Exploring Local Music’s Place in Global Streaming

Music has always been intertwined with place and culture. Now that digital streaming has made it easier than ever to encounter music from all over the world, what role does geography play in people’s relationship to music? We use a mixed-methods study to examine the definition of “local” music and explore its application to music recommendations. Our qualitative and quantitative results make clear the continued importance of “local” for music enjoyment and discovery.

Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Dolby Atmos mix released for 40th anniversary

The new immersive audio mix has been made available by NPG Records and Paisley Park Enterprises, and is available for streaming. The Atmos version has been mixed from the original master tapes by longtime Prince collaborator Chris James, with a Blu-ray version set to be released later in the year.

Tidal is revamping its lossless and immersive audio formats

The music streaming platform is dropping the MQA and 360 Reality Audio formats for HiRes FLAC and Dolby Atmos.

TuneCore Launches New AI-Powered Audio Mastering Service

With TuneCore Mastering, self-releasing artists around the world are able to ensure that their music’s audio quality meets or exceeds industry standards, sounds great on all streaming services and speaker configurations, and highlights the unique individual qualities that make their music stand out in the sea of content.

How the major labels plan to cost Suno and Udio billions (and why it all rests on Michael Bublé)

The AI music companies' business model "threatens to eliminate the existing market for licensing sound recordings."

UMG and Roland get backers for AI music creation principles

The seven principles focused on the importance of human creativity to music-making, and protection for those creators.

Create Music Group, at $1 billion valuation, raises $165 million investment round

Music industry veteran Charles Goldstuck also joined the funding round, which is understood to see the Flexpoint-led group acquire close to a fifth of Create’s equity. Create says it will use the money to fuel further global expansion and execute an “ambitious acquisition strategy”.

Electronic label NoCopyrightSounds teams with music rhythm game Geometry Dash

The game has amassed one billion downloads in 10 years and six million active users. The partnership will see NCS integrate its catalogue of over 1,500 tracks into the game, providing free-to-use music for creators. 

From Playlists to Profit: How Music Bloggers Can Monetize Their Passion

You may have started your music blog out of a desire to pursue your biggest passion: talking about the music industry. But why not do what thousands of other successful bloggers across many industries have done and monetize your blog? Then, you’ll be getting paid to do what you love.

JKBX and Corite team up for fan investments in music

Music startups JKBX and Corite are similar, in that their businesses focus on getting fans to invest in music.

The Evolution of Music Streaming Technology

The riveting saga of music streaming burst onto the scene in the early 2000s with Napster, a disruptor employing peer-to-peer file-sharing, causing ripples in the established music distribution order. Marching into the mid-2000s, the legal streaming landscape saw the emergence of Pandora, an architect of personalized internet radio, shaking up conventional norms in 2005 and marking the evolution of music streaming.

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