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¡Más volumen! Mexico City is a new capital of the digital music business

by Rodrigo Cervantes
Feb 8, 2019
Spotify says the world's largest market for its streaming service is not NYC or London: it's Mexico City. And this metropolis is becoming a huge hub for those who create, produce or monetize digital music.
Camilo Lara of Mexican Institute Of Sound performs during day one of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Club on April 19, 2009 in Indio, California. 
Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
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Moog CEO Mike Adams says analog synths are here to stay

by Kai Ryssdal
May 20, 2016
Moog makes a variety of apps these days, but the hardware is still the heart of the company.
A Minimoog Model D Synthesizer.
Canada Science and Technology Museum (Flicker Creative Commons)
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Robot Tastemakers

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 23, 2016
"Actuality" visits Spotify to look into the algorithmic DJs that soundtrack our lives.
French electronic duo Daft Punk, the original robot DJs, in "Tron: Legacy"
via Giphy
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Tidal rides sudden wave of popularity

by Nova Safo
Feb 15, 2016
The struggling music-streaming service is newly popular — thanks to Kanye West and Beyoncé.
Inside Tidal's launch event. 
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Roc Nation
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Please hold while I explain the music you're hearing

by Tobin Low
Dec 18, 2015
It's all about the license.
When it comes to being put on hold, silence is not golden.
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Behind Amazon's newest venture: music

by Jenny Ament
Aug 14, 2015
The online retailer has launched an experiment that is part album, part playlist.
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The Sound of Computers

by Ben Johnson and Aparna Alluri
Mar 4, 2015
Matt Parker, a sound artist, collects audio from the early days of computing.
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Shazam CEO: Introducing visual 'Shazaming'

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 14, 2015
Plus, listen to CEO Rich Riley's 'Bad Day at Work' playlist
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Garth Brooks album is online, but not for streaming

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 11, 2014
Brooks is releasing the album on a new website he helped create, GhostTunes.
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