<description>Recently, there has been an immense boom around startups working in the field of music and artificial intelligence. We see companies and individuals embracing the new technology in various fields of music production, composing, performing to music recognition. But how new is this technology really? In this episode Helen Meyer talks with Dr Leigh Smith, Senior Research Engineer at Landr, who has been working in the field of music and AI for more than 20 years now. He gives us a wrap up about how it all started, what the state of the art is and what he thinks the future may bring. 

Want to dive deeper? Here are some useful links:
ISMIR - International Society for Music Information Retrieval
https://www.ismir.net

ISMIR 2019 - International Symposium for Music Information Retrieval 2019
https://ismir2019.ismir.net

GANs - ISMIR tutorial on Generating Music with Generative Adversarial Networks
https://salu133445.github.io/ismir2019tutorial 

WiMIR - Women in Music Information Retrieval website
https://wimir.wordpress.com/ 

Portrait XO - artist using neural networks for generating an album of vocal processing
https://www.reeperbahnfestival.com/en/speaker/portrait-xo-portrait-xo


Aaron Burnett &amp; The Big Machine
"The Prototype” https://open.spotify.com/track/12zlZ8URX0gm8rxniduLUi?si=egX_cDCpRKGQvcN_LHODJg
from the album “Anomaly" https://www.discogs.com/Aaron-Burnett-The-Big-Machine-Anomaly/release/13032173</description>

Recently, there has been an immense boom around s…

Recently, there has been an immense boom around startups working in the field of music and artificial intelligence. We see companies and individuals embracing the new technology in various fields of music production, composing, performing to music recognition. But how new is this technology really? In this episode Helen Meyer talks with Dr Leigh Smith, Senior Research Engineer at Landr, who has been working in the field of music and AI for more than 20 years now. He gives us a wrap up about how it all started, what the state of the art is and what he thinks the future may bring. 

Want to dive deeper? Here are some useful links:
ISMIR - International Society for Music Information Retrieval
https://www.ismir.net

ISMIR 2019 - International Symposium for Music Information Retrieval 2019
https://ismir2019.ismir.net

GANs - ISMIR tutorial on Generating Music with Generative Adversarial Networks
https://salu133445.github.io/ismir2019tutorial 

WiMIR - Women in Music Information Retrieval website
https://wimir.wordpress.com/ 

Portrait XO - artist using neural networks for generating an album of vocal processing
https://www.reeperbahnfestival.com/en/speaker/portrait-xo-portrait-xo


Aaron Burnett & The Big Machine
"The Prototype” https://open.spotify.com/track/12zlZ8URX0gm8rxniduLUi?si=egX_cDCpRKGQvcN_LHODJg
from the album “Anomaly" https://www.discogs.com/Aaron-Burnett-The-Big-Machine-Anomaly/release/13032173

The Evolution of AI in Music

<description>Although having your own podcast is very time consuming, podcasts are currently flooding the German market but hardly anyone can even compensate the costs for the production. The American podcasting scene is a few years ahead of us, having big production companies and an advertisement revenue that is expected to hit 1 billion USD by 2021. Meanwhile in Germany, the podcasting industry does not seem to be on the radar of big companies’ digital marketing mix yet.

What possibilities do German podcasters have to monetize their podcasts and how do they become relevant for the advertising market?
Christoph Falke, Head of Audio at Axel Springer SE, Vincent Kittmann, Head of Podstars by OMR, a podcast marketing and production company and James Harper, owner of podcast “Filter Stories”, a   documentary podcast that sheds a light on the stories of people hidden in the shadows of the coffee industry, talk about their experience with podcast monetization and how to improve it.</description>

Although having your own podcast is very time con…

Although having your own podcast is very time consuming, podcasts are currently flooding the German market but hardly anyone can even compensate the costs for the production. The American podcasting scene is a few years ahead of us, having big production companies and an advertisement revenue that is expected to hit 1 billion USD by 2021. Meanwhile in Germany, the podcasting industry does not seem to be on the radar of big companies’ digital marketing mix yet.

