Music Curation in the AI Era: Evolution or Extinction?

Let’s predict the future of curated playlists in the streaming era. Will AI's efficiency outplay human creativity, or can both coexist in harmony?

SoundCloud gets moody with its latest advertising feature

SoundCloud’s latest feature for advertisers? It’s a mood. Well, it’s mood targeting for ads anyway, now available in the EU.

UMPG songs are now being removed from TikTok

The major has been embroiled in a war of words with TikTok, as they failed to reach a new licensing agreement.

The Rise of Fan Subscriptions in the Changing Music Landscape

Fan subscriptions, powered by platforms like Patreon, have emerged as a lucrative way for musicians to sustain their careers. Not only that, but fan subscriptions are a good way to recognise who your superfans are and build a community.

Inside the Music Industry's High-Stakes A.I. Experiments

Lucian Grainge, the chairman of UMG, has helped record labels rake in billions of dollars from streaming. Can he do the same with generative artificial intelligence?

Should You Still Create Videoclips?

Widely popular but way less influential than just a fw years ago, how do videoclips fit in an artist development strategy nowadays? Should you still go for it?

Gibson Garage London to offer 'ultimate guitar and music experience'

The opening to the public on Saturday marks the first ever launch of a flagship store for Gibson outside of the US. The guitar brand has a 130-year history and has become a central part of music culture.

Pioneering London radio station Reprezent goes crowdfunding

London-based community-radio station Reprezent has been hugely influential in the more than 20 years since it launched.

Indie Music Explodes: 26% of Spotify streams independent

Music streaming has changed the way the music industry is laid out. Open platforms like Spotify give all artists the same global exposure.

Miley Cyrus’s ‘Flowers’ was the top single of 2023 worldwide

Hot on the heels of crowning Taylor Swift as the biggest global artist of 2023, today the IFPI has published its chart of the top singles.

AI can now master your music—and it does shockingly well

After mastering, the end result should sound "more like a record," but this stage of the music-making process has always required subtle value judgments, as every change operates on the entire stereo track. And well-trained humans excel at subtle value judgments.

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