Apple reveals its next Vision Pro music app: Concert for One

Apple’s ‘The Weeknd: Open Hearts’ immersive experience for its Vision Pro headset came out this week, but the next music project for the device isn’t far behind. That’s called ‘Concert for One’ and will launch on Friday November 22.

‘Zoom for musicians’ startup Muse hits 25m minutes milestone

Collaboration is one of the bigger trends in music-tech startups this year, with various early-stage companies building services.

TikTok signs new licensing agreement with ICE

The renewal of their agreement will continue to provide opportunities for societies, publishers, songwriters, producers and composers licensed through ICE, according to the announcement.

Spotify CTO talks AI music: ‘Bicycles for the mind on steroids’

The Big Technology podcast has interviewed Spotify co-president and CTO Gustav Söderström this week, including a big segment digging into his views on AI music.

UNIFI Music Has Another Plan for AI — Artist Management

Finding and retaining effective management is a significant hurdle for many emerging artists. Now, UNIFI Music is building an AI-driven intelligent platform for that.

Jen Unveils AI StyleFilter Tool To Capture Artists’ Styles with Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap has partnered with Jen, an ethical AI music creation platform, to launch two new models inspired by her musical stylings.

Spotify extends Musicians’ Wrapped deadline

Spotify extends Musicians Wrapped deadline to November 2Oth. Learn what every musician should do to prepare.

Music.AI Brings Industry-Leading Stem Separation to SourceAudio

The new integration will provide AI-powered stem separation to 567,000 SourceAudio active users. This will allow more than 140 broadcasters and 3000 catalogs to create stems on-demand from any content at scale.

Musical.AI Secures Partnership with Kanjian, a Leader in Global License Management Automation

This unique catalog features original, human-created music from a diverse range of artists and labels across the globe, where all rights holders have explicitly pre-authorized AI usage.

Alice in Chains Guitarist Jerry Cantrell Is Fed up With the Streaming Model

Jerry Cantrell made it clear that he is “a real advocate for artists’ rights.”

This AI version of a hit Christmas song marks a new era in music

Universal Music Group and SoundLabs used AI to create an authorized version of ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ in Spanish. It’s likely the first of many such songs.

Bringing Responsible and Explainable AI to the Creative Industries

A Conversation with Sureel's Founder and CEO, Tamay Aykut, on His Mission to Help Creators Protect, Control, and Monetize Their Work in the AI Era.

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