What possibilities do German podcasters have to monetize their podcasts and how do they become relevant for the advertising market?
Christoph Falke, Head of Audio at Axel Springer SE, Vincent Kittmann, Head of Podstars by OMR, a podcast marketing and production company and James Harper, owner of podcast “Filter Stories”, a   documentary podcast that sheds a light on the stories of people hidden in the shadows of the coffee industry, talk about their experience with podcast monetization and how to improve it.

The Future of Podcast Monetization

<description>Do you want to found a business but are unsure about the first steps? This special podcast series of “Hello, Audio!” recaps the event called “Found Your Future” which was launched by The Venue Berlin in cooperation with students from Popakademie: Beere, Fabian and Lukas. In this podcast we will focus on some of the main points when it comes to founding. Founders and experts from the creative industry are sharing their knowledge in different keynotes.

In this episode, Tilmann Kemper and Anastasia Troyanov from APX are sharing their knowledge about finance investment readiness and sources of funding.</description>

Do you want to found a business but are unsure ab…

Do you want to found a business but are unsure about the first steps? This special podcast series of “Hello, Audio!” recaps the event called “Found Your Future” which was launched by The Venue Berlin in cooperation with students from Popakademie: Beere, Fabian and Lukas. In this podcast we will focus on some of the main points when it comes to founding. Founders and experts from the creative industry are sharing their knowledge in different keynotes.

In this episode, Tilmann Kemper and Anastasia Troyanov from APX are sharing their knowledge about finance investment readiness and sources of funding.

Investor Readiness

<description>Do you want to found a business but are unsure about the first steps? This special podcast series of “Hello, Audio!” recaps the event called “Found Your Future” which was launched by The Venue Berlin in cooperation with students from Popakademie: Beere, Fabian and Lukas. In this podcast we will focus on some of the main points when it comes to founding. Founders and experts from the creative industry are sharing their knowledge in different keynotes. The first part of this series is an interview with Simon de Koning from ELEVEN who is getting interviewed by Helen Meyer from The Venue Berlin about how to stay motivated and believe in your idea while founding a business.</description>

Do you want to found a business but are unsure about the first steps? This special podcast series of “Hello, Audio!” recaps the event called “Found Your Future” which was launched by The Venue Berlin in cooperation with students from Popakademie: Beere, Fabian and Lukas. In this podcast we will focus on some of the main points when it comes to founding. Founders and experts from the creative industry are sharing their knowledge in different keynotes. The first part of this series is an interview with Simon de Koning from ELEVEN who is getting interviewed by Helen Meyer from The Venue Berlin about how to stay motivated and believe in your idea while founding a business.

Motivation For Startups

<description>Music streaming services like Spotify and Pandora have changed the way we discover new music. These services use algorithms to provide music recommendation. They suggests songs to listeners corrisponding to their taste.
 
But who determines what kind of music these algorithms suggest? How will music streaming services improve in the future? What about protection of data privacy? In this episode of “Hello, Audio!“, Helen was on tour at Future Music Camp in Mannheim and  met up with Prof. Peter Knees from the Technical University of Vienna who is researching on music recommendation systems.</description>

Music streaming services like Spotify and Pandora…

Music streaming services like Spotify and Pandora have changed the way we discover new music. These services use algorithms to provide music recommendation. They suggests songs to listeners corrisponding to their taste.
 
But who determines what kind of music these algorithms suggest? How will music streaming services improve in the future? What about protection of data privacy? In this episode of “Hello, Audio!“, Helen was on tour at Future Music Camp in Mannheim and  met up with Prof. Peter Knees from the Technical University of Vienna who is researching on music recommendation systems.

The Future of Music Recommendation

A podcast about all things audiotech and musictech coming to you from The Venue Berlin.

Hello, Audio!

Details

Recent Episodes