NFTs Shift Power to Artists as the Music Business Evolves; SyncFloor Launches Fitness Music Service; Hipgnosis Revenue Boost as Streaming Surges

The $1 million musician/producer RAC has made so far is nice, but the bigger mission is to “rebuild the music industry.”

This growth is without any material revenue recognised from royalties paid for the first time by TikTok and Peloton, which is expected to be detailed by Hipgnosis from the next semi-annual royalty statements in August and September 2021.

Digital fitness is booming, and this boom needs music. The Class and Bande are turning to SyncFloor for one-click licenses of high-quality commercial music.

Virtual currency upstart PurpleThrone is developing a model that uses cryptocurrency to fill the gap and better compensate content creators.

Because the end-of-year Wrapped day is so far away, the audio streamer has introduced fresh personalized features to take up space on your timeline.

Cohen spoke at AIM's Future Independents conference.

Even if you’ve been writing songs for years, it’s not always natural to create with your strengths at the center of your process.

When newly launched dance app Oga, found Adaptr they unlocked a pre-cleared, hit-rich catalog of popular music and “got signed up in days, lightning fast.”

Smartphones, smart speakers, connected cars… and now robots are the new frontier for music streaming. In India at least, courtesy of a partnership between educational robotics company Miko and streaming service Gaana.

AudioSalad says that the new platform 'aims to simplify music video distribution'

Beginning on June 10, at 7:30pm ET, in the final Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis concert of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s virtual spring season, the world renowned orchestra will perform a big band rendition of John Coltrane’s immortal A Love Supreme.

JioSaavnTV is a set of music video-focused features within the service that include playlists and a linear 'Music TV' channel.

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