Armada Music Group Unveils New Creative Hub in London
The new space will serve as both a creative hub for local and international artists and an expanded operational base to support them. The complex’s recording studios will serve as an in-house space for writing camps.
Your Favourite Artists Are Now Creating Their Own DJ Mixes on Spotify
Following the rollout of the mixed playlist feature to all eligible Premium subscribers, Spotify has launched a new ‘Mixed Playlists’ hub, showcasing exclusive mixes from some of the world’s top DJs and producers.
Rights management platform OpenPlay signs first deal in Japan
The agreement with Toy’s Factory will see OpenPlay provide comprehensive content management services. Their centralised platform will enable the Japanese label to manage and utilise its array of digital assets, including audio, video, artwork and metadata.
Vertigo Live collaborates with Visa on access to exclusive events for card-holders
These intimate music experiences are limited to 250 Visa ticket holders each. It offers the opportunity to see live performances on a closed film set for each concert film.
Visa cardholders will also gain exclusive access to premium content through Vertigo Live’s tech-driven platform Pocket Concerts, which provides exclusive access to director’s cuts, performances and behind-the-scenes footage.
An AI musician just got a multi-million dollar record deal
An AI-generated musician persona run by a human R&B artist has received a $3 million record deal -- amidst several lawsuits targeting AI companies encroaching on creative industries.
AM Radio’s Death Has Been Grossly Exaggerated
The gloomiest headlines about the medium are not justified.
Timbaland Gets Deep About AI, TaTa, and His All-Time Greatest Hits
His sound is often called futuristic, and he’s always embraced new technologies — during the pandemic, he and Swizz Beatz created Verzuz, the rap/R&B battle webcast series, and later he launched Beatclub, a curated platform for producers and songwriters to sell beats, demos and other song elements.
ElevenLabs secures NVIDIA investment, weeks after launching AI music platform to challenge Suno
Unlike Suno and Udio, however, Eleven Music has already inked licensing agreements with prominent rightsholders, including Merlin and a potentially precedent-setting deal with publisher Kobalt.
Mongolia’s Sonsy launches as country’s ‘first world-class music streaming service’
App is powered by B2B music streaming company Tuned Global.
Nick Ditri Named VP Biz Dev & Music at Global Gaming League
Ditri is a multi-platinum producer and Grammy-winning music publisher with songwriter Dom Did It (Chris Brown “11:11 Deluxe Edition”) and has over 25 Billboard hits and 1 billion streams to his name.
Research shows local artists dominating streaming in Hungary
Local artists in non-English-speaking countries have been going from strength to strength in this latest phase of the streaming era
Report: 85% of companies are already using AI marketing tools
Is AI going to have an impact on the digital advertising sector? It already is, according to industry body IAB Europe.
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