SongBits, British Music Embassy Partner at SXSW; Soundation CEO on Growing the Music Creation Tools Market; SURF Music Lands in U.S.

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SongBits Partners With British Music Embassy At SXSW As Platform’s First Launch Sells Out In 34 Minutes

SongBits, a game-changing new platform that creates all-new levels of fan engagement, quick and effective new revenue streams and vital new data insights for artists and labels, is poised to bring the future of music to the world’s foremost creativity-meets-technology festival SXSW this year.

‘To grow the market for music creation tools, look to Canva and Figma.’

Music creation has a great deal of friction – it’s hard to get started, hard to learn, and hard to collaborate. To begin making a song, and get it all the way across the finish line, a creator is required to move content between several services.

This can be burdensome and bulky, two elements that aren’t ideal in a creative workflow.

B2B Unreleased Music Marketplace SURF Music Lands in U.S.

SURF Music has been selected as a finalist for this year’s SXSW Innovation Award, one of only four companies in the Media category. This moment marks the global launch of this game-changing B2B platform and marketplace, which allows creators to sell their unreleased music to buyers across the global entertainment industry.

What to expect (and not) at Spotify's Stream On event

Spotify is holding its annual Stream On event today. The usual slate of announcements comes at a time of growing pressure on the streamer from the music industry amid contract renegotiations, demands a different royalty model, and investors concerned that huge investments in podcasts and audiobooks pay off.

JackTrip Labs’ Latest Feature Uses AI for Lossless Online Concerts

Each new innovation from JackTrip Labs makes virtual space feel and sound more like a real place. The company’s Soundscapes platform and AI-powered loss concealment feature give JackTrip’s remote collaboration technology new levels of intimacy.

Spotify's new vertical discovery feed is more than just a TikTok clone

t’s the first thing you see when you open Spotify, albeit still with prominent buttons to access the search and library features. The feed *doesn’t* consist of videos, but rather ‘cards’, one at a time, which include several interaction elements.

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