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# Music Business News Last Week: Spotify, Startups & AI Success
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-business-news-last-week-spotify-startups-ai-success/
- Published: 2025-07-05T12:08:45.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-05T12:30:25.000Z
- Description: In top music business news last week, indie band Deerhoof pulled its music off Spotify, applications for 2025’s Music Tectonics Startup Competition opened, an AI created band made waves and much more.
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

In top music business news last week, indie band Deerhoof pulled its music off Spotify, applications for 2025’s Music Tectonics Startup Competition opened, a AI musicians make waves and much more.

#### Music Business News Last Week

- [**AI Band Velvet Sundown May Make Real Musicians Want to Quit**](https://www.hypebot.com/ai-band-velvet-sundown-might-make-real-musicians-want-to-quit/)
- [**What I learned creating the first virtual rap star**](https://www.hypebot.com/what-i-learned-creating-the-first-virtual-rap-star/)
- [**Music Tectonics Startup Competition Opens 2025 Applications**](https://www.hypebot.com/music-tectonics-startup-competition-opens-2025-applications/)
- [**Deerhoof leaves Spotify, but not over royalties: Full Statement**](https://www.hypebot.com/deerhoof-leaves-spotify/)
- [**MIDiA Global Music Forecast: Recorded Revenue Recalibrates**](https://www.hypebot.com/midi-a-global-music-forecast-recorded-music-recalibrates/)
- [**Your Morning Coffee Podcast: AI, Superfans, Bud + Music = $0.00**](https://www.hypebot.com/your-morning-coffee-podcast-26/)
- [**Beats+Bytes 2025 Halftime Report: Music & Culture In Chaos**](https://www.hypebot.com/beatsbytes-2025-halftime-music-and-culture-report/)
- [**SBA letters demand venues return millions in SVOG funds**](https://www.hypebot.com/sba-letters-demand-venues-return-millions-in-svog-funds/)