NFTs are the Future Framework for Music Royalties; Warner Music Group Launches New Creative Hub in Berlin; AI in the Music Business
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Warner Music Group launches new creative hub in Berlin
Equipped with an interior performance area, four rooftop terraces, and collaboration rooms featuring technology such as Dolby Atmos immersive sound, the space was designed and built by architectural firm Graef.
NFTs Are the Future Framework for Music Royalties
The music industry is in dire need of an evolved licensing infrastructure that incorporates both master recordings and compositions within the realm of NFTs.
AI can now generate CD-quality music from text, and it’s only getting better
Musicians: Speak now or forever hold your beats.
US recorded music revenues grew 9.3% in the first half of 2023
They show that the retail value grew by 9.3% year-on-year to $8.35bn in the first half of 2023, while the wholesale value – the portion paid through to music rightsholders – grew by 8.3% to $5.3bn.
Folk Alliance Int’l Announces Initial Showcase Lineup of 130+ Artists
Folk Alliance International (FAI) — the leading and largest nonprofit dedicated to serving, strengthening, and engaging the global folk music community through preservation, promotion, and presentation — has unveiled the lineup of Official Showcases for its thirty-sixth annual conference, to be held February 21–25, 2024, in Kansas City, MO.
Apple has a classical music app you've probably never heard of, and just purchased a record label to support it
Apple says it now has the most classical music of any streaming service.
The future of AI will orient around datasets… which will put the user in a front-and-centre blind spot
The rise of generative AI has thrown the future of creators (of all industries) into question, with copyright being the key to how it all plays out.
Diverse Songwriting Rooms Must Become an Industry Standard
I started an all-inclusive, diversity-forward songwriting camp to fill a need. Now, the rest of the music business needs to step up.
AI in the music business
The music industry has continually evolved over the last century, largely driven by significant technological advances. However, artificial intelligence (AI) will change music more than anything technology before it.
Brian Eno has 25 new tracks “built entirely out of stems and samples from his own material” coming your way
Fans of Eno, you’re in luck.
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