Music & Tech
Rob Thomas Apologizes After ‘Almost Killing’ Matchbox Twenty Bandmate With Flying Mic Stand: ‘I Feel Like an Ass’
The singer's wayward mic brained guitarist Paul Doucette and broke his in-ear monitors.
Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Launches New AI Music Generator Called ‘Happy Shrimp’
Partnering with Chinese major TAIHE MUSIC GROUP, Happy Shrimp users can create songs from prompts like "happily single mandopop ballad."
Death On The Balcony Discuss Human Touch In The Studio
Death on the Balcony (@deathonthebalcony) return with Cycles Of Desire, a four-track EP out August 14 on SATYADGTL that splits the duo’s sound across two names and two related club instincts. Mark Caramelli and Paul Hargreaves use the Death on the Balcony side for deeper, groove-led material,
Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Launches New AI Music Generator Called ‘Happy Shrimp’
Partnering with Chinese major TAIHE MUSIC GROUP, Happy Shrimp users can create songs from prompts like "happily single mandopop ballad."
Universal and Sony Take Legal Action Against Music App Musi
Universal and Sony are suing Musi, the app that pulls in its music from YouTube rather than having its own deals with the music industry. That approach got Musi kicked out of the Apple App Store, and
Spotify to Identify AI-Generated Music Personas
Spotify will start labelling “AI personas” next month, so artists that don’t really exist but which have a profile on the streaming service with an AI-generated identity. It hopes anyone releasing mus
Rob Thomas Accidentally Hits Bandmate with Mic Stand
Paul Doucette’s in ear monitor was smashed in accident
The legendary SL-1200 is 55: Technics celebrates with a limited edition of the iconic turntable
There are only 12,000 of them
The legendary SL1200 is 55: Technics celebrates with a limited edition of the iconic turntable
There are only 12,000 of them
Harrison Flex-10 Puts Console Color on the Desk
A lot of audio interfaces are sold on clean conversion, more I/O, and low-latency performance. Those things matter, but they do not always answer the more interesting question for producers: what happens before the sound ever reaches the DAW? That is where Harrison Audio’s new Flex-10 feels m
“I don’t know how many times I’ve told you about swinging that thing”: Rob Thomas smacks his Matchbox Twenty bandmate with a mic stand
Paul Doucette’s in ear monitor was smashed in accident
Behringer’s Daft Punk-approved, cult-classic MIDI controller has been reborn as the BCR32 – and now it’s a hardware sequencer too
More than two decades on from the BCR2000, the super-affordable controller returns with ZAQ Audio's formerly unofficial firmware built in – and it's now available for preorder
Jason Kelce Sings About AI Data Center Energy in Beer Ad
A certain sister-in-law has nothing to worry about, but those energy-hogging warehouses better make sure their GFCIs are in order.
Alibaba launches AI song generator HappyShrimp 1.0 in beta, with China’s Taihe Music signed up for artist co-creation
Prompts can specify instrumentation, vocal style and the way a track's energy shifts across its running time, Alibaba said. Source
Round Hill is suing Suno and Anthropic for up to $1B apiece. It isn’t looking to settle.
Each complaint seeks statutory damages of up to USD $150,000 per work willfully infringed. Source
Jason Kelce Has the No. 1 Solution to AI Data Center Energy Problem in Musical Beer Ad Where He Shows Off His Singing Chops
A certain sister-in-law has nothing to worry about, but those energy-hogging warehouses better make sure their GFCIs are in order.
Roland Orzabal discusses the hidden meanings in Tears for Fears' "Mad World"
It's one of the most affecting songs in the Tears for Fears songbook, but many missed Mad World’s emotional undercurrents when hearing it on the radio back in 1982
MBW's Weekly Round-up: Suno's BMG breakthrough and Live Nation's counterfeit crackdown
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source
Kraftwerk's Karl Bartos on the end of the band's golden era
Kraftwerk’s Karl Bartos told us how the German pioneers' embrace of computerisation was the trigger for his departure
New details emerge regarding Hayden Panettiere’s death
Audio from emergency services dispatch has been published online