Beatseeker

In the epic 1968 Stanley Kubrick sci-fi film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, Hal, an artificial intelligence sings a song called Daisy Bell while being decommissioned by the space crew. Over 50 years later, AI is no longer sci-fi. It’s here and it’s real. In this episode we’re joined by Jon Gillick, a computer scientist that was part of the winning team of the 2021 international AI song contest. Their winning track, "Listen to Your Body Choir" took inspiration from the song Daisy Bell, an homage to the 2001’s Hal. Daisy Bell was also the first song to be sung by a computer back in 1961.

Jon joins us from the University of California, Berkeley. Jon specializes in the intersection of Machine Learning, Music Technology, and Human-Computer Interaction.  His current work centers around using machine learning to explore new ways of understanding and creating music and sound. Jon is also a trained electric and acoustic guitar player who has composed and recorded music.

Learn more at jongillick.com and find him on Twitter @jon_gillick.

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Who wrote that song? What’s that sample? When music went digital, listeners lost the liner notes along with the ability to easily discover the musicians and other individuals who made it. Enter the Deepr music app. Known as ‘Shazam on steroids’, Deepr uses audio recognition and manual search inputs to identify who was involved in making that music. The app shares interactive data behind the music: songwriters, producers, featured artists, background singers, samples, and more. Listeners can click on any of the creators’ names and direct Deepr to generate a playlist based on their selections. Love that drummer? Make a playlist of that drummer’s body of work. Apple Music, Spotify Premium, and YouTube users can sync their accounts with the Deepr interface.

Taking us through the tech behind Deepr is Austin Webster, founder and CEO, who joins us from Atlanta Georgia. Austin explains the benefits of this technology to artists, rights holders and listeners.  Learn more and download the app at Deeprmusic.com and follow Deepr on Insta: @Deeprmusic, and Twitter: @Deeprmusicapp.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

What were the biggest stories in music tech from 2021 and what might we see in the coming year? In today’s episode we recap the top trends of the year and make our predictions for what’s coming next.

Tristra Newyear Yaeger and Dmitri Vietze join us from Bloomington Indiana for an end of the year round-up. Dmitri is the Founder and CEO of rock paper scissors, a music tech and innovation PR firm where Tristra is a writer, strategist and creative force. Dmitri and Tristra also host a music tech conference - and podcast - called Music Tectonics. So in other words, we’ve found the perfect guests - that are part of our music technology podcast universe -  to join us for this episode.

Learn more about rock paper scissors at rockpaperscissors.biz and Music Tectonics at musictectonics.com (and check out the podcast wherever you get your podcasts). Follow them on Twitter @musictectonics and Instagram @musictectonics. Connect with them on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/dmitrivietze/ and linkedin.com/in/tristra-yeager-0a83505/.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

Insta: @beatseekerpod Twitter: @beatseekerpod  Facebook: facebook.com/beatseekerpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beatseeker

Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

Have you ever listened to music while exercising? You were probably just trying to make it more enjoyable or pass the time more quickly. But, did you know that music can actually make you perform better as an athlete? Music has been proven to produce a measurable improvement in many types of athletic activities. We’re joined today by a world-renowned expert who will explain why music has this super-power and how to harness it for your own sporting activities.

Costas Karageorghis is a professor in sport and exercise psychology at Brunel University London. He has established an international reputation for his research into the psychological and neurophysiological effects of music. Professor Karageorghis is the author of two textbooks, 12 book chapters, 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 100 professional papers in sport and exercise psychology. He also acts as consultant psychologist to a number of international and professional athletes.

Learn more about his research and listen to his Ultimate Fitness Workout Playlist and his Runner’s Playlist available on Spotify. Follow the Sound and Vision Innovations (SAVI) Group on Twitter: @SAVIBrunel.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

In this episode Ace Piva joins us from Brantford, Ontario. He is creator of the Lost Tapes of the 27 Club, which uses artificial intelligence to create new songs by artists lost to music's mental health crisis. Ace is a certified addictions counsellor who knows the ins and outs of the road and its associated pressures and struggles. He’s been there as a musician, tour manager, sound engineer, stage manager and production manager - and today, Piva is a co-founder and Executive Director of Over The Bridge, whose goals are to change the conversation about mental health and recovery in the music community.

We sit down with Ace to discuss the Lost Tapes of the 27 Club project, how it came about, how they used AI to create new songs by deceased artists and how the project exceeded their goals by a huge margin. We listen to a sample of the "new", Nirvana song, and discuss how this controversial technology was received by fans, critics and other industry observers. We hope you enjoy this special 27th episode of Beatseeker.

