AI-made music can now be easily uploaded to SoundCloud, thanks to a trio of new dealsCompany inks deals with Fadr, Soundful, and Voice-Swap
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Spotify signals Superfan Clubs are coming soonSpotify is signaling the addition of in-app “superfan clubs” that would enable artists to monetize their most loyal fans. The news came in a Spotify blog post celebrating the changes. Continue reading
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How Artist-Fan relationships can make or break an ArtistAt the core of every discussion about superfans is the importance of the direct artist-fan relationship. Marketing expert Jason Lekberg shares strategies and tools that empower artists and their teams. Continue reading
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Everything you need to know about X (FKA Twitter) heading into 2024Twitter may have died in 2023, but despite all the turmoil, the renamed X is alive, well-trafficked, and making major changes and improvements as we enter the new year. by. Continue reading
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"...allowing artists to lock individual pieces of audio content, and charge for access to it, could be a new way for Spotify to let artists generate potentially significant additional revenue from superfans."
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Superfans, superfans, superfans... When market is changing but #majors want to continue their domination position.
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Audeze Announces Dolby Atmos Integration, to Host Workshops at NAMMAudeze, premium headphone manufacturer, has announced the official release of the head tracking integration for their Maxwell headsets, expanding support for Dolby Atmos® binaural rendering at NAMM 2024.

Audeze will also host interactive workshops throughout the show with Grammy winning recording engineers and artists, building on the growing interest in using headphones for mixing, mastering and spatial audio.

NAMM attendees will have the opportunity to learn from and interact with legendary recording engineers who’ve worked with the likes of Beyonce, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more.

Space is limited for these workshops that run from Thursday January 25th to Saturday January 27th, 12PM-4PM.

For the detailed schedule check the Audeze website.  

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Rick Gerson’s Alpha Wave Global, backer of Elon Musk and X, has invested in GammaGamma's logo started appearing on the section of Alpha Wave's homepage reflecting its investments earlier this month
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Did Spotify just confirm that ‘superfan clubs’ are coming to its platform?Spotify appears to have revealed this information in a blog post
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Searching for Superfans: Forget the numbers; concentrate on communityAs we continue Superfan Week on Hypebot, Janelle Borg weighs in with a piece on how Superfans are particularly important in this era of algorithms and a stark reminder that. Continue reading
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The crumbling of music media is a disaster for the music industry [Tatiana Cirisano]Tatiana Cirisano of MIDiA Research looks at the gutting of Pitchfork, the state of music reviews and music journalism, and its effects on the future of the music industry. by. Continue reading
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s Chairman is determined to abolish Merck Mercuriadis’ ‘call option’. He was less bothered when Round Hill Music Royalty Fund’s investment manager had a near-identical clause.A tale of two call options...
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ANNA DUBOC AT THE MINTPhoto credit: Megan Thompson 

One of the more interesting personal facts noted in 17-year-old musical multi-talent AnnaDuboc’s bio is the fact that the incredibly gifted, prolific and stylistically diversesinger/songwriter is an A student maintain that average in her second year of high school APcalculus. She probably doesn’t need higher math to keep track of her social media numbers, butthey’ve been pretty crazy, adding up to some 45 million streams on all platforms via a flurry ofdynamic singles since launching her career at 13.Writing about her life with the same emotionally expressive wit, narrative bite and vulnerabletenderness as culturally impactful icons like Taylor and Billie, Anna has amassed 220,500followers and over 1.2 million likes on TikTok, 26 million views and nearly 40,000 subscriberson her official YouTube partner channel and over 31,000 followers on Instagram. Amazingly, allof her success to date are via tracks she produced with her mom, veteran pop songwriter and jazzvocalist Carol Duboc.

The release of her upcoming single (set to drop Valentine’s week) marks a unique turning pointin that she wrote and co-produced “One Touch” – which was written when she was 14 – withJuan Ariza (Harry Styles). It’s the first release of an upcoming batch she calls the UnreleasedSeries, featuring songs from her archives which she didn’t feel were right to share when she wasyounger but seem appropriate now. Gearing up for this next phase of her career, the singer madean impressive headlining appearance with a full, high-energy band at The Mint in mid-January.She follows with a gig at Genghis Cohen February 3.When young artists are so successful so quickly in the streaming and video realm, one maywonder if they’ve got the goods live, vocally and performance wise. The great news is that Annais as charming, soulful and engaging a performer onstage as she is a masterful vocalist/producerin the studio. Though she showcased it well into the set, one of the most fascinating revelationsabout the seductive, infectious “One Touch” is that in both lyrical content and driving slowgroove, it’s up there with anything magical the Swifties are digging these days – and remember,Anna was 20 years younger than Taylor when she wrote it. The emotional core of Anna’s set wasthat one as the follow-up to her latest single “Poetry,” which allowed her to showcase her tenderskills as a piano based balladeer and the powerful range of her voice, from a soft tenderheartedcoolness to a towering emotion that sears the heart.Anna’s ten song set, a run through some of her biggest streamers from 2021 to present, offered adynamic range of rhythms and vibes, from the mid-tempo lite funk R&B/pop simmer of “80 in aFlood Rain” and plaintive, stripped down “Flowers and Graves” (backed only by the acousticguitar of MD Enzo Iannello) to one of her most compelling songs “Plot Twist” (another heart-tugging piano ballad) and the sassy, moody pop-rocker “Mystery Lady.” She closed with songstitled “Sinking Feeling” (which displayed the angelic, Billie-esque side of her voice) and“Promises from Hell,” but all her fans were too full of her lively, charismatic sunshine by thatpoint to give into the themes of darkness.

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India’s Tips Industries generated $7.78m in calendar Q4, up 27% YoYTips’ rising numbers come amid surging growth in the Indian music market
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Bandsintown Artist Checklist: How To Build a Community of SuperfansBandsintown offers artists an extensive free toolkit to build a fanbase and keep fans informed about tour dates, merchandise drops, new releases, and more, and their new, simple step-by-step checklist. Continue reading
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Monetizing Music Superfans: Billion Dollar Opportunity or Superfantasy?The yet-to-be-published Annual Music Study by Music Watch will offer an overview of the music industry, but the consultancy’s Russ Crupnick has shared an advance look at its findings on. Continue reading
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