Sharp takes on music technology and culture industry hell from journalist Liz Pelly and musician/educator Max Alper. On each episode, Liz and Max take on the contemporary music and culture industries, with deep dives into the hellscape of contemporary music biz headlines and long form interviews with fellow writers, musicians and more. Support the show, get early access to episodes and exclusive content at patreon.com/criticallistening
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Sharp takes on music technology and culture industry hell from journalist Liz Pelly and musician/educator Max Alper. On each episode, Liz and Max take on the contemporary music and culture industries, with deep dives into the hellscape of contemporary music biz headlines and long form interviews with fellow writers, musicians and more. Support the show, get early access to episodes and exclusive content at patreon.com/criticallistening
We’re back with another headlines ep, where Liz and Max each bring one story from across the music-tech biz press to summarize and contextualize. On this ep we are unpacking the imminent major label deals with gen-AI companies. At the time we recorded, those reportedly landmark deals were thought to be signed within weeks, and since recording we’ve already started to see more details emerge. We discussed some implications of Spotify being included on the list of companies major rightsholders are working out gen-AI deals with, and more details of that collaboration have already dropped, too. Lastly, we of course also spoke about what it means that Daniel Ek is stepping back from his role as CEO of Spotify. Thanks for tuning in, remember to support the show by joining our Patreon & head over to the Discord if you want to chat about anything mentioned on the show!
Critical Listening
Sharp takes on music technology and culture industry hell from journalist Liz Pelly and musician/educator Max Alper. On each episode, Liz and Max take on the contemporary music and culture industries, with deep dives into the hellscape of contemporary music biz headlines and long form interviews with fellow writers, musicians and more. Support the show, get early access to episodes and exclusive content at patreon.com/criticallistening
