BandLab 10.0 Arrives; Music Rights Confusion in NFT Land; Amplifihub, Airbit Partner to Collect Unclaimed Royalties for 10,000+ African Beatmakers

A Tribe Called Quest NFT was being used to sell a percentage of the rights to early albums from legendary hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Within less than a week, the rights sold, A Tribe Called Quest denied the validity of the sale and then, after sorting out the situation,

Audiomack is teaming up with Ziiki Media to boosts artists across Africa, including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa.

BandLab, the free browser-based and mobile music-making app, has been upgraded to version 10, which includes a full-fledged sampler.

Many African creators have been the driving force behind global and regional hits — yet have never reaped the reward.

New court filing follows Roc-A-Fella Records lawsuit against label cofounder Dash for allegedly trying to sell LP as an NFT.

Music Ally has reported extensively on the hearings at the British parliament’s inquiry into the economics of music streaming.

The decision comes as Kakao aims to secure competitiveness and leadership in the showbiz industry. The two companies jointly agreed at a board meeting held Thursday and attended by both sides.

The exercise bike company improbably has Spotify and Apple Music beat when it comes to cashing out artists.

Hipgnosis' founder has backed an official inquiry calling for a "complete reset" of the booming music streaming model to ensure musicians and songwriters are paid fairly.

Sony Music Publishing has struck a global partnership with Alberts to administer the entire catalogue of AC/DC.

Listeners streamed 1.3 trillion tracks from on-demand audio music services in the first half of 2021, up 27.5% year-on-year.

Apple has expressed caution about a proposal to increase the share of streaming music revenue paid to artists from the current typical 16% ...

Although Spotify for Artists is known largely as a resource for individual bands and artists, its suite of services can also be extremely useful to independent labels in helping augment the services they provide.

“What can I interest you in here?” Cameron Crowe is rummaging through an upstairs nook in his Los Angeles-area home that he affectionately calls “The

The Crate 808 podcast host Kambi Thandi reflects on what the modern music business can learn from the golden era of '90s hip-hop.

Startup Blokur has been analysing the top 100/200 charts on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music in an attempt to rank songwriters by the performance of their songs on these services.

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