Havas Debuts Record Label for Brand-Music Deals; Spotify AI Push May Benefit Radio
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Havas Bets on a Record Label to Reshape Brand-Music Partnerships
Havas is entering the music business with the launch of VOLYUM, a record label created to connect emerging artists and brands, with Virgin Music Group on board as a distribution partner.
Why Spotify’s AI Push Could Be Radio’s Biggest Opportunity
Shared listening has always been radio’s core value proposition.
Five Platforms Charting the Future of AI Music
The first chapter of AI music was about whether the machines could make a song. It’s obvious they can. The next chapter — the one that decides what this scene actually becomes — is about everything surrounding the file: how it gets made, shared, discovered, and paid for.
Profile customization features could be coming to Spotify at long last
Spotify has always been dedicated to its social functions. You can share music to other platforms, and your algorithm is completely determined by your personal habits, but Spotify has yet to really hit the nail on the head with other social functions.
Navigating the AI music deluge: a call for responsible streaming practices
While high-profile lawsuits between record labels and AI startups dominate headlines, the immediate challenge is more practical: how streaming platforms and distributors should manage the flood of AI-generated music already arriving every day.
LabelWorx launches Elevate funding platform for independent electronic music labels, with initial $10M earmarked for advances
The program will commit $10 million in capital to selected labels in its first round, alongside tailored strategic guidance and priority access to promotional tools.
Suno raises over $400 million, pushing valuation to $5.4 billion
The round was led by Bond Capital, alongside IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon, and Quiet.
From Headlines to Hip-Hop: How Slopdog Automates Music Creation
An AI system that turns tech news into weekly rap music.
SoundCloud and Overtune strike deal and launch creator contest
To celebrate and promote the deal, the two companies are launching a ‘vocal creator competition’ on 15 June. The idea being that people sing or rap over Overtune’s instrumental templates, then upload to SoundCloud and hope to win prizes and promotion.
Ableton Extensions will let you code your own tools and actions for Live
You run up against a limitation in Ableton Live, or you’ve got a creative idea. What if you could make it happen using code?
What’s shaping video game music? From AI to the vinyl boom
Some of the biggest and best composers around talk us through the genre’s future.
Can You Really Tell The Difference Between Hi-Res And Lossless Audio?
The fact is that most people can’t even tell the difference between regular audio and lossless audio, and if you go one step above lossless to Hi-Res Lossless, then the only way to get the difference is if you’re surrounded by thousands of dollars’ worth of audio equipment.
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