Music Tech

Is Your Metadata Complete? Muso.AI Wants to Fix the Industry’s Credits Problem by Verifying the Data With Creators Themselves

October 20, 2020

Despite the accumulation of millions in unpaid royalties and the emergence of several purported solutions, missing credits remain a major problem in the music industry. Muso.AI wants to help the music industr... Read More...

Google Search Can Now Identify Songs From Humming Just a Few Notes

Ashley King

October 16, 2020

Photo Credit: Bence Boros Google Search can now identify a song just by listening to a user humming a few notes. Here's how it works. Google says every song's melody is like the song's unique fingerprint. It... Read More...

TIDAL Drops $7 Million on Sensorium VR ‘Tokens’

Dylan Smith

August 27, 2020

TIDAL has purchased $7 million worth of Sensorium VR “tokens,” which will serve as the official currency of Sensorium’s upcoming Galaxy hub. Sensorium and TIDAL confirmed the multimillion-dollar transaction ... Read More...

Why Music Metadata Should Be Done First, Not Last, In the Recording Process

Paul Resnikoff

August 18, 2020

photo: alexemotions Artists lose millions of dollars in royalties because of bad, missing, or misplaced music metadata. Now VEVA Sound wants to shift music metadata entry to the front of the recording process... Read More...

AirPods Update – Automatic Switching and ‘Spatial Audio’ Feature Incoming

Ashley King

June 23, 2020

Photo Credit: Sven Apple announced two new features in an AirPods update at WWDC this year. Automatic switching between devices and a new "spatial audio" feature for 3D sound will come to AirPods Pro. The n... Read More...

Tidal Expands Dolby Atmos Support to Android TV, Apple TV 4K, and FireTV

Ashley King

May 29, 2020

Tidal is bringing Dolby Atmos support to its app on smart TVs – including Android TV, Apple TV, and Fire TV. Tidal says several soundbars, TVs, and AVR home theater systems equipped with Dolby Atmos tech can... Read More...

Lessons From a 17-Year Old Fully Remote Music Tech Company

Stacey Bedford

April 27, 2020

Stacey Bedford, Bandzoogle CEO “B-A-N-D-Z-O-O-G-L-E…?” Yes, that’s my new employer’s name. The following article comes from Bandzoogle, a proud partner of DMN. “What do you do?” It’s a tech company. We prov... Read More...

SEGA Moves into the Music Industry — Starting With Flutin Investment

Ashley King

February 25, 2020

Photo Credit: Unsplash SEGA is expanding into the music industry with an investment in an Indian music-discovery start-up. Flutin uses music data to surface new artists based on a variety of factors. SEGA se... Read More...

Spotify Launches ‘Songwriter Pages’ — With Clickable Songwriting Credits

Ashley King

February 12, 2020

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify is launching 'Songwriter Pages' as a way to give behind-the-music creators a better digital presence. The new program allows Spotify listeners to click on songwriters' names in ... Read More...

iHeartRadio Just Replaced Hundreds of Human Workers With ‘Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)’

Paul Resnikoff

January 15, 2020

iHeartRadio Denver (photo: Jeffrey Beall CC by 4.0) Yesterday, we first reported on iHeartMedia's mass layoff of employees nationwide. Now, the company has explained why those people were let go. We certain... Read More...

A Flute-Playing Lizzo Leads Dolby’s Latest Hi-Res Streaming Music Campaign

Paul Resnikoff

January 7, 2020

Lizzo adorns a Dolby Laboratories and Amazon billboard in Los Angeles, Jan. 5, 2020 (photo: Digital Music News, CC0) Want Lizzo playing the flute in Dolby Atmos audio? Now there's a hi-res connected music spe... Read More...

Tidal and Dolby Partner to Bring Dolby Atmos to Tidal’s HiFi Subscribers

Ashley King

December 12, 2019

Photo Credit: Dolby Tidal HiFi subscribers can now listen to music using Dolby Atmos technology on Android. The available catalog includes hits from Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. Dolby Labora... Read More...

Sync Licensing: It's Much Bigger Than TV, Film, and Commercials

Social Media Is Transforming Sync — Here’s How I’m Scoring Placements in the Digital Age

Meet the Sync Superstar Behind the Ad for Nissan’s 2023 Z

Robyn Cage Discusses Sync Licensing Tips for Beginners on Songtradr

Sync Licensing Is Helping This Tropical Music Star Find Fans on the Global Stage

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Here’s What Drives Sync Licensing Success — According to a Veteran Creator Fresh Off a Samsung Placement

An Insanely Detailed Discussion About the Music Modernization Act

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Meet the Artist Who Is Literally Saving His Fans’ Lives — Our Latest Podcast

How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn’t)

Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career — Our Latest Podcast

‘Bone Conduction’ Headphones Don’t Go Over Your Ears — But Still Transmit Sound to Your Inner Cochlea

Now That the Music Modernization Act Has Passed, Who’s Gonna Run the Damn Thing?

Sound Credit Unleashes Version 4 — A Quantum Leap for Eliminating $1.4 Billion In Annual Missing Royalties

SoundCloud Releases Feature Film With Music From SoFaygo, Lourdiz, and Other Artists

Releasing Music Is Easy, Marketing Music Is Hard. Here’s How Chartmetric Is Leveraging Data to Make Marketing a Lot Easier.

Apple Music Boss Admits Most People Can’t Hear a Difference Between Lossless and Compressed Audio

Digital Hearing-Test Company Mimi Hearing Technologies Announces $25 Million Series B

Is Your Metadata Complete? Muso.AI Wants to Fix the Industry’s Credits Problem by Verifying the Data With Creators Themselves

Google Search Can Now Identify Songs From Humming Just a Few Notes

TIDAL Drops $7 Million on Sensorium VR ‘Tokens’

Why Music Metadata Should Be Done First, Not Last, In the Recording Process

AirPods Update – Automatic Switching and ‘Spatial Audio’ Feature Incoming

Tidal Expands Dolby Atmos Support to Android TV, Apple TV 4K, and FireTV

Lessons From a 17-Year Old Fully Remote Music Tech Company

SEGA Moves into the Music Industry — Starting With Flutin Investment

Spotify Launches ‘Songwriter Pages’ — With Clickable Songwriting Credits

iHeartRadio Just Replaced Hundreds of Human Workers With ‘Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI)’

A Flute-Playing Lizzo Leads Dolby’s Latest Hi-Res Streaming Music Campaign

Tidal and Dolby Partner to Bring Dolby Atmos to Tidal’s HiFi Subscribers