Spotify raises free-lyrics limit and plans largest concert yet

Last year, reports suggested that Spotify was putting song lyrics behind its paywall, restricting them to premium users only. That turned out to be tests in a few countries, which evolved into a policy placing a monthly limit on how many songs with lyrics free users could see.

Audiomack picks African artists for ‘Keep The Beat Going’ campaign

Music-streaming service Audiomack has been popular in Africa for some time. Now it wants to help more African artists get popular around the world. The company has launched the latest phase of its ‘Keep The Beat Going’ campaign, which will provide playlist, editorial and socials support to 12 emerging African artists.

Believe signs global services deal with Fabric

A number of special projects are scheduled for the second half of the year as part of fabric’s 25th anniversary celebrations, including releases from Confidence Man via their Fabric Presents compilation format; Daniel Avery and Dusky via fabric Originals; and critically acclaimed DjRum via Houndstooth.

Stationhead Voice Notes Let Artists Speak Up to Engage, Promote, and Give Back to Fans

With this new tool, artists can record voice memos and publish them in their Stationhead channels–a new point of connection between creators and their most loyal fans.

Drops by BeatConnect Cracks the Code of Online Music Collaboration

BeatConnect, the creative playground for multiplayer music creation, is excited to announce the launch of Drops, a feature designed to ignite, amplify, and spread creativity — fostering collaboration and community among musicians.

Blend and Morph Multiple Voices in Real Time with Vocoflex from Dreamtonics

Equipping creators with three bundles combining Vocoflex, their flagship Synthesizer V Studio Pro, and a variety of realistic-sounding voice databases, Dreamtonics provides state-of-the-art AI-powered voice synthesis tools to the community while prioritizing their ethical development and use.

Udio update lets people upload and remix their own tracks

AI music startup Udio has launched its latest version, Udio v1.5, with improved audio quality one of the updated features.

SoundCloud and Songful launch ‘AI songwriting contest’ with Kaskade

This time the tech partner is AI-music startup Soundful, which has developed a tool called ‘Collabs’ that analyses musicians’ style, then enables people to create music from it. The SoundCloud contest involves doing that with Kaskade’s Collab style, with the promise that the winning track will be finished and released by the artist himself.

Instagram is rolling out its AI Studio for creating chatbots

There was a time – specifically about three months in 2017 – when chatbots were all the rage within the music industry.

How will AI impact the next generation of DAWs?

“Human music is not going away, even though full-AI-generated music is going to be extremely good”

How is AI shaping the future of music?

As the fierce debate over its usage continues, how much of a major player will AI technology be for music creators and the industry at large?

As K-pop groups experiment with AI, its future in music is up in the air

Groups are using AI to translate lyrics, enhance music videos, and sometimes, create entire artists.

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