Musical AI and Beatoven.ai to Create First Fully Licensed, Full-Song AI Generator

Musical AI’s proprietary technology and existing rightsholders catalogs will power a new era in generative music, based on consent and honoring music writers, performers, and rightsholders.

What’s Behind Spotify Wrapped’s Success Phenomenon?

It’s that time of the year again when millions of Spotify users impatiently await their musical report card. But why?

Sony Music re-establishes presence in Greece with acquisition of indie Cobalt Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME) has acquired Cobalt Music, one of Greece’s most prominent independent music labels.

Apple Music launches Replay 2024 and reveals year-end charts

Artists can now also post and share their year-end insights, with Replay now available to them in Apple Music For Artists.

Are Spotify’s changes to third-party developer access meant to combat AI scraping?

Spotify has limited third-party developers’ access to its internal data, sparking speculation that the move is meant to prevent user and music data from being used to train AI models.

Want to hear a saxophone meow? Just ask Nvidia’s new AI music generator, Fugatto

The tool can generate sounds from any mix of text and audio inputs, even those “never heard before”, says the chip giant.

This TikTok user says a popular YouTube music channel is in fact AI

The rise of generative AI music tools has indeed led to the emergence of tutorials on YouTube.

BMG parent Bertelsmann partners with ElevenLabs, plans AI-generated music features

The collaboration will focus on integrating ElevenLabs‘ AI technologies into media production processes across Bertelsmann’s businesses.

New South Wales government launches 10-year music strategy

Music cities, national music strategies… there’s a lot of work going on around the world on this front. Which is why today we’re visiting New South Wales in Australia, with its government having just unveiled its ‘NSW Contemporary Music Strategy’ 10-year plan for its music industry.

Does Africa need to embrace AI to keep its music centre stage?

There are many African artists and industry professionals who are excited about the possibilities this emerging technology offers.

Is Spotify’s new monetisation model unlocking the power of video in podcasting?

Audio — or the mention of any format — is absent from this mission, meaning the company is not beholden to traditional podcasters or musicians. Like YouTube, Spotify’s vision involves platforming creators irrespective of format.

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