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  • A Make-or-Break Moment for AI Music Companies
  • Music, what's your fave?
  • Time to end music’s greatest injustice

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

A Make-or-Break Moment for AI Music Companies

The following op-ed comes from David Israelite, President & CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) Source

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survivefrance.com /6 days ago

Music, what's your fave?

The business of music does indeed suck.. I’ve been dabbling with making music using Ai.. It’s amazing but awful at the same time, manufacturing going through the roof…

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

Time to end music’s greatest injustice

The following MBW op/ed comes from Scott Cohen Source

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guitarworld.com /5 days ago

Fender needs your help for its new grassroots gig initiative with Music Venue Trust: “Gives fans an opportunity to celeb...

Venues that receive the most votes will be kitted out with a new Fender backline

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rightchordmusic.co.uk /1 month ago

Right Chord Music x Green Room Society: Wear Your Support for Grassroots Music Venues

Right Chord Music and Green Room Society collaborate to support Grassroots Music Venues. Buy your t-shirt and show your support At Right Chord Music, we’ve always believed that dis...

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fastcompany.com /1 month ago

10 essential tools for discovering, learning, and making music

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. I love apps like Metronaut and Tomplay, which...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

UK government launches ‘Turn It Up’ plan to support homegrown music, committing $60m to back artists and businesses over...

Government says it will support more than 2,000 projects and at least 40,000 artists and music professionals over three years Source

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

AI Music: Coming of Age. Why the Next Music Revolution May Be Bigger Than Napster

AI music has entered a new phase. Major record companies that initially focused on litigation are now building licensed creation platforms, artist opt-in frameworks, and attributio...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 week ago

Warner Music/Blavatnik Social Justice Fund names 17 grantees in first 2026 docket, investing almost $6M

Eight music-focused organizations are among the fund’s 17 grantees, including four newcomers. Source

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concreteplayground.com /1 month ago

American Apparel Is Backing Australia's Next Music Stars with $10K of Custom Merch — Plus a Slot on Spilt Milk Gold Coas...

From fresh merch to festival stages, this stacked fund is helping Australia's next wave of artists hit the ground running.

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nme.com /3 weeks ago

Jamming Station: Totnes venue, music hub and lifeline for young people launches £50,000 “do-or-die” appeal

"For many of our young people, this is the place where they finally find their tribe" The post Jamming Station: Totnes venue, music hub and lifeline for young people launches £50,0...

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brisbanetimes.com.au /1 week ago

Where are all the music teachers? Industry warned of soft skills crisis

Brisbane’s annual music conference, Bigsound, has invited school music educators for the first time – and the songsheet they’re singing from is not easy listening.

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digitalmusicnews.com /3 weeks ago

Our Culture Is Filled With Music With No Place for Musicians…

QUESTION: Can a culture be filled with music while musicians become economically disposable? The answer seems to be an overwhelming “yes”. In fact, that may be the defining contrad...

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lmsrecords.com /1 month ago

Authenticity Is More Than a Genre Label

Click the image below to explore our curated playlists 100% one-stop. Real emotion. Zero AI. For downloadable playlists, instrumental versions, custom requests, stems, or music sea...

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nofilmschool.com /1 month ago

30 Days. 1 Song. $65K+ on the Line: Take the Musicbed Challenge

We all know how much great music contributes to a film or TV show or even a video game we love. It's like this unifying force that makes us care and gets us to lean in.Well, what i...

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musicconnection.com /1 month ago

BARRY MANILOW TO CELEBRATE LOCAL MUSIC EDUCATORS ACROSS THE U.S.

Manilow and Mario Banks, the Manilow Music Teacher Award winner in Newark, NJ. Photo Credit: Mark Ashe  When the apparently ageless Barry Manilow returns to the road in late July t...

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musicconnection.com /6 days ago

Two Bits of Tips

BIT ONE: WHAT WOULD MUSIC SOUND LIKE ON MARS? Scott Beibin defies easy categorization. He is an inventor, artist, musician, and self-taught engineer who has presented his work at H...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

Key Principles for Ethical AI Use in Music Creation

The following MBW op/ed comes from John Meller, a Partner in the Entertainment practice at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Source

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thesource.com /1 month ago

LiveDura Wants To Give Music A Home Again In The Subscription Era

The music industry has never lacked platforms. What it has lost is a home. For generations, record stores served as more than places to purchase albums. They were cultural meeting…...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 week ago

How Wax Motif Uses Live Crowds and Social Media to Test Unreleased Music

Wax Motif has spent all spring and summer this year bringing his sophomore album, House of Wax II, to dance floors around the world. But some of the dropped tracks filling his icon...

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nme.com /1 month ago

Government announce £45million to “turn up” music industry for artists, businesses and children – but what do Andy Burnh...

MPs and industry insiders speak out on progress being made, and urgent, vital action still needed on the ticket levy for protecting artists and venues, as well as beating the Brexi...

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sixtyandme.com /1 month ago

The Power of Music: Let’s Hear It for the Ear!

Recently, I was asked by an interviewer if there was one moment that was particularly meaningful to me throughout my successful career. Of all my achievements, accolades, and encou...

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savingcountrymusic.com /1 month ago

This Is BIG: Music Industry Comes Together for AI Labeling

This will not solve the scourge of AI music infiltrating the marketplace, or slow the increasing flood of it, or be a fool proof tool that still can't be manipulated. But it's a ve...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /3 weeks ago

Let’s reinvent the Libera Awards as a platform for independent music

Bill Werde argues that while there is much to admire about The Libera Awards, there is also much, much more it could be doing with and for independent music... Source

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