BBC Radio 6 Debuts Streaming Channel; Opportunity, Risk of Music Prediction Markets; AI Jazz Arrives in Montreux to Make History
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Spotify Expands Afrobeats Footprint with Afro Nation Portugal Deal
The move further solidifies Spotify’s move into live music events, as well as its presence in the Afrobeats community. A first-of-its-kind partnership between the two entities, the deal also reflects the growing presence of Afrobeats as one of the world’s most rapidly expanding genres.
Music Prediction Markets: The Opportunity, the Risk, and the Rules
Now is the time for the music industry to establish licensing, data, and integrity standards, to turn data into revenue and prevent mass manipulation.
BBC Radio 6 Music’s brand extension will be Indie Forever
The 24-hour stream will launch on Wednesday 22 July, playing indie music from the 1980s to the 2010s and beyond, with UK artists making up 70% of the playlist.
Spotify Now Lets Users Pin Up to 20 Items in Their Libraries
Spotify addressed today one of the main pain points reported by its user base, which is the limited number of items that can be pinned for quick access in the app.
Yamaha Creator Pass Expands with New DAW Capabilities
The Yamaha Creator Pass beta debuted at SXSW in March and since then YMI has worked closely with a collective of artists to test, refine, and evolve the platform, ensuring it reflects their real-world needs and feedback.
Rated ABS is becoming the benchmark capital route for music investment funds.
But access is still selective. This whitepaper looks at what platforms need to build before they can reach rated execution, from operations and legal architecture to data infrastructure and governance.
AI Jazz Arrives in Montreux to Make History
AI.LOVE.JAZZ is the name of the two-month online competition that closes with a two-day live event. Competitors from dozens of countries submitted hundreds of songs across five genres: jazz, soul, funk, blues, and melodic rock, all built with the help of generative AI tools.
Audiotool Launches Audiotool 3.0
The new version also incorporates Audiotool NEXUS, an open-source SDK that lets musicians and developers build instruments, apps, and AI-connected tools directly into the platform.
Gen Z’s Growing Appetite For Live Music Offers Radio A Playbook.
Gen Z is reshaping the live music business, spending more on concerts, attending more shows, and showing a greater willingness to travel despite higher ticket prices. New research from Luminate suggests those trends also present a growing opportunity for music radio stations to strengthen listener engagement through concert promotions, exclusive experiences, artist access, and live event partnerships
AlphaTheta announces new all-in-one unit, XDJ-AN
The latest all-in-one from AlphaTheta aims to work as a bridge between home and club-grade setups, operating without a laptop, and equipped with built-in Wi-Fi.
Why AI Song Generators Don’t Grant Copyright
How product design creates an authorship gap, and how to close it.
Primary Wave strikes deal with Foreigner co-founder Mick Jones, covering catalog, touring, and name, image & likeness
Primary Wave said its marketing team and publishing infrastructure will support branding, digital, sync and film and television projects for the band.
Minimal Audio announces new plugin designed in collaboration with EPROM
The plugin features 60 of EPROM’s custom-designed patches for the Current synthesiser.
Juniper confronts problems with music streaming head-on
Talking to Chris Nanney, Nashville musician and founder of fledgling streaming service, about challenges of establishing better payment model.
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