While a book of extended techniques for clarinet would not be seen as poetry or a novel, these music tutorials live in an uncanny valley between music and learning resources. The medium of social media conditions this “tutorial-content” to be increasingly performative, artistically expressive, and bespoke for the platform. And this leads ulimately to these tutorials becoming more and more pieces of (meta-)music, and less and less of rigorous educational resources
Tutorial core also applies to pkm. People are more fascinated with making productivity tools than they are with leveraging productivityWeb-based sound art often relies on new and emerging technology. Because of this, much of the online space surrounding the art is made up of forums and community spaces maintained by the organizations that build these technologies. The Cycling ‘74 Forums (and their related community platforms on Discord, Facebook, and Instagram). The primary focus of these community spaces is on technical aspects of the creative process, with only a small majority of posts showcasing works of art
While nota does contain a space for technical support, its community, nota e.V., is structured similar to an arts and research collective. Their primary interest is not in maintaining the nota digital rehearsal space, but rather to foster a digital-born space for artistic exchange
Audius presents an interesting use of web3 technology to facilitate relationships between artists and fans, as well as re-imagine the economics of music streaming through their own music-sharing protocol. In a previous WebSoundArt article, I discuss the complex present state of music royalties, laying out the theoretical strengths and weaknesses a web3 based solution provides. Audius seeks to implement one of these solutions; their system for music distribution and streaming empowers any artist (even if they are just one person with no financial or human capital) to monetize, distribute, and stream their music (see Audius’ whitepaper). Additionally, Audius uses IPFS, a web3 system that facilitates data management and storage without a central server
Much of the growth in the web-based sound art community is built off developments in technology that make web technology accessible to artists and non-engineers
