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The Learning Curve of Innovation in Music

The music industry has undergone seemingly countless changes over the years. While the landscape is ever-evolving, its core stays the same. It's always been about music and always will be.

But in our digital age, technology is propelling forward at the speed of light. So, music professionals have a huge responsibility. They must educate themselves to keep up with new methodologies, innovations, and software.

Music video-sharing app Popster uses generative AI and lets artists remix videos

As more music streaming apps and creation tools emerge to compete for users’ attention, social music-sharing app Popster is getting two new features to grow its user base: an AI image generator for cover art and a collaboration capability where artists can remix another user’s song. 

The power of branding for musicians

As an independent music artist, one of the keys to your success and longevity is building a clearly definable artist brand. That means two things. First, you need to create brand awareness. In other words, getting fans to know your name. And, just as importantly, it means positioning yourself in your fans’ minds. Who are you? And what are you like?

BBC aims to appeal to younger viewers with immersive music gigs

The BBC has partnered with Bristol-based tech company Condense to engage with younger audiences via immersive live gigs. Over the last year, BBC Radio 1’s New Music Show with Jack Saunders has been hosting an innovative series of immersive live gigs with artists like Gardna, Charlotte Plank and Sam Tompkins.

Will·I·Am adds radio ‘hyper-casting’ to his FYI productivity app

The blurb pitches it as “evolving broadcasting into hyper-casting” where creators (artists included) can make their own radio-style stations mixing music, news and other spoken-word content.

The Battle for AI Airwaves: Radiant vs. Spotify

Talking with the founder, Lead Engineer, and Community Manager of Radiant on AI, radio, Spotify copying the app idea, and how streaming did (not) kill the radio star.

Spotify Knows You So Well (And You, and You ... and You, Too!)

Dubbed "My Spotify," the work features famous fans, such as artist and designer Carly Mark, actor Ewen Bremner, power publicist Gia Kuan and FC Barcelona players Lucy Bronze, Salma Paralluelo and Alejandro Balde.

Voicemod launches an SDK for its ‘Sing-to-Sing’ AI voice tech

We last wrote about AI speech and singing startup Voicemod in March when it was awarded ‘Fairly Trained’ certification.

Music Production for Women & DistroKid Announce Workshops

Music Production for Women and DistroKid have teamed up to offer a series of free music production masterclasses across four major cities in July. The EmpowHer Sound US Tour will visit Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, Nashville, and New York, providing beginner-level sessions focused on Beatmaking, Audio Effects, and Synthesis.

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