Qobuz Debuts Full Jerry Garcia Solo Catalog in Highest Quality; Desert Island Discs Moves to Make $$; Rockstar Energy, Spotify Partner on 'New Global Platform'
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Qobuz Launches Full Jerry Garcia Solo Catalog in Highest Quality
Qobuz, the music lovers’ Hi-Res streaming and download provider, has officially launched the full Jerry Garcia solo catalog in-app and online. Working directly with the Jerry Garcia Family, the complete discography arriving on Qobuz—both live and studio recordings—is majority Hi-Res, and all in the best available resolution.
Desert Island Discs to move to BBC’s for-profit division in bid to make money
The BBC has announced plans to hand over control of Desert Islands Discs to its for-profit division, with the aim of making more money from the show by targeting listeners outside the UK.
The long-running interview programme, presented by Lauren Laverne, is currently made by the BBC’s public service division, which focuses on producing shows for British licence fee payers.
Songwriters Receive Monumental Victory From Copyright Royalty Board
In a long-awaited and long-delayed decision, songwriters have received a monumental victory from the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which finally confirmed the royalty rate increase for the 2018-2022 period. And that means that many songwriters could soon see a retroactive bonus in royalty backpay.
Music tech startup Cyanite acquires AI-powered sample management platform aptone
With the integration of aptone’s sample platform, Cyanite aims to enhance the accuracy of its music analysis and tagging capabilities.
Music Industry Is Freaking Out About AI, but One Artist's Embracing It
When Damien Roach first discovered the AI-music tool Riffusion in December, he had no intention of releasing an album.
But four months later, Roach, who performs as "patten," released "Mirage FM," the first album made entirely from text-to-audio AI samples.
Rockstar Energy Partners With Spotify on 'New Global Platform'
On the heels of Pepsi’s announcement of a far-reaching tie-up with Bad Bunny and Apple Music, PepsiCo’s Rockstar Energy has partnered with Spotify to launch a “new global platform” called Press Play in Europe and the Middle East.
Music industry commits to fixing metadata as government addresses fair compensation from streaming
It comes amid a growing awareness of the need to fix the data problem globally to ensure the rewards from the streaming economy are being shared fully with the correct artists, songwriters and other rights-holders.
For music fans, vinyl is the best way to commit
On a record shopping trip in Madrid, I recently purchased a vinyl copy of My Morning Jacket’s self-titled 9th studio album. It’s a fabulous record, as you might expect. As good as The Waterfall and its sequel The Waterfall II. As good as anything the band have done thus far.