👋 Welcome to the 43rd issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.

Research

Commissioned by Pro Musik (a German organisation representing freelance musicians), a study looking at the impact of alternative payment models in music streaming.

Around the web

The Taste Economy

When popular culture (music, TV, movies, online publishing) is defined by algorithms, the concept of “selling out” (as flawed as it is) makes no sense.

Inside ABBA’s live residency. Whatever you think of their music, the holographic show is impressive:

• Holograms of each member created by Industrial Light & Magic

• Housed at ABBA Arena (a custom venue outside London) outfitted with 291 speakers, LED screens, and seats 3000 people

• There are 600 tons of equipment above the crowd

• 500 moving lights are mapped to 30,000 points in the area to create the illusion of a real-life band

• It cost approximately £140M to develop

• 1.5M tickets sold with an average price of £84. The production has been sold out every night for 15 months.

Listening and watching

Escape Wheel - Emeralds

Castle Song - Green-House

Something Out of It - exael

Not All Who Wander Are Lost - shinetiac

110 Dudes - Danny Daze

Fiat Lux - Stijn Hüwels

Two Distant Leads - Murlo

Things we’re interested in

Podcast: Zelda: A Beep to the Past

Demystifying game audio mixing

Wavcity - open-source audio editor in the browser

Podcast: A conversation with legendary sound designer Mark Mangini (Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Dune, Mad Max Fury Road) Related: Twenty Thousand Hertz count down six favourite moments from his career and discuss how these sounds were made.

Question

Are modular synths too expensive?

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