Music Tech

AI-Powered Music Adaptation Is Coming to Gaming Soundtracks — XdMind Is One Startup Pushing the Possibilities

April 20, 2022

Subway Surfers, one of several games being reimagined by AI music innovators XDMind. The machines are getting smarter — which means the music industry is taking AI and the metaverse more seriously. According ... Read More...

Sonos Acquires Mayht, Who Showcased New Audio Transducer Tech at CES 2022

Ashley King

April 12, 2022

Photo Credit: Mayht Sonos has announced it is acquiring Mayht, a Netherlands-based company that showed off new audio transducer tech at CES this year. Mayht's Heartmotion technology replaces conventional dri... Read More...

Thematic Is Officially Blowing Up Musicians on YouTube With Its Game-Changing Licensing Approach

Paul Resnikoff

April 6, 2022

Photo: Fiji Blue’s Valentin Fritz (l) and Trevor Derin (r). Several years ago, Thematic set out to fix YouTube's licensing hurdles for musicians and content creators while creating a marketing platform that d... Read More...

How Upstart Streaming Music App Plern Took on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music In Thailand

Paul Resnikoff

April 4, 2022

Plern wraps a Bangkok subway car, part of a localized, artist-focused branding blitz throughout Thailand (photo: Digital Music News) Never heard of Plern? Here's how an upstart Thai streaming music platform ... Read More...

What If Artists Could Finally See Their Data? Chartmetric Introduces ‘Artist Plan’ for Direct Data Access

Paul Resnikoff

March 22, 2022

Spanish guitarist Bryan Lubeck. Who says labels get to have all the fun? Now, Chartmetric is aiming to upend music marketing by giving artists direct access to a trove of their own data. If an artist is gain... Read More...

South Korea’s KOMCA Taps Nashville-Based Muserk to Collect US-Based Mechanical Royalties

Marsha Silva

March 17, 2022

Photo Credit: KOMCA The Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) has just tapped Muserk to help collect US-based mechanical rights royalties. It's been a long road towards recognizing and collecting mechani... Read More...

PROs Are Quietly Reinventing Themselves — By Potentially Counting Every Single Song Played

Paul Resnikoff

March 14, 2022

Photo Credit: Marcus Herzberg What if performance rights organizations (PROs) counted nearly every song played – in every bar, cafe, restaurant, shopping mall, and public place? That’s a future being etched b... Read More...

LimeWire Is Back — This Time as an NFT Marketplace

Ashley King

March 10, 2022

Photo Credit: LimeWire The old piracy platform LimeWire is back — this time as a digital collectibles marketplace. The platform says it is re-launching as a "mainstream-ready" digital collectibles marketplac... Read More...

Ye’s ‘Donda 2’ Ruled Ineligible for the Billboard Charts — Here’s Why

Ashley King

March 8, 2022

Photo Credit: Stem Player Rapper Ye debuted his latest album, Donda 2, on exclusive hardware. The move makes the album ineligible for the Billboard charts. 24 hours after announcing that Donda 2 would be exc... Read More...

Trust Your Ears. Dolby Atmos on Apple Music Doesn’t Sound “Right”

KamranV

March 8, 2022

Photo Credit: Apple Back in May, Apple announced a partnership with Dolby to deliver Spatial Music to all Apple Music subscribers. Keenly paired with Apple’s Airpods line of headphones, this is immersive audi... Read More...

Dolly Parton Live Streaming Her SXSW Performance – Welcome to the Dollyverse

Ashley King

March 3, 2022

Photo Credit: South by Southwest Dolly Parton will attend her first-ever South by Southwest (SXSW) with a live performance. Dolly Parton partnered with FOX Entertainment's Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL) to l... Read More...

The Music Industry Is Changing at a Dizzying Pace — Now Reprtoir Has a SaaS Solution to Help Indie Labels Manage It All

Paul Resnikoff

February 23, 2022

Photo Credit: Reprtoir In an effort to help independent labels and publishers streamline operations in the hectic digital age, Cannes-headquartered Reprtoir is developing an all-in-one SaaS solution featuring... Read More...

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AI-Powered Music Adaptation Is Coming to Gaming Soundtracks — XdMind Is One Startup Pushing the Possibilities

Sonos Acquires Mayht, Who Showcased New Audio Transducer Tech at CES 2022

How Upstart Streaming Music App Plern Took on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music In Thailand

What If Artists Could Finally See Their Data? Chartmetric Introduces ‘Artist Plan’ for Direct Data Access

South Korea’s KOMCA Taps Nashville-Based Muserk to Collect US-Based Mechanical Royalties

PROs Are Quietly Reinventing Themselves — By Potentially Counting Every Single Song Played

LimeWire Is Back — This Time as an NFT Marketplace

Ye’s ‘Donda 2’ Ruled Ineligible for the Billboard Charts — Here’s Why

Trust Your Ears. Dolby Atmos on Apple Music Doesn’t Sound “Right”

Dolly Parton Live Streaming Her SXSW Performance – Welcome to the Dollyverse

The Music Industry Is Changing at a Dizzying Pace — Now Reprtoir Has a SaaS Solution to Help Indie Labels Manage It All