The Future of Music and Technology: The Sweetest Sounds? – Part 2

The Buzz 1: ** "If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be." [Eddie Van Halen, songwriter and musician] ** "Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." [Maya Angelou, memoirist, poet, playwright] ** "Every song is like a painting." (Dick Dale, The King of the Surf Guitar] The Buzz 2: "From synthesizers to DAWs or from CD players to iPhones, the landscape of music has changed and is very different from the days of your parents." (interestingengineering.com) The Buzz 3: Albert Einstein was the Princeton Symphony vice president from 1952–1955. He said that, had he not been a scientist, he would have been a musician. (cbc.ca/music) The Buzz 4: "…The future of music in the digital age is focused on how streaming services will differentiate themselves from the competition, how artists will reach their fanbase, and revisiting popular music industry trends of the past with innovations, such as the modern record player." (Rolling Stone Magazine) We'll ask Serge Hoffmann, Drew Wieloch, Nelson Malléus, Scott Campbell and Ross Campbell for their take on The Future of Music and Technology: The Sweetest Sounds?! – Part 2.