SURF Music Debuts Freemium Tier

Freemium users can explore SURF’s powerful discovery features — including collaboration opportunities on SURF Sessions through access to curated briefs — to see how they can connect and collaborate with any creator on the platform.

UMG partners with SoundLabs to offer AI vocal tool MicDrop for the major's artists

Launching this summer, MicDrop is a real-time plug-in compatible with all major DAWs. It allows artists and producers to explore vocal transformations, including voice-to-voice, voice-to-instrument, speech-to-singing, language transposition, and more. 

Guji Lorenzana to lead business activities in Asia for Symphonic Distribution

Reporting to Symphonic’s Chief Creative Officer, Randall Foster, Lorenzana will bring his expertise from his prior roles at YouTube Music, Ingrooves Music Group, and most recently Virgin Music Group to Symphonic.

Maximizing Impact of Artists Collaborations on Spotify Recommender Algorithms

Historically, collaborations serve multiple purposes: they are gateways to new creative realms, allowing genres to meld; they fuse diverse fan bases, amplifying each artist’s reach; they help local artists gain international visibility. And last (but definitely not least) in the modern streaming landscape increasingly driven by recommender-mediated consumption, collaborations help enhance the artist’s reach through algorithmic features.

WMG partners with Styngr to bring its catalogue to Roblox users

Created for the Roblox developer community, ‘batteries’ are purchasable in-game items which power the Boombox product.

Radio still dominant in UK audio consumption, except for the under 25s

RAJAR has published the results of its latest survey looking at audio consumption, and how music streaming and podcasts compare to live radio. For the under 25s, music services lead, accounting for 46% of listening.

Google’s DeepMind AI Can Now Generate Music for Video — And Create Full-Blown Soundtracks

The process of creating video-to-audio combines video pixels with natural language text prompts to generate a soundscape for the video. Google pairs its V2A technology with video generation models like Veo to create shots that include a dramatic score, realistic sound effects, or dialogue that matches the characters and tone of a video.

After raising $125m, AI music generator Suno is now paying its most popular creators

Within the music industry, there have been questions about the content used to train Suno’s algorithm, which some suspect includes copyrighted music taken without authorization.

Top Music Tech Conferences: Networking, Innovation & Trends

Music tech conferences are a great place to meet all kinds of people from the industry. You can catch up with professionals, innovators, like-minded people, and even hobbyists passionate about the same things you are. It's a brilliant opportunity to make new connections and find like-minded people, potential collaborators, and key industry players.

Beat Maker vs. Producer: What’s the Difference? Explained.

The terms "beat maker" and "producer" are often used interchangeably, especially by aspiring artists, yet they often imply distinct roles and require different skill sets. We wanted to touch on this in our brief Q&A explainer and talked to Omito Beats, music producer and beat maker who shared his vision on the matter.

Stability AI’s new audio model focuses on samples and sounds

It’s called Stable Audio Open and can generate up to 47-second sounds, from drumbeats and instrument riffs to birdsong.

European Music Managers Alliance teams with BeatBread on advances for members

Using an algorithm that uses billions of data points to forecast an artist’s earnings potential, BeatBread provides a unique funding mechanism for creative talent, enabling them to retain full ownership of their rights. 

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