How AI is Revolutionizing Music Search & Discovery; KISS Introduces Digital Avatars During Final Show In New York

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How AI is Revolutionizing Music Search & Discovery

Thanks to a growing wave of companies pioneering AI recommendation, tagging and search solutions, music catalogs have never been more discoverable, and therefore their revenue potential has never been greater.

KISS Introduces Digital Avatars During Final Show In New York

Group will apparently live on in hologram form with the help of Industrial Light & Magic

Data In The Music Business: How Universal Music Group Is Leveraging Data And Analytics To Serve Its Artists And Audience

For UMG, data is seen as a strategic asset of the business. Eechambadi notes that there are two kinds of behavioral data that the company focused on. The first type is data received from UMG partners such as Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube on the music that is being streamed on the major consumption platforms. The second type is behavioral data gathered and analyzed from thousands of individual websites and hundreds of stores that UMG manages on behalf of its artists.

Voice-Swap adds house legends to its licensed voice-clones service

Voice-Swap is the startup co-founded by artist and producer DJ Fresh earlier this year to help artists create official AI clones of their voices to license to other musicians.

This "AI Singer-Songwriter" Is Proof Human Music Is Not in Danger

Anna Indiana’s songs are disturbingly bad.

WMG launches a Notorious B.I.G. game in virtual world The Sandbox

Warner Music Group has announced its latest activity on web3 virtual world The Sandbox. it’s a game based on rapper The Notorious B.I.G.

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⚙️ Cool Tools

• Google debuts 'Instrument Playground' AI-powered music tool

• Jamahook’s Sound Assistant Offline Agent helps producers rediscover sounds from their audio libraries

• Phil Manzanera on the Pleasure of Having Roxy Music Mixed in Atmos

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© Copyright/wrong

• What Universal Music Group really thinks about generative AI and copyright law

• Brazil-led anti-piracy initiative hails successes

• Nashville music industry wants federal legislation to reign in AI

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🎼 Innovation

• The Future of Generative AI Might Be Smaller Than You Think

• IFPI study reveals music fans' attitudes to generative AI

• This faux AI chatbot will judge your music taste and make you laugh (hopefully)

• Exploring AI in Your Music Videos: Resistance is Futile

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