Music & Tech
AFEM Signs EMMA-Led Call for Meaningful Consent in AI Music Deals
AFEM has signed the EMMA-led joint industry statement calling for artists and songwriters to retain meaningful consent, control, transparency and fair compensation in AI music deals.
Suno AI Removes Mary J. Blige Advertisement
The company says it entered an agreement with someone who falsely presented as Blige's rep.
Suno Pulls Controversial Mary J. Blige Ad in Which She Calls AI Music Generator ‘Pretty Dope’
The company says it entered an agreement with someone who falsely presented as Blige's rep.
HUGEL Opens Budapest’s Aura Bay Open Air
Budapest is getting a new open-air dance venue on Friday, September 18, and Aura Bay Open Air is not easing into the calendar quietly. The launch event brings HUGEL to Óbudai Island for his first standalone headline show in Hungary, placing one of the biggest names in Afro Latin house inside a brand
UNTER STRØM Turn Industrial Pressure and Melodic Release Into Between Forms
UNTER STRØM’s Between Forms feels like a project title that actually describes the music. Across the EP, Alex Gonzales and John Kunkel keep pulling the listener between different states: club pressure and headphone detail, mechanical rhythm and melodic lift, industrial edge and something more open a
Tone3000 Releases Free Open-Source Plugin for NAM A2 Captures
The plugin makes using the vast Tone3000 library of captures and IRs a lot easier, and can be used in your DAW or as a standalone app
Tone3000 has launched a free open-source plugin that puts hundreds of thousands of NAM A2 device captures at your fingertips
The plugin makes using the vast Tone3000 library of captures and IRs a lot easier, and can be used in your DAW or as a standalone app
LALAL.AI Fixes a Guitar Stem Problem
LALAL.AI’s new Guitars stem is interesting because the company is not pretending that every AI music update needs to sound like a sci-fi manifesto. This is a specific fix for a specific problem: guitar parts are messy, layered, processed, doubled, and easy for separation models to misread when they
Donald Trump’s DoJ says OpenAI should be able to do whatever it wants with copyright protected works
The US Department Of Justice has intervened in a legal battle between the New York Times and OpenAI, arguing that AI training is ‘fair use’ under American copyright law. Whether or not AI training is fair use is at the centre of dozens of AI lawsuits, including those filed by the music industry
Guitar Center's Labor Day sale offers rare savings on exclusive gear
Whether you're after an exclusive finish for your next guitar or something to buff up the home studio, the sale at Guitar Center has some awesome options
Kenan Thompson Fills In on America's Got Talent
SNL's Kenan Thompson filled in for Cowell on Tuesday's (Sept. 1) episode, where he punched the Golden Buzzer for singer Lai Noelle.
Guess Who’s Back? ‘America’s Got Talent’ Announces Return of Familiar Face as Simon Cowell Continues to Recover From Surgery
SNL's Kenan Thompson filled in for Cowell on Tuesday's (Sept. 1) episode, where he punched the Golden Buzzer for singer Lai Noelle.
Guitar Center's Labor Day sale offers rare savings on exclusive gear with up to 30% off studio monitors, digital pianos, electronic drum kits, guitars, and more
Whether you're after an exclusive finish for your next guitar or something to buff up the home studio, the sale at Guitar Center has some awesome options
Olivia Dean, Limp Bizkit, KATSEYE Among Headliners For Lollapalooza India 2027
The fifth edition of the festival will take place at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai on Jan. 23-24.
Olivia Dean, Limp Bizkit, KATSEYE Among Headliners For Lollapalooza India 2027
The fifth edition of the festival will take place at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai on Jan. 23-24.
Ticketmaster app gets Dice-style update with more personalisation
Ticketmaster is giving its mobile app a refresh in 21 countries, with a bigger focus on recommendations and personalisation, including a ‘watchlist’ for keeping tabs on upcoming concerts and events. The post is from Music Ally.
JO:LA Labs launches AI ‘business operating system’ Roster
“No spreadsheets. No juggling apps. No guessing. Just ask,” is the pitch for Roster, which has just been launched by South African music-tech firm JO:LA Labs as “an end-to-end music business operating system” for artists and managers. The post is from Music Ally.
Canada’s Socan files latest music-industry lawsuit against Suno
Suno’s legal team are certainly having a busy week. Hot on the heels of the lawsuit filed by four US-based artists against the company comes another legal action – this one from Canadian collecting society Socan. The post is from Music Ally.
US DoJ says training AIs on copyrighted material should be ‘fair use’
In the US, the big legal argument around generative AI is whether training models on copyrighted material qualifies as ‘fair use’ or not. If it does, AI firms don’t need to sign licensing deals and pay rightsholders. If it doesn’t, they do. The post is from Music Ally.
Universal and Sony Amend Suno Lawsuit with Stream Ripping Claims
Earlier this month Universal and Sony were given permission to add stream ripping allegations to their Suno lawsuit, prompting the filing of an amended complaint this week. Those allegations may make