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Five Essential Music Ebooks from Hypebot, via Music Press Report
and don’t forget New Music Strategies manifesto:
‘Convergence’ is an example of a way of discussing new online technologies by reducing them to a single idea without understanding them in any depth at all. In fact, convergence is the least common effect of digital technologies. A moment’s reflection will come up with examples of new technologies that are neither interoperable nor the equal meeting of several older technologies. Video broadcasts on mobile devices are not similar experiences to watching television, and nor are they in any way connected with what we understand as the social practice of telephone use. Take a step back and consider new technologies for what they really are — and then you’ll be able to have useful and applicable insights.