Stationhead Launches New All-Access Membership Tier for Superfans

This new proof-of-fandom tier is rolling out across Stationhead’s 1,000+ fan communities after a successful beta test with several household-name artists. In beta alone, over 150,000 users have unlocked All-Access.

Metallica are getting their own season in Fortnite Festival

For its fourth season, Fortnite Festival is striking off in a different musical direction: metal. 

The Illusion of Vinyl

Be honest, when was the last time you put on a vinyl record and did nothing else but kick back on the sofa and listen? I mean genuinely nothing else. The experience is illusive. But if we want to value music more we should make it a reality, just like in the 60s and 70s.

Spotify needs to find a path to consistent profitability. Are high res audio and AI playlists really the answer?

With its deadline to repay $1.3 billion in debt getting closer, Spotify needs to do anything it can to increase top line revenues and hit a consistent streak of profitability. It’s time to talk SUPREMIUM again!

AI Music Video 'Étoile filante' Booed by Annecy Crowds

France’s Annecy Animation Festival opened on Sunday, and among the event’s first activities was a screening of titles from the Commission Films in Competition Lineup. During the projection, the French music video for Chien Méchant’s “Étoile filante,” produced using generative artificial intelligence software, earned the extraordinary distinction of being booed by the Annecy audience.

Kabin Crew officially release 'The Spark' after it becomes a viral sensation

The Cork kids from Kabin Crew teamed up with Lisdoonvarna Crew to create the catchy tune that has taken the world by storm.

Musical AI launches rights management platform for AI training

A platform that stores rightsholder catalogues that are being licensed to AI companies; enables the latter to train their models “with access controls preventing unauthorised use or extraction”; and reports back on all generations and artist/song attributions.

Stability from chaos: How today’s artists find sustainable success in a turbulent music industry

Over the past decade, the music industry’s approach to talent discovery, marketing, and artist careers has become too data obsessed, near sighted, and damaging to the industry’s lifeblood. Artists are being sold short and, in turn, this has created a dysfunctional creative-commercial ecosystem. 

Arpeggi Labs opens up its Kits·AI licensed AI-voices platform

It’s still about creating ‘Verified Voice Models’ and then earning royalties from the output – with analytics built in so they can see those earnings coming in.

Interactive Live Streaming for Better Engagement Experience

With the emergence of the interactive real-time format, video service providers and content creators in various domains got access to even more opportunities to interact with their viewers and engage them.

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