Final Black Sabbath Show to Livestream; Sony Opens 360 Virtual Mixing Audio Tech to Music Creators
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Final Black Sabbath concert to include pay-per-view livestream
A who’s who of rock and metal are preparing to join Black Sabbath for their final concert on 5 July, and unsurprisingly the gig sold out in 16 minutes when tickets went on sale. Now fans who missed out or who are elsewhere in the world will be able to watch it online.
Sony Corp opens up 360 virtual mixing audio tech to music creators and more
The technology uses specialized headphones to recreate the acoustic environment of professional studios, allowing anyone to produce studio-quality mixes anywhere.
Wyclef Jean and 88rising’s Jaeson Ma launch OpenWav app that lets artists sell merch, tickets and exclusive content directly to fans
The startup lets artists sell merch, tickets and exclusive content directly to fans, and employs AI to help musicians analyze audience data.
What Suno And Udio’s AI Licensing Deals With Music Majors Could Mean For Creators Rights
These talks are not just about settling a lawsuit. They are about setting the rules, or perhaps abandoning them, for how copyrighted music is used in training AI, how future licensing structures might look, and who gets to be in the room when those decisions are made. For many artists, this is déjà vu – and not the good kind.
Session Studio becomes first platform to integrate with new A&R admin system Connex
Through this new integration, music creators will now be able to export their song metadata, credits and rights information from Session Studio straight into Connex. It ensures that accurate credit information flows directly to labels, publishers and distributors, even as their music is being created.
Apple Music Head Says It's “Crazy” Streaming Services Offer Free Music
Apple Music’s top executive Oliver Schusser weighed in on the cost of music during a keynote interview at the National Music Publisher Association’s annual meeting in New York on Wednesday, questioning how competing streaming platforms are still offering free tiers and suggesting it devalues music as an art form.
Music in The Arab World: How Music Preferences Differ
Music in the Arab world are often thought of as a monolith, but streaming data from platforms like Anghami reveal significant differences in music preferences, artist prominence, and platform usage across countries.
The Highest IQ? AI Or A DJ?
And we now know that a truth about AI is that it literally gets smarter over time, learning as it vacuums up more and more information. And yet, while we know the learning is a constant, somehow AI engines continue to make mistakes.
Zee Music bags a 100m-subscribers button award from YouTube
Indian firm Zee Music Company has been awarded a ‘Red Diamond Play Button’ by YouTube to celebrate its main channel reaching 100 million subscribers on the platform.
Sound Pressure Labs Revolutionizes Immersive Music Production: Making it Affordable and Fun for All
For too long, the adoption of immersive music has been hindered by limited production tools and expensive solutions.
Cho-Liang Lin on the Economics of Classical Music in the Streaming Era
The transition from physical media to streaming has fundamentally altered the recording landscape. Today’s classical recordings must compete in a streaming environment that often compresses nuance and prioritizes algorithms over artistry. With streaming services paying around $0.0025 per play, a 40-minute concerto earns the same as a three-minute pop song despite the vastly different creation costs.
For Radio, The Perils Of Rebranding
Don’t look now, but an apparent new marketing trend is “rebranding”—new logos and stylings for existing brands. For others, however, it’s more radical surgery—changing a brand’s name altogether.
Italian-language music now part of the ‘$100M+ club’ on Spotify
And while the data shows solid growth in music consumption and artists’ earnings in Spain, it’s Italy’s numbers that steal the show.
A Vienna star warns against AI in opera
Vienna’s Carmen, Katia Ledoux, has shared her concerns about the effects on Artificial Intelligence on opera production and reception. And what we can do about it.
Who is the next Aphex Twin? Meet the producers warping the future of electronic music
Legendary producer Richard D James is inimitable and irreplaceable — but a few producers are seemingly continuing his legacy.
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