Phish to Offer Livestreams for Summer Tour; Deezer Now Tagging AI-Generated Music on the Platform
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New code in Spotify's app references the long-awaited 'lossless' tier
After numerous leaks and teases from company execs, we know better than to start hoping that the long-delayed service could be finally nearing arrival. But newly added references in the music app’s code suggest the lossless service is at least still under development and could even be getting closer to launch.
How To Watch Phish Summer Tour 2025 Livestreams
Phish will soon return to the road for the main leg of their Summer Tour 2025. The band announced that livestreams of all 23 concerts are now available for purchase at LivePhish.com.
Deezer Tagging AI-Generated Music for Users
There’s a lot of AI music being made and uploaded to Deezer. Via the platform’s AI-music detection tool, the DSP has found that 18% of all music uploaded on a daily basis – that’s more than 20,000 tracks – are 100% AI generated.
The Baffling, X-Rated Story of the World’s Most Popular AI Song
How “YAJU&U,” a song made using AI, became a megahit in Japan.
Sample library Splice is now built into DAW Pro Tools
Music creators who use both Pro Tools and Splice will now have their workflow simplified: they can now access Splice’s sample library directly inside their DAW (Digital Audio Workstation).
Sly And The Family Stone Owns Half Of A Billboard Chart After The Singer’s Death
Following his passing, Americans began buying some of the group’s most famous singles once more. All that renewed love has led to quite the chart takeover for Sly and his namesake group.
Wyclef Jean Introduces Superfan Monetization Platform Openwav
The sprint toward more fan-focused initiatives and tools began, aiming for better engagement, deeper relationships, and greater monetization avenues. On this front, OpenWav aims to — ‘redefine the future of independent music.’
Up to 70% of AI-generated streams on Deezer may be fraudulent
French DSP Deezer has been open about the rates of fraudulent activity on its service, in its efforts to crack down on fraud.
UMG’s Kristen Bender: “AI is the most critical change we’re going to see”
Speaking to Music Ally’s Marlen Hüllbrock, she reiterated that UMG’s strategy is “two-prong”: legislation, and partnerships and licensing. That approach is mainly focused on musical uses of AI – she cited The Beatles’ Now And Then as an example of this process working well.
Are AI-powered playlists coming to Apple Music?
While it’s not set in stone, it looks like AI is definitely on Apple’s radar for its music platform, despite not being revealed at WWDC25.
AI String Stem Separation for Music Production
AudioShake’s new string separation model leverages advanced audio source separation and machine learning techniques to isolate string sections with greater clarity and accuracy.
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