
AudioShake wins Music Tectonics music tech startup competition
Audioshake has won the Music Tectonics 2022 Conference’s Swimming with Narwhals music tech startups competition. Founded by Jessica Powell, AudioShake uses AI to open up songs to new monetization and creative. Continue reading

AI is transforming art, but will it do the same for music?
[UPDATED] Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the art world. But will it do the same for music creation and consumption, and what could the consequences be? by Antony Demekhin, CEO. Continue reading

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See Tickets has announced new appointments to its executive committee. Boris Patronoff becomes the Chief Operating Officer of See Tickets Group and remains the CEO of See Tickets in North. Continue reading

Feed adds 23M Downtown tracks to Adaptr startup music licensing service
B2B music licensing service Feed Media Group has added Downtown Music Services to its Adaptr subscription-based platform that simplifies how startups license music. Adaptr preclears both publishing and performance rights. Continue reading

Music Tectonics names music tech startup finalists for 2022
Four music tech startups worth tracking were named finalists in the Music Tectonics Conference’s Swimming with Narwhals competition last week. Each will pitch at the Music Tectonics Conference in Santa. Continue reading

Trouble at $1B Hipgnosis Songs Fund reports Financial Times
The Hipgnosis Songs Fund is struggling and can no longer raise funds, reports the Financial Times. Can it recover? by Stacy Simons Santos from Celebrity Access The Hipgnosis Songs Fund. Continue reading

Music event startup Pollen enters administration after raising $150M just 3 months ago
Just three months after raising $150 million, music travel and event company Pollen has been forced into the UK equivalent of bankruptcy. by Stacy Simons Santos of Celebrity Access The music-related. Continue reading

Groover expands mission ‘to help artists get heard’ to US, UK & beyond
Paris-based Groover promises to help artists take the difficult first step of getting their music heard by music curators and industry professionals, and their stats suggest that they are having. Continue reading

Goldman Sachs predicts the Music Business will grow to epic proportions
Despite war, rising gas prices, sagging economies, supply chain issues and everything else that has consumers feeling pinched, global investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts good times ahead for the music business. Not. Continue reading