TikTok Debuts Songwriter Features to Support its Artists; Audio Anarchy Invades Planet of the Punks
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TikTok introduces new Songwriter Features to support its artists
“The new features mean that songwriters’ musical work and shared content will sit side-by-side in one place on TikTok for the first time.”
Audio anarchy invades planet of the punks
AI bands like The Velvet Sundown represent the early tremors of a cultural earthquake that signals a future where machine-made content becomes so seductive and abundant that we lose the ability to distinguish between human creativity and algorithmic manipulation. A Skynet of the arts, if you will, or autocomplete for emotions. And that’s bad, right? Right?
What to do when the medium loses meaning
We are living through a peculiar moment in media evolution, where the traditional categories used to organising content – TV, radio, podcast, film – are collapsing under their own weight. Not because they are obsolete, but because they do not reflect how audiences are consuming media. Curiously, it seems the more platforms we create, the less the platforms seem to matter.
Artist Doomsdaycult used Discord to gather his followers
Don’t join cults, kids! Unless their electro-house tunes are bangers, of course… Meets Doomsdaycult, a new artist using Discord well.
This '70s pop band has won over Gen Z (again) with 1 billion Spotify streams
ABBA, beloved for its infectious blend of Europop and danceable grooves, has made Spotify history with its late-'70s hit "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)."
Symphonic Distribution forms strategic partnership with Korea's Abyss Company
“This collaboration marks a significant milestone for both organisations as they expand their global presence and deepen their roots in Southeast Asia,” said a statement.
Blackstone Is Reportedly Backing Off TikTok Investment Plans
Blackstone Group, the private equity giant that planned to take a minority stake in TikTok’s U.S. operations, has withdrawn from the consortium led by Susquehanna International Group and General Atlantic. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the news to Reuters over the weekend.
AI-generated music is going viral. Should the music industry worry?
With more than 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, psychedelic rock band The Velvet Sundown is raking in thousands of dollars and has the music industry asking itself tough questions 一 and they’re not about whether the ’70s are coming back.
Cannabis culture hits a high note using music as a marketing tool
As cannabis transitions from a counterculture symbol to a mainstream industry, its dance with music continues to evolve, and marijuana companies are creating ways to incorporate song into their ethos.
Defending AI’s role in music: ‘Bands will exist in new ways’
Artichoke FM is the musical project of George Hopkin and Adam Krajczynski, two independent musicians and technologists.
BandLab taps Phantogram and Broken Social Scene artists for samples
Two members of Phantogram and Broken Social Scene have teamed up to make a sample pack for music-creation app BandLab.
Believe expands Artist Services division in MENA region, signs superstars Angham, Nancy Ajram, and Ragheb Alama
Believe said the three "strategic" signings form the "cornerstone" of its roster and "evolution" in the MENA region.
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