September 21, 2018

The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, September 21

The Daily Chord started aggregating music news stories when streaming revenue accounted for zero percent of the business, today it accounts for three of every four dollars. Also, the ever-evolving story of performance rights reached a milestone this week when the Music Modernization Act passed the Senate. Follow important music stories and play the long game with the Daily Chord. Subscribe to our email newsletter to get the headlines in your inbox.

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Monday, September 17

• Music Modernization Act faces verbal vote in Senate, but one ‘no’ could be fatal
  Post from Billboard
• The NSW premier thinks the best solution to overdoses at music festivals is to shut them down
  Post from Buzzfeed
• Warner Music Group buys merch company EMP in $180M deal
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• On the charts: Paul McCartney returns to no. 1 after 36 years with ‘Egypt Station’
  Post from Rolling Stone
• Donald Glover sues former label in Childish Gambino royalties dispute
  Post from Pitchfork
• The best wireless headphones for everyone
  List from Wired

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Tuesday, September 18

• ‘I’m getting ripped off’: A look inside Ticketmaster’s price-hiking bag of tricks
  Story from CBC
• AEG ends block-booking policy connecting LA’s Staples Center and London’s O2 Arena
  Post from Variety
• Pandora’s newest playlist The Drop sounds a lot like Spotify’s Release Radar
  Post from The Verge
• Big Jay McNeely, 91, dies; R&B’s ‘king of the honkers’
  Obituary from NY Times
• Jeremy Dutcher wins Polaris Prize, Canada’s top music award
  Post from The Guardian
• Musical instrument goes flat in presence of adulterated medicine
  Post from Ars Technica

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Wednesday, September 19

• ‘A momentous day’ as US Senate passes Music Modernization Act
  Post from Music Business Worldwide
• Spotify sued over sales team’s ‘boy’s trips’ to strip clubs
  Post from Variety
• Singled out: The top 40 formats that fell by the wayside
  Post from The Guardian
• They’re Bikini Kill, and all their kickass music is on streaming now
  Post from AV Club
• Touring in China remains unpredictable as gov’t keeps a watchful eye on music industry
  Post from Billboard
• Robyn announces new album ‘Honey,’ her first in eight years
  Item from Stereogum

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Thursday, September 20

• ‘A public relations nightmare’: Ticketmaster recruits pros for secret scalper program
  Story from CBC
• How music festivals are giving legacy hip-hop acts renewed relevance and greater longevity
  Post from Uproxx
• ‘Record labels are like Donald Trump…scared artists are making dumb albums, singing stupid songs’ – Linda Perry
  Interview from Music Business Worldwide
• Tencent Music IPO to be halved – Report
  Post from Variety
• Noname is one of the best rappers alive
  Profile from Rolling Stone
  
• Alone in the studio in 1983, Prince is revealed
  Review from NY Times

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Friday, September 21

• Streaming now accounts for 75% of music industry revenue
  Post from The Verge
• Mercury Prize 2018: Wolf Alice win for Visions Of A Life
  Post from The Guardian
• Suge Knight pleads no contest to manslaughter, faces 28 years in prison for 2015 hit and run
  Post from CNN
• Meg White is the 21st century’s loudest introvert
  Post from NPR Music
• Next Bob Dylan ‘Bootleg Series’ set will take a deep dive into ‘Blood On The Tracks’
  Item from LA Times
• Guitar Hero TV’s planned shutdown spurs false advertising lawsuit
  Post from Ars Technica

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September 20, 2018

Rebooting Tech for a Human-Centered Approach with Mary Aiken & Simon Segars at SXSW 2018

During their session at SXSW 2018, Cyber-psychologist Dr. Mary Aiken and CEO of Arm Simon Segars discussed the impact of technology on human behavior. Read on and watch the full session to learn how the rapid acceleration of tech development is not only re-shaping business and global markets but is changing basic human needs like eye contact. Learn how all of this change has led to an ethical challenge in what Dr. Aiken calls “the largest unregulated social experiment of all time”.

“From a human perspective, the evolution of technology vs. human evolution has blindsided the human population in terms of trying to keep up with that change.” – Dr. Mary Aiken

Throughout this evolution, Simon Segars has had a front-row seat for over 25 years. He led the development of early ARM processors for the world’s first digital mobile phones and now spearheads ARM’s vision for smart and connected technologies. The development of this technology has radically changed the way we live our lives and augmented the human experience, but Segars never envisioned that this technology would take away from the human experience.

On-stage, Segars and Aiken discuss how face to face communication has changed as a result of mobile technology and connectivity and address the other unintended consequences of tech development.

“We are heading into a world of AI, and before we get into that it is important to take a moment to reflect on where we are today. What can we learn from the last 10-15 years of development, especially in terms of its impact on children?” – Simon Segars

Children are now growing up with a dependence on technology. With accessibility to the internet and connected devices like Alexa, children will be exposed to greater opportunity but also greater risk. As technology continues to accelerate at an exponential rate, Aiken calls for a fundamental change in the way we look at our devices and the internet in order to educate future generations.

“We need to have a paradigm shift in how we conceptualize the internet,” said Aiken. “It is an entity that has the ability to have a profound and pervasive impact on human behavior; an impact in terms of the individual, the cyber-psychology of the individual; an impact in terms of sociology, how we interact as a group in technology-mediated environments; and an impact in terms of our development.”

Watch the full session and learn more about the evolution of technology and how we can maintain our humanity in an age of automation, connectivity, and disruption.

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September 20, 2018

Stylish Illustration for French Magazine Usbek & Rica

Stylish Illustration for French Magazine Usbek & Rica

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Sep 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

Illustration Series: The Road Trip by Ranganath Krishnamani

Illustration Series: The Road Trip by Ranganath Krishnamani

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Sep 20, 2018

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