Spotify Adds Venue Search; Gracie Abrams’ Red Rocks Concert to Stream on Apple Music
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Spotify adds Venue Search and Follow, updates Live Events feed
Both free and premium listeners can follow and discover new venues, as well as exploring artist line-ups within the app. More than 20,000 venues are listed worldwide, ranging from busy arenas to independent clubs.
Gracie Abrams’ Red Rocks Concert to Stream on Apple Music
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams’s concert from the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado will be broadcast exclusively on Apple Music Live, beginning Wednesday, Oct 29.
rightsHub unveils Artist Theory deal as it launches new rightsDrop feature for labels and publishers
Available to all rightsHub clients, rightsDrop will enable labels and publishers to create and issue fully customisable templates for artists, writers and managers to submit metadata and assets for new releases. It cuts out needless repetition and simplifies communications.
How Wall Street Money Is Changing the Music Industry
On Billboard’s new podcast, On the Record, investor Matt Pincus discusses the ‘financialization’ of music, major label changes, AI and whether the biz is really recession-proof.
Spotify extends FC Barcelona sponsorship and launches Afrobeats podcast
Spotify has confirmed that it is extending its sponsorship deal with football club FC Barcelona until 2030, while naming rights for its Camp Nou stadium will run until 2034. The extension comes as the Barcelona men’s team prepares to return to the stadium after extensive renovation work.
Coda Music streaming service includes direct payments to artists
Fans paying for Coda Music – it costs $10.99 a month or $16.99 for a family plan – can also choose to route $1 of their subscription directly to an artist of their choice. Licensing partners include all three major labels plus Merlin and Beggars Group, and Coda Music has launched initially in the US and Canada, with Europe and Asia to follow next year.
Moises and Cory Henry Launch Global Music Competition with $50,000 in Prizes
Moises, Apple’s 2024 iPad App of the Year, launched Jam Sessions, a global music competition connecting artists, producers, and creators through AI-powered music technology. The inaugural edition features five-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist Cory Henry, who joins Moises as its new Brand Ambassador. Henry has released an exclusive, never-before-heard track created specifically for Jam Sessions, giving musicians worldwide the chance to reinterpret it through live performance or remix production.
AlphaTheta launches Equal Beats podcast to empower women in music
Equal Beats is a new a seven-part podcast series designed to encourage women, femmes and non-binary people to explore careers in DJing and the wider music industry.
Meet Lenny, an AI agent to help organisers of live music events
Kravitz. Henry. Bruce. Supergrass’s fourth single. The ‘Lenny’ hall of fame is illustrious. Now French firm 2AM’s latest product is hoping to join it.
Armada Music Plants Its Flag in London With a Massive New Creative Hub
London’s Shoreditch just got louder. Armada Music Group—the force behind the world’s largest independent dance label and the industry’s first dedicated dance music investment fund—has cut the ribbon on a sprawling new six-floor complex designed to push its global roster deeper into one of dance culture’s most influential cities.
Studiio Simplifies Listener Interactions Into Dashboard
The Broadcast Launch platform has relaunched as Studiio, offering a platform its developers say is better designed to handle how radio stations and podcasters manage listener communications.
Jukebox launches inaugural $15m early-stage venture fund to back innovation
Focused on pre-seed through Series A, Jukebox Ventures is designed to fill a growing early-stage funding gap in music tech, while offering hands-on operational, brand and growth support.
The Analog Strikes Back!
It’s a digital world, thanks in no small part to the nuclear explosion known familiarly as AI. A techie game-changer, the last two years have been remarkable for the growth and funding of this amazing and powerful innovation. But all the while, fans of analog aren’t backing down, zealously hanging onto those boom boxes, Brownie cameras, and vinyl records.
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