Music & Tech
How Italy’s SIAE Is Shaping the Future of Copyright Protection
In 2025, Italy’s collection society surpassed 1 billion euros of revenue, and CEO Matteo Fedeli reflects on the challenges of copyright protection amid innovation.
UMG and Sony seek to add over 61k recordings to Suno lawsuit after discovery reveals AI trained on ‘millions’ of their copyrighted tracks
The labels say they are asserting "only a small fraction" of those recordings – 61,026 works – in the proposed second amended complaint. Source
Arcángel Announces U.S. Tour Dates
The trek is in support of his latest studio album of the same name and a celebration of his 20th career anniversary.
Rob Base, Hip-Hop Pioneer, Dies at 59
The Harlem MC, who was one-half of the duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, had been living with cancer
Arcángel Unveils U.S. Dates for La 8va Maravilla 20 Aniversario Tour
The trek is in support of his latest studio album of the same name and a celebration of his 20th career anniversary.
Everything We Know About Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ Album (So Far)
The project marks the pop star's third studio LP.
Sony’s Best Noise-Canceling Headphones Are Still at Their All-Time Low
Sony's WH-1000XM6 currently sits $398, matching its lowest price ever. Sony’s Best Noise-Canceling Headphones Are Still at Their All-Time Low Eddie Fu
Arturia Memory V “resurrects the analogue majesty of the Memorymoog with breathtaking authenticity”
Moog’s ‘80s poly gets emulated with modern enhancements including a multi-track arpeggiator and new modulators
🎧 Approved: DBA!
Liverpool trio DBA! were born in a basement, their DIY demo studio is tucked into the drain of a Merseyside nightclub. Their sound? Noisy, melodic, slightly scuffed indie rock with something to say. New single ‘Little Rivers’ isn't trying to reinvent anything, it’s just a very good rock song
Damages in major label lawsuit against Suno could top $9 billion after Sony and Universal add another 61,026 tracks
While there have been some legal settlements, both Suno and Udio are still fighting major label lawsuits. The majors now want to significantly expand the official list of recordings the AI companies have copied without licence, so that potential damages in the two cases go from millions to billions
Donner's Reinvented Travel Guitar
The HUSH-X Live and Live Pro feature a neck-through build, stainless steel frets, Bluetooth... everything you need from a take-anywhere guitar
“The Lego prototype went through many, many phases of moving buttons around... It was playful and not permanent”: Ableton’s Jesse Terry reveals the Lego brick origins of the company's Push hardware instrument as he revisits a rare early prototype
"I chopped up a bunch of other products and sampled the parts of them that I wanted,” he says
Donner just reinvented the travel guitar with a headless electric featuring an onboard amp, effects, Bluetooth and – wait for it – a detachable speaker
The HUSH-X Live and Live Pro feature a neck-through build, stainless steel frets, Bluetooth... everything you need from a take-anywhere guitar
Sony Music moves to add more than 30,000 copyrighted recordings to its lawsuit against Udio
Sony Music now alleges that Udio "copied and ingested" 30,442 copyrighted works into its generative AI models. Source
TikTok’s new UMG deal cracks down on unauthorised GenAI music
It’s just over two years since Universal Music Group and TikTok renewed their licensing deal after a damaging (and public) fall-out over terms, as well as UMG’s claim that TikTok was “flooded with AI-generated recordings”. That appears to have been a two-year agreement, because late last week the tw
Ozzy Osbourne avatar is ‘not gonna be f***ing lame’ says son
Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne died last July, and plans for his legacy are firmly underway – including the announcement last week that he’s the latest musician being turned into a posthumous avatar. Son Jack Osbourne revealed at the Licensing Expo conference that his family are working with metaverse fi
Linda Perry on why she had to tell Billy Corgan to leave the studio while working with Courtney Love
"He was a Debbie Downer and ruining the vibe"
The Black Label, the studio behind the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, just raised $80M with investment from Tencent Music
Bloomberg reports that the deal values The Black Label at 1 trillion won (approximately $660M) Source
Transmissions NYC: AFEM and Resident Advisor present a half-day summit at Elsewhere
AFEM and Resident Advisor present Transmissions NYC: Plugging In To The Electronic Music Sector, a free half-day summit at Elsewhere Brooklyn on 18 June, programmed as part of New York Music Month. Three panels and a closing mixer take on the questions facing the sector now: how independent labels h
Death By Audio's Radical Stompbox Philosophy
Frontman/guitarist of NYC's A Place To Bury Strangers, pedal designer, noise enthusiast, renaissance man... Ackermann explains why all bets are off in his search for new sounds and tones