐ โ Hi everybody!Off to Helsinki for Slush + Slush Music this week. Looking forward as I've already heard
#94 Nov 20, 2017 โ๏ธ Streaming wars for superfans โ๏ธ How generative music works โจ๏ธ Blockchain startups to watch โ๏ธ โ Hi everybody!ย I am busy preparing my talk at Slush Music next week. It's probably going to be my most
#93 Nov 13, 2017 โ๏ธ EU streaming giants teaming up ๐ช How AI startups can target music ๐ค Soundcloud's last chance... ๐ธ โ Hi everybody,Just came back from Ableton Loop here in Berlin. The focus is completely on creators and
#92 Nov 6, 2017 โ๏ธ Spotify's Chris Brown problem ๐ Listening diversity is growing ๐ Critical look at blockchain & music โ๏ธ โ Hi everyone,ย Thanks for all the positive responses to last week's mailing. I'll try to squeeze in ano
#91 Oct 30, 2017 โ๏ธ Is this the end of the app era? ๐ต YouTube entrepreneurs & music ๐ Martin Luther & the Church of Tech ๐ โ Hi everybody,Something special for you this week. Unfortunately I was unable to do my presentation at
#90 Oct 23, 2017 โ๏ธ Post Malone's streaming game ๐พ Music marketing toolbox for pros ๐ ๏ธ Personal story about diversity ๐ฆ โ Hi everybody,As announced recently, I'm experimenting with formats for this newsletter. This week I'm
#89 Oct 16, 2017 โ๏ธ Spotify & the Roman slave trade ๐๏ธ Oculus Go: a VR game-changer? ๐ Does music still work as social glue ๐ฏ โ Hi everyone,ย Sometimes I get bored with the music I'm currently into and the filter bubble I've built
#88 Oct 9, 2017 โ๏ธ Algorithm designed concert hall ๐ Blockchain takes on ticket fraud โ๏ธ Standing out in the age of VUIs ๐ โ Hi everyone,ย Been having a busy time with IDAGIO recently, as we've just launched our rebranding, sim
#87 Oct 2, 2017 โ๏ธ How streaming is changing pop ๐จ๐ฝโ๐ค Stream mythbusting with Warner ๐ Troubled blockchain ticketing pilot ๐ฅ โ Hi everyone,ย Been spending much of the weekend at home building IKEA furniture (moved to Berlin 5 mon
#86 Sep 25, 2017 โ๏ธ Electronic music 100 years ago โก Scientists store light as sound ใฐ๏ธ Moving beyond the record industry ๐ฟ โ Hi everyone,ย Sometimes I compose this newsletter over the weekend, sometimes I get up at 5.30 on Mond
#85 Sep 18, 2017 โ๏ธ My Instagram & Twitter hack ๐คณ Spotify is finally cracking video ๐๏ธ Radio no good for today's hits? ๐ป โ Hi everyone,ย ๐ฆ๐น Just got back from a lovely team trip to Vienna with my IDAGIOย colleagues. We had a w
#84 Sep 11, 2017 โ๏ธ Why music startups often fail ๐ฅ Better streaming services for DJS ๐๏ธ Music promo is going meme-first ๐ โ Hi everyone,ย Some unexpected travel this week, so I didn't have much time to write. However, sometime
#83 Sep 4, 2017 โ๏ธ The next 3 interfaces for music ๐ป Hiphop, coding, and algoraves ๐ป Funding by VCs overtaken by ICOs ๐ธ โ Hey!ย I'm looking for frontend and Android developers to join my team at IDAGIO in Berlin (we're reinv
#82 Aug 28, 2017 โ๏ธ How TIDAL's predecessor failed ๐ต Biohacking & the future of music ๐ฎ Alexa goes beyond Amazon Echo ๐ป โ Hi everyone,ย I've had a lovely time in Trondheim last week, speaking about key trends in music tech,
#81 Aug 21, 2017 โ๏ธ The Instagram Stories rulebook ๐ธ The trojan horse for domestic AI ๐ค Sonic warfare & music's dark side ๐ซ โ Hey everyone!ย Had an amazing few days in Cologne at the c/o pop convention, where I got to meet so ma