Music-creation firm BandLab’s business isn’t just about its mobile app for consumers. It also has BandLab for Education, a version designed to be used in classrooms. Now it’s getting a […]
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Abbey Road REDD showcases music-tech startups at SXSW London
Last week, Abbey Road REDD Labs presented its latest showcase of music-tech startups at SXSW London, in a ‘Studio Four’ event.
Producer Abhijit Vaghani launches music institute The Swamp Academy
Music producer Abhijit Vaghani—who recently signed an exclusive global management deal with The Hello Group India—is launching The Songwriting and Music Production (Swamp) Academy. The Mumbai-based music institute, for “the […]
Roli’s latest music-education move is a partnership with Casio
Earlier this year, we reported on music-education firm Roli’s launch of an ‘AI Music Coach’ to help people learn to play the company’s Airwave instrument. Now it’s branching out to more-traditional keyboards. […]
Abbey Road Institute Mumbai and Bay Owl Studios launch scholarship for women
Varun Parikh, the director of the India outpost of the UK’s Abbey Road Institute that operates out of Mumbai’s Bay Owl Studios, observed a startling statistic when going through the […]
New platform Fieldworks wants to fill the digital gap in Indian arts education
These days, professional musicians are expected to be creators, who are somehow automatically equipped with the skills to constantly upload slickly filmed social media content that consistently keeps them in […]
Tiwa Savage is taking Berklee teaching to musicians in Nigeria
Nigerian artist Tiwa Savage is a long-term success story, regularly described as the ‘Queen of Afrobeats’. Now she wants to help a new generation of younger artists follow in her […]
Roli’s new AI Music Coach wants to teach people to play piano
Startup Roli originally made a splash with its inventive instruments. Nowadays, it’s also exploring software and services – including a new tool called AI Music Coach. Unveiled this week, it works with Roli’s […]
UMG is piloting a new music-education programme in the UK
There has been a lot of debate about the decline in music education in schools in the UK. The current government has made the right noises about reversing it, but […]
Big Sean and Usher back Detroit youth-music project with $1m
2025 is ending with some positive news for young creatives in Detroit, and it’s down to artists Big Sean and Usher.
AI music-transcription startup Songscription raises $5m
Songscription is putting AI technology to use for transcribing music, with a focus on helping musicians to transcribe their songs and jams.
UK’s music curriculum gets a boost… spurred by Ed Sheeran
In March this year we reported on an open letter to the UK’s Prime Minister led by Ed Sheeran and signed by artists including Annie Lennox, Central Cee, Coldplay, Harry Styles, Stormzy […]

