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Young Guru won a Grammy in 2019 for his work on Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s joint album, Everything Is Love. Producer and DJ Young Guru has spoken against an AI-generated fake verse which emulated the style of Jay-Z, expressing concerns for people taking the likeness of people’s art. Young Guru won a Grammy Award in 2019 […]
Tidal is rolling out a new feature that lets you act as a DJ and allow your friends to listen to your choices. The feature called Live is available for both HiFi ($9.99 per month) and HiFi Plus ($19.99 per month) subscribers of the streaming service. This feature doesn’t exactly work like Spotify’s Group Sessions, […]
The prolific musician was famed for scoring Hollywood films such as “The Last Emperor”, “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” and more. Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer and founder of pioneering electronic band Yellow Magic Orchestra, has died at the age of 71. “He lived with music until the very end,” Sakamoto’s team said in a […]
A new streaming platform dedicated to classical music is a treasure trove of discovery for both enthusiasts and novices – just don’t tell Beethoven he’s on a playlist. For many people, listening to music is no longer its own activity but a constant background state; the format we consume is not albums or EPs, but […]
Move over, Autotune. How far has AI-powered music-making come? Far enough that the need to distinguish between a Kanye West rap and a Kanye West-sounding rap has arisen, apparently. Tech entrepreneur Roberto Nickson recently showed us the magic Generative AI could bring to the music industry by recording a verse and using a trained AI model […]
A job advertisement for the language learning platform suggests it is “venturing into music.” Duolingo, the language learning app famed for its sassy green owl, could be venturing into teaching music. As Tech Crunch reports, the app (which currently boasts over 500 million users) is advertising a new job role for a Learning Scientist For […]
Finally, someone let it out of its cage… Gorillaz fans rejoice – Suzuki is set to re-release the Omnichord to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The strummable electronic instrument tied elements of a guitar with a button accordion, and was revealed to have been the key element of Gorillaz’s track, Clint Eastwood, last month when Damon […]
Spotify had previously indicated that the $100 million fund was meant to be used over a three year period. Spotify has spent less than 10% of its Creator Equity Fund that was established in the wake of the controversy around the Joe Rogan Show podcast. Bloomberg reported that the fund, which was established to promote […]
The duo just dropped an eight-minute recording of the three working together on the track called The Writing of Fragments of Time. Dance music producer, songwriter and singer Todd Edwards has branded his collaboration with Daft Punk for their 2013 song Fragments In Time as “life-changing”. Speaking in the latest The Zane Lowe Show podcast […]
Only one in five surveyed said they knew what a safe decibel rate was. Results from a new study have revealed that half of gig-goers experience ringing in their ears after attending music events, with just one in ten wearing earplugs to protect their hearing. The results were found through a survey hosted by ticket […]
