Rythm Launches to Revolutionize Group Listening

Founded by entrepreneur and engineer Yoav Zimet in 2016 as a music app on Discord, it returns to the platform now backed by leading venture capital firms and industry investors.

In its new iteration, for the first time, Rythm has also secured global licensing rights with top music companies to stream today’s biggest artists. Rythm is fostering connection and discovery by allowing people online to listen to music together from all over the world.

Bloomberg: Spotify to introduce expensive plan later this year

The audio-streaming giant’s new plan, which will be an add-on for existing users, is likely to cost $5 more per month for access to better audio and fresh tools for creating playlists and managing song libraries, the report said.

Music livestreaming platform Elk Live shuts down this month

Elk Live was one of a number of livestreaming startups that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kits.AI Announces Kits Earn: Ethical AI Voice Library with Artist Compensation

Kits.AI, recognising these needs of music producers and vocalists, has introduced Kits Earn—an initiative designed to offer artists a new way to generate income. With this program, vocalists can produce a digital clone of their voice to be added to the Kits Verified Voice library, earning $0.085 for every minute downloaded.

On The Beauty and Dilemma of the New A.I. Randy Travis Song

The trauma of losing the voice of Randy Travis in 2013 after his near-fatal stroke is something the country music community is still attempting to recover from, tempered somewhat by the grace that we still have Randy with us to fete and celebrate in the country music community that he’s been so integral to.

ElevenLabs previews music-generating AI model

Voice AI startup ElevenLabs is offering an early look at a new model that turns a prompt into song lyrics. To raise awareness, it’s following a similar playbook Sam Altman used when OpenAI introduced Sora, its video-generating AI, soliciting ideas on social media and turning them into lyrics.

Molly Neuman appointed President of Downtown Music-owned CD Baby

Industry veteran to lead Downtown Music's direct-to-creator businesses CD Baby and Soundrop.

Live music marketplace GigPig raises $1.6M

To date, 600 UK bars, pubs, and clubs have signed on and booked over 31,000 gigs. Venues include national chains such as BrewDog, Albert Schloss, Arc Inspirations, NQ64, Stack, and East Coast Concepts.

Watch Out WiiM: FiiO Announces the $99 SR11 Streaming Music Receiver

FiiO answers with the new $99 SR11 Streaming Music Receiver that comes Roon and AirPlay ready with dual-band WiFi and hard wired Ethernet as inputs. On the output side, there’s a fairly full suite of options including optical, coax, USB Type-A and USB Type-C digital outputs (there are no analog outputs so you need to connect the SR11 to a DAC).

AI music startup Udio adds subscriptions and inpainting

Udio is already one of the most talked-about new AI-music models. Amid all that chatter, the US startup has been adding more features.

Superfan app Even will report sales for Billboard charts

Even is one of the startups that has developed a platform to bring artists and their superfans together. Now it’s expanding.

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