👋 Welcome to the 23rd issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.

Research

How Music and Instruments Began: A Brief Overview of the Origin and Entire Development of Music, from Its Earliest Stages

Around the web

UK Music launches This is Music Creators Survey 2023

As a pianist strikes a chord, visualisations of the notes appear in real time

ChatGPT Passes The Humanity Test

What BBC cuts mean for classical music

Is the most famous flier in hip-hop history fake?

How the shuffle button came to define modern-day media consumption

A Wyoming YouTube channel is helping to drive the Americana music resurgence

The Case For -- and Against -- Higher Streaming Subscription Prices

SoundSource - Sound control for Mac

SOUNDRAW - Royalty-free music, AI generated

Boomy AI - Make music with AI

Lo-fi Air Traffic Control - Lo-fi tracks mixed with live air traffic control

Coachella Island on Fortnite

“functional music is the thin end of a dangerous wedge”

From the Financial Times: Streaming services urged to clamp down on AI-generated music

Listening and watching

when glass is there, and water, - Lia Kohl

Birdy Island - Howie Lee

Capacity - SELVEDGE

Ocean - Symphony for Electric Violin and other instruments in 10+ parts - Valentina Goncharova

Lush In End (Drum Version) - Andrea

Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom - The Drin

Leather Blvd. - B. Cool Aid

Podcast: The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome - A story about spycraft, technology, and the brain, and all in the context of a mysterious sound

Podcast: Mastering a new skill - How do people learn new skills and become real experts?

Things we’re interested in

Soundsnap - We’ve recently been working with the excellent folks at Soundsnap, providing our students with access to their sound effects library for application in post-production and sound design for games/film contexts.

Question

Could the “multiplier” model improve the way artists are paid from music streaming?

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