Spotify Debuts New Artist Profiles; 90s Music Tech Paved the Way for Bedroom Musician Era; IMP-X Gives Indie Music a Digital Boost
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Cyanite Launches Cyanite for Innovators to Foster Unique Innovations in Music, AI
Through this programme, Cyanite aims to make a positive impact on the worlds of music and technology, by supporting passionate innovators.
Hyderabad-based IMP-X gives Indie music a digital boost
IMP-X is set to launch the first social networking music streaming app IMP to give visibility to indie artistes.
Spotify’s new artist profiles highlight music, Stories, merch and events
Artists can also use the Music tab to showcase their popular releases, featured playlists — including editorial, radio and algorithmic, like the “This is…” playlists — and their own Artist Pick. The latter can be anything important to the artist, including a release, playlist, show announcement, new merch or podcast. This pick will expire every six months to encourage artists’ to regularly update their profiles with fresh content.
Audioshake expands with lyrics transcription and time-stamping service
We know US startup Audioshake for its AI-powered stem separation technology, which has won the company several awards and a growing customer base.
Sweden hasn’t hit its music-streaming ceiling just yet
As the home of Spotify, Sweden was one of the first countries to see truly-mainstream adoption of music streaming. But over time, that also led to expectations that it would be one of the first countries to hit a streaming ceiling: market saturation.
Imagine Dragons, Bandsintown partner for free livestream concert to support fight against pediatric cancer
This Friday, October 6th, at 9:45 pm PST, Imagine Dragons will perform live from Resorts World in Las Vegas as part of the foundation’s 10th Annual RISE UP Gala. It will be livestreamed for free on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.
The Magician’s Bargain: Web3 and Music
Art has sprung eternal from where it was once struck down. There are problems with recording and streaming, but who among us does not have a CD or YouTube video of a concert that we love, that we consider beautiful, and which has deeply moved us, more so than even some live concerts?
AI Breakup Song for Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce Surfaces Online
Too Soon? An AI-written break up song for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce is making the rounds online. Trouble is, Taylor didn’t write the song.
‘Generative AI is set to revolutionize the music business.’
Voice-mimicking AI tech has caused a big stir in the music business this year due to incidents of superstars’ voices being cloned without their consent – and then going viral.
90s Music Tech Paved The Way for The Bedroom Musician Era
Massive recording studios were suddenly able to fit on a desktop, record store's inventory could fit in the palm of your hand, and nothing was the same.
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