New and Noteworthy: Issue 55
👋 Welcome to the 55th issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.
Research
Around the web
John Grzinich produces sounds installations using large, nylon-stringed, Aeolian harps
In response to this piece in The Guardian on Spotify’s recently announced royalty payments, Public Service Broadcasting highlight how much Spotify care about music. Spotify pays them:
79% less than Qobuz
71% less than Amazon Premium
59% less than Tidal
58% less than Apple
56% less than Deezer
A guide to alternate tunings on Bandcamp
YouTube is going to start cracking down on AI clones of musicians
Warner Music to recreate Edith Piaf’s voice and image with AI
Anthym helps colleagues form workplace connections through music
Listening and watching
ELEMENTS, CYCLES - Jeannine Schulz
Protector - Aoife Nessa Frances
Breaking The Thermometer - Leyla McCalla
Nakshatra - Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy
Sun Arcs - Blue Lake
Canto Ostinato (Simeon ten Holt) - Erik Hall
In the End It Always Does - The Japanese House
Video: Mompou: Música Callada I - Steven Hough
Video: As We Speak - Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain & Edgar Meyer
Video: Overmono live at Boiler Room
Things we’re interested in
Infraordinary FM - Generative music with low-key announcements of unimportant things happening across the globe
ConvertWithMoss - Converts between mutisample formats
nina - an online music ecosystem connecting artists, fans and releases. Twitter thread on recent changes to the protocol
Question
Is the vinyl bubble about to burst?
