Spotify Expands Fresh Finds Into Yearlong Growth Program for Emerging Indie Artists
Spotify is expanding its Fresh Finds ecosystem with Fresh Finds Forward, a new initiative designed to help roughly 10,000 emerging independent artists each year turn early exposure into sustained career growth.
Feed.fm, care.coach Bring Personalized Music to 24/7 Senior Care Platform
Powered by Feed.fm’s Branded Music Service, the experience brings licensed, curated music directly into the care.coach platform, with stations personalized around participant preferences.
DawBell Wins The Ivor Novello Awards in 3 Year PR Deal
The remit extends to The Ivors Academy's second flagship event, The Ivors Academy Honours, taking place next month.
Nearly 150,000 Tracks Are Added to Streaming Services Every Day, Luminate CEO Says
In the latest episode of Billboard On the Record, Luminate's Rob Jonas talks about the rise of nostalgia-based listening, AI — and why daily uploads have climbed again.
Lost Bowie tracks from 1960s released for first time
Ten years ago Alec Palao was casually flicking through a collection of old records when he noticed some faint pencil markings that were enough to draw a gasp. “Davie Jones,” it read. What he had found was musical gold: five unreleased songs by a young David Bowie, filed away under his birth name.
“Music’s Next Discovery Engine Might Be Radio”
Research firm says Gen Z and younger Millennials turn to radio for human curation.
Roland’s flagship store and first-ever standalone US retail space is opening in New York City this October
The swanky new space will feature products from Roland, BOSS and DW, while offering “immersive music experiences, hands-on exploration, expert guidance”.
Atlantic/WMG Floors It With ‘Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album’—Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, PinkPantheress, Keith Richards All Deliver Fresh Tracks
Launching November 19 alongside the highly anticipated game, Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album features 34 original tracks that capture the electric energy of the game’s world of Vice City and Leonida, with a genre-defying roster of the most exciting and preeminent artists in the world. Six debut singles are available for streaming today:
Tracking down the music industry’s missing millions in brand social feeds
A major record label or publisher suing a major brand for significant damages is no longer surprising. The question for the music industry is what happens between those headline cases. The same brand's wider social output may contain music associated with many other rights-holders, large and small.
Marketers Are Misreading What Gen Z Listens To On Radio.
New iHeartMedia research finds country, not hip-hop/R&B, leads listening among ages 12-24, while contemporary Christian surprised marketers with a 6% share. The study also finds radio’s appeal extends beyond music, as younger listeners increasingly use it for shared experiences with friends and family rather than purely personal listening.
You Need More Than Just a Song in This AI Contest
On a stage in Zurich, Switzerland, there was nothing particularly special about the way the band Auditory Nerve played its song at the 2024 AI Song Contest finals. No prompt boxes, no robots on guitar, no technology doing anything at all as the group — four students and two professors from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music — performed its original material.
Stem co-founder Tim Luckow raises $5M for royalty platform Notes.fm; Zach Bryan, Benny Blanco and Ari Emanuel among the backers
Notes says the money will fund “continued platform development and scaled marketing efforts” as it takes its offering to artists globally.
AI artists will somehow play ‘live’ at their own awards ceremony in November
AI-generated ‘artists’ including Xania Monet will ‘perform’ live on stage at the first AI Music Awards in Los Angeles in November.
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