To learn more about Over the Bridge visit: overthebridge.org and follow them on Twitter: @otbnonprofit Instagram: @otbnonprofit and Facebook: @otbnonprofit.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

First there was the neighbourhood music teacher. Then along came instructional videos on YouTube. Now Helsinki-based Yousician dominates music education with more than 20 million users tapping the service each month to learn and play music. In this episode we learn about Yousician, the world’s largest music education platform. Yousician turns learning into a game (sort of like Guitar Hero, but with real instruments) offering gamified music education for guitar, bass, ukulele, piano and voice. Recently they’ve started to roll out ‘Spotlight courses with renowned artists like Jason Mraz and Metallica, and a collaboration with language-learning app Duolingo and GRAMMY-winning Colombian singer-songwriter, Juannes.

Taking us through Yousician is Hadley Spanier. Hadley is Yousician’s Global Head of Brand Marketing and Artist Relations, where she oversees the New York City office which is focused on brand marketing. Hadley was previously the Head of Marketing at Verve Label Group (Universal Music Group) where she oversaw campaigns for artists including Diana Krall, Andrea Bocelli, John Coltrane, Tori Amos and her campaigns there resulted in multiple #1 debuts, Clio and Grammy Awards.

Find Yousician at yousician.com and follow Hadley on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hadleyspanier/.

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

Insta: @beatseekerpod Twitter: @beatseekerpod  Facebook: facebook.com/beatseekerpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beatseeker

Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

In recent years, TikTok has exploded onto the social media scene, dominating the attention span of the youth set. TikTok’s users now spend more time each month watching content than YouTube users. Songs routinely surpass a billion video views and according to the company, 100 songs have racked up over 50 billion views on over 125 million creations. Five of these reached number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart.

In this episode we are joined by Nathan Pyle from Nashville, Tennessee. Nathan is General Manager of Songfluencer, a music tech startup that uses data-driven technology to earn music success on TikTok. Nathan walks us through the TikTok phenomenon, its impact on the music ecosystem and how artists are using TikTok to amplify their audience.

Check out Songfluencer at songfluencer.com and get in touch with Nathan at [email protected]

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

In this episode we look at the disappearance of record shops in the UK in the late 2000s, followed by a sharp resurgence that continues into the 2020s. While it seemed record shops were going the way of the 8-track and the cassette, the industry did a complete 180 and did the unthinkable - and boutique record stores started popping up again all over the UK.

To take us through the downs and ups, Pip Piper and Graham Jones join us from Dawlish, England.  During his career as a sales-rep, Graham visited more record shops than any other human. His 2008 book ‘Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened to Record Shops' documents the decline of the record shop, while his 2018 book ‘The Vinyl Revival and the Shops that Made it Happen’ documents the subsequent rise. Both books were made into films of the same name by Pip Piper.

Outside of the UK you can download ebook versions of Last Shop Standing, Strange Requests and Comic Tales From Record Shops and The Vinyl Revival and The Shops That Made it Happen from Amazon Kindle. Graham’s blog has 100 plus features on vinyl and record shops: https://grahamjonesvinylrevival.blogspot.com/

Watch the films Last Shop Standing and the Vinyl Revival on Vimeo and learn more at: thevinylrevivalfilm.com

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

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Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

In this episode we dig into disruptive new business models for artists that use social tokens also known as creator coins. Creator coins represent a potential breakthrough for artists to earn a living and also for fans to participate directly in economy of the artists they want to support. Rally is a new platform for allowing - artists and creators of all types - to make and issue these coins.

To explain how this all works, we’re joined by Bryce Carr from Los Angeles California. Bryce is the Director of Creator Partnerships, Music at Rally. Bryce explains what creator coins are, how they work and how they can be used by artists and fans. He takes us through an example, the PTM coin, which the band Portugal the Man issued on their platform.

Learn more about Rally at rally.io and follow them on Twitter @rally_io. Connect with Bryce on Instagram @brycebcarr or by email at: [email protected].

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

Insta: @beatseekerpod Twitter: @beatseekerpod  Facebook: facebook.com/beatseekerpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beatseeker

Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com

In this episode we explore the world of Splice and the music creation tools they create for artists. We dive into the expanding world of DIY music tools that enable creators to make music in their bedrooms. We learn how the rise of new tools like Splice and creators like Murda Beats are disrupting the music creation process.

To take us through this topic, Ale Koretzky joins us from Venice, California. Ale is the Head of Machine Learning at Splice and leads Splice's AI strategy, roadmap, and execution, from machine learning R&D to engineering. He also founded Tunesplit a music-AI startup that utilizes machine / deep learning to separate and analyze music. He writes about music Audio AI in Medium and is himself a musician and music producer.

Follow Ale’s work on Medium at @ale.koretzky and reach out to him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akoretzky/

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Beatseeker has been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top Music Technology Podcasts on the web: https://blog.feedspot.com/music_technology_podcasts/

Learn more: beatseeker.fm

Insta: @beatseekerpod Twitter: @beatseekerpod  Facebook: facebook.com/beatseekerpod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beatseeker

Beatseeker is sponsored by the Boombox Music League: boomboxsoftware.com