digital music

Tech
How Pandora Won Its Royalty Battle But Lost the War to Spotify
Pandora found a brilliant loophole to win its fight with the recording industry, but it tied the company's future into a knot.
Tyler Hayes
3.3.21
Music
It's Actually Pretty Easy to 'Hack' the Digital Music Industry
We made a terrible song then bought Spotify streams for it as proof.
Lasse Cato, Alfred Maddox
12.5.17
Tech
Tomorrow's Musical Instruments Look Like Lightsabers and Metal Detectors
Inside London's Augmented Instruments Lab, where music can be hacked out of anything.
Christine Ro
8.15.16

Tech
Modstep Is Here To Turn Your Dusty First-Gen iPad Into a Sick Audio Workstation
At $20, it's still a lot cheaper than upgrading to the latest and greatest device.
Michael Byrne
2.28.16
Tech
Spotify's Spam War Could Change How We Listen To Music
Spotify's effort to combat musical spam and click fraud could have a chilling effect.
Ryan H. Walsh
2.2.16
Tech
The Smart Jukebox of the Future
Coming to a bar near you.
Meghan Neal
12.24.15