Virtual Fitness Instructors as Music Influencers; Beatchain, Better Noise Partner; Beatport Accepts Bitcoin; Beats Mean Business at Airbit

Panel of leading industry experts throws up key talking points for the intersection of music x fitness.

Music marketing and distribution platform Beatchain announces a new partnership with leading independent record label and global artist development company Better Noise Music, sparking an initiative that will better help artists and listeners connect using fan engagement data.

Dance music platform Beatport is adding a new payment option: bitcoin.

With more mixing engineers, audio studio technicians, and audio professionals transitioning from traditional stereo and surround formats to Dolby Atmos Avid and Dolby announced a joint training course agreement to bring the first Pro Tools Dolby Atmos training course and certification to market.

It's Songtradr's third acquisition in the past six months alone.

More than a beats or sound pack store, Airbit evolved to make it easy for producers to expand their professional options and revenue streams.

We all hoped the pandemic would be a time for club culture to 're-set' but this seems unlikely, so is it time for a DJ union?

Scams, fraud, bots and theft: the ugly side of streaming provides a stark contrast to that beautiful feeling of having the world’s recorded music at your fingertips.

In a world full of TikTok sea shanty performers who fancy themselves as songwriters and powerful people (who have never written a song before), we need songwriting curation more than ever. “Songwriting curation?” you ask… I swear it’s not as elaborate as it sounds.

Letter is part of a new campaign to ‘put the value of music back where it belongs – in the hands of music makers.’

The new feature, GYROsplits, is available for free to all GYROstream account holders.

Anyone signed up to a streaming app will have felt the bemusement of being recommended some odd outlier track by the clandestine algorithms behind the service.

LilyPichu appeals to a wide audience with diverse content that ranges from lo-fi tracks to art lessons, all of which influence each other.

Music streaming platform Tidal and MGM’s streaming platform Epix Now announced a new subscription bundle Thursday as part of the season two premier of Epix’s original “Godfather of Harlem.”

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