In today’s music landscape, it’s more important than ever for artists to build real connections with their listeners. Artists want to represent themselves authentically, deepen their relationships with fans, and […]
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UK report highlights post-Brexit problems touring in the EU
The UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) committee certainly has its dander up when it comes to urging changes in the music industry. Its latest report focuses on the barriers […]
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Why We Built an AI Music Video Generator That Listens to Songs
In 2021, my co-founders and I began developing the music-vision foundation model that would become Freebeat. The question that drove us, as engineers and lifelong music lovers, was simple: why […]
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Artistic Futures wants to help songwriters find missing royalties
A European Union co-funded project called Artistic Futures is aiming to put AI to positive use for songwriters: by helping them to identify unclaimed royalties and broken metadata. The project is the […]
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AI Is Already Training on Music. The Real Question Is: Who Gets Paid?
AI is already learning from music. Quietly, constantly, and at a scale most people don’t fully see yet. While the industry debates hypotheticals, the real shift has already happened. The […]
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The Foundation of Trust: Why Royalty Infrastructure is the Key to Artist Retention in 2026
Artists and rightsholders have unprecedented leverage over where to house their catalogs. Legacy brand prestige is no longer enough to retain them; instead, your artist network’s loyalty depends heavily on […]
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Can artists stop the White House from using their music in social-media posts?
Earlier this month, Sabrina Carpenter and SZA became the latest artists to protest about music being used in White House social-media posts.
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Tipify wants to create a tips economy for independent artists
Tips economies for musicians are as old as the first busker to place their hat on the floor. Translating the idea to digital platforms has come in fits and starts. […]
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EarthPercent’s Cathy Runciman: “There’s a groundswell now of music as resistance”
At Berlin’s Most Wanted: Music conference yesterday, Cathy Runciman, co-executive director of EarthPercent, the environmental charity organisation co-founded by Brian Eno, spoke about how music can – and maybe could – […]
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Bandsintown launches artist marketplace as DistroKid debuts ‘Direct’
It’s been a busy 24 hours for direct-to-fan news. Bandsintown has launched a marketplace for the 700,000-plus artists registered on its platform. It gathers services and tools from more than 30 partners […]