Music & Tech
Shakira & Burna Boy’s ‘Dai Dai’ Tops Billboard Global Charts, Even a Month After the End of the World Cup
Plus, Tame Impala’s “Loser” highlights musical wins for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
BOTE WULF Aero Gets Producers Out of the Studio
A lot of producers treat the studio like the only place where music happens. That is understandable, but it is also where the work can start to fold in on itself. The same loop plays too many times. The same plugin chain gets tweaked for an hour. The same eight-bar idea starts to feel either [...] R
5 things to know about Suno’s BMG licensing deal, download caps, watermarks, and more
The BMG deal supplies the rights; the caps and the watermarks supply the controls. The other two are new exits: one professional, one physical. Source
Warm Audio Reissues Dirty Boy Jr. Booster Circuit
Warm Audio revives the Dirty Boy Ball Buster circuit but without the boutique price tag.
Del Titus Bawuah Appointed to Lead Billboard U.K. Urban Music Strategy
Bawuah’s previous experience spans technology, finance, music, media and culture.
AlphaTheta and FEMME HOUSE Open the Door for New DJs
DJing can look intimidating from the outside. The gear has its own language. rekordbox has its own workflow. Beatmatching, phrasing, cue points, EQ, effects, track selection, and energy control all feel simple once they click, but the first few steps can make the entire process feel harder than it n
“It starts out polite but then gets loud, dirty and nasty enough to pick a fight with fuzz”: Warm Audio Dirty Boy Jr. Booster review
Warm Audio revives the Dirty Boy Ball Buster circuit but without the boutique price tag.
Del Titus Bawuah Joins AMG to Drive Billboard U.K.’s Urban Music Strategy
Bawuah’s previous experience spans technology, finance, music, media and culture.
RitFit Panther Links Leg Day to Creative Longevity
Music production is not usually treated as a physical activity, but anyone who spends long hours in a chair knows the body eventually gets a vote. The creative work may happen in Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, Pro Tools, or a notebook, but the hours are still spent sitting, leaning forward, reaching for
Jamendo drops its copyright infringement lawsuit against Suno, six weeks after filing it
The withdrawal arrives as Suno rewrites the rules of its platform, saying it will adopt audio watermarking and fingerprinting technology in the coming weeks. Source
Beatport Bans Fully AI-Generated Music
Songs that are predominantly human-made, but created with AI assistance can stay on the platform but will be labelled for more transparency
Beatport is now banning fully AI-generated songs
Songs that are predominantly human-made, but created with AI assistance can stay on the platform but will be labelled for more transparency
Kraftwerk's golden era and computerization
Kraftwerk’s Karl Bartos told us how the German pioneers' embrace of computerisation was the trigger for his departure
AFEM Joins Call for Artist 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.
“We wish him the best in his future endeavours”: Slipknot confirm that Sid Wilson is no longer a member of the band
DJ had played on all seven of their studio albums
Tyga hits back at Doja Cat calling him a “penis for making an AI album” with ‘$tarface’, and slams Pitchfork’s 0/10 review
"All I know is the devil uses a pitchfork”
AFEM Joins Call for Artist 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’s Studio 2.0 adds an AI chatbot that can control your project, transform sounds and generate custom plugins
The update also brings a number of more conventional features like MIDI support, automation and latency compensation
AFEM Supports EMMA-Led AI Music Consent Call
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 Studio 2.0 Features AI Chatbot
The update also brings a number of more conventional features like MIDI support, automation and latency compensation