NFT Record Labels & the Future of Music; Hipgnosis CEO Lays Out Plans; Songtradr Buys Musicube; Future Looks Bright for VNUE

NFTs present a new method for artists to build a community around their music — all while potentially earning more than they would through traditional record sales. GRAMMY.com unpacks the potentialities and pitfalls behind NFT record labels.

As an artist, submitting your song to Spotify playlists is usually one of the important steps to grow your number of streams and try to find new fans and listeners.

To speed up its customer experience, Los Angeles-based Australian B2B music licensing company Songtradr has acquired next generation AI metadata and music search company Musicube.

With the concert industry slowly but surely kicking into gear after all of the Covid related closures and cancellations, VNUE, Inc’s Chairman and CEO Zach Bair sees a bright future ahead for the company.

Hipgnosis CEO Merck Mercuriadis laid out his company's vision to move the songwriter 'from the bottom of the economic equation to the top.'

'The Best of Duke Ellington' will be available on demand until June 17 at midnight PT.

racklib, the world’s first and only digital service for clearing samples, has named UnitedMasters a preferred distributor, through a collaboration supporting automated digital revenue payments directly to artists.

This June Identification of Music is hosting 'For The Record', a virtual festival in partnership with Danish sustainable audio company AIAIAI exploring the future of underground music. The festival will take place exclusively on AIAIAI's Discord server and workshops will be free to all.

Seoul-based Beyond Music wants 'to conquer the global music IP market'.

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IKEA has teamed up with Swedish House Mafia to create OBEGRÄNSAD, a collection of furnishing solutions for music listeners and producers.

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