New and Noteworthy: Issue 57

👋 Welcome to the 57th issue of New and Noteworthy, a collection of interesting ideas and projects from the world of music and audio.

Research

An investigation into the effectiveness of using acoustic touch to assist people who are blind

Around the web

Water & Music: Takeaways from our inaugural music marketing data bootcamp

Spotify announces layoffs, its third round this year. The next day Spotify CFO, Paul Vogel, exercised 47,859 stock options and sold the shares in a sale worth $9.38M

How to break into the entertainment business: “..you just have to do the work. The music industry doesn’t care about what you know or your fancy degrees. What they care about is what you’ve done, and only that.”

Success and longevity in music: Building quiet legend

Stephen Fry on human creativity, beautiful things, meaning, and ChatGPT

MEPs call for new streaming rules in the EU

Survey by UK-based Youth Music finds young people rely on lyrics to aid wellbeing

Who owns a voice?

Music Map

Who will be hurt by Spotify’s new payment threshold?

Alexis Petridis believes Spotify Wrapped is “creepy, meaningless and shows just how much big data tech has on you”

Vintage hi-fi sound systems are driving boutique club nights in the UK

Video: André 3000 discusses his new album and life after Outkast

Video: The rise and fall of System Of A Down

“Try to be surprised by something every day. It could be something you see, hear, or read about. Stop to look at the unusual car parked at the curb, taste the new item on the cafeteria menu, actually listen to your colleague at the office. How is this different from other similar cars, dishes or conversations? What is its essence? Don’t assume that you already know what these things are all about, or that even if you knew them, they wouldn’t matter anyway. Experience this one thing for what it is, not what you think it is. Be open to what the world is telling you. Life is nothing more than a stream of experiences — the more widely and deeply you swim in it, the richer your life will be.”

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Video: Tax for musicians (UK focus)

Video: Curtiss King is removing all his music from streaming platforms

Video: The history of Autotune