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Indie Distributors, Spotify & Amazon form Music Fights Fraud taskforceSpotify and Amazon Music have joined forces with independent distributors CD Baby, TuneCore, their respective parent companies Downtown and Believe, DistroKid, Symphonic, EMPIRE, UnitedMasters, and Vydia to form Music Fights. Continue reading
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lowheaven Signs to Skeletal LightningToronto band lowheaven has signed with Skeletal Lightning to release their upcoming EP, collapse. The post-hardcore band's first single, 'cancer sleep', and accompanying music video are out now. 

lowheaven is a brutal force. The band's musical range is vast, varying from impenetrable screamo to melodic post-metal, sometimes even in the same song. Their upcoming EP, collapse, is scheduled for release on August 25th, and is overwhelmingly filled with feelings of self-hatred, uneasiness, and pain, is underscored by a sound that can best be described as metalcore nostalgia, likely due to their 90s influences. 

Vocalist and guitarist Dan Thomson, formerly of Canadian post-hardcore band Sparrows, explains candidly, “We’re not a happy listen, lowheaven is something that has got a lot of weight.”

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MIDI Innovation Awards 2023: Voting now open The MIDI Association have announced that voting is now open for this year’s MIDI Innovation Awards, with the public able to vote for the best innovations in each of the five categories until 23 July.

Labels want to change how streamers pay: Find out if you’ll win or loseA new study looks at how a shift from the current system of pro-rata music-streaming payments to user-centric payments would impact artists. Under pro-rata music calculations, artists are paid proportionate. Continue reading
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Get A FREE Taste Of Sonixinema’s Brute Flute Explorations Sample Library
Sonixinema releases Brute Flute Explorations, a free contrabass flute sample library for Kontakt. We covered another release from Sonixinema fairly recently, and they’re back at it again with the release of Brute Flute Explorations. While the free version only has a single articulation from the larger library, it still makes for quite a bit of [...]
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Audio-Technica release AT2020USB-XP microphone Audio Technica's latest 20 Series USB microphone is kitted out with upgraded converters, built-in noise reduction and an automatic gain function.

MEPs led by Iban Garcia del Blanco are pushing for higher royalty payments for musical artists.
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Focusrite’s upcoming RedNet PCIeNX card The latest addition to the RedNet range delivers 128x128 channels of 24-bit/192kHz audio to any PC or Mac, via a built-in PCIe slot or external Thunderbolt chassis.

Harmony vs. Ownership: The Battle Between Music Copyright and AI TechnologyAI music generators are becoming increasingly popular, giving the user the potential to create songs with just a few words. The new technology can seem like magic, but the way these systems are created raises questions and concerns.

The Recording Academy Nashville Needs A Membership ManagerThe Recording Academy's mission is to recognize musical excellence, advocate for the well-being of music makers, and ensure music remains an indelible part of our culture. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards - the pre-eminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music. The Academy is a professional membership organization of musicians, producers, engineers, and recording professionals, dedicated to improving the culture and quality of life for all music makers. The Academy's Membership & Industry Relations (M&IR) Department is comprised of a national network of 12 Chapters which each serve their local music communities.

The Membership Manager will identify strategies for recruiting new members, retaining current members, and re-engaging terminated members within the Country, CCM, Gospel, and American Roots genres, along with working together with the Nashville Chapter on outreach-related projects and initiatives as directed.

To apply and for more info click here.

North Korean hackers swipe over $100M from Atomic Wallet usersAccording to Elliptic, a blockchain analysis company, an estimated 5,500 crypto wallets have been affected by the attack.

Pebble Mobility wants to build the iPhone of electric RVsBingrui Yang knows a thing or two about hardware, software and how people interact with them — skills picked up during stints at Apple, Zoox and Cruise.
Now he’s applying those tricks of the trade to RVs with Pebble Mobility, a California-based EV startup he founded that aims to change the way people live and work on the road (or at the campground).
“We’ve seen a profound shift in how people live and work,” Yang said in a recent interview, adding that jobs are more flexible, prompting more to adopt the digital nomad lifestyle.
Yang said he was inspired by his own time in RVs, a product experience he hated. He launched Pebble Mobility in 2022 to bring electrification, automation and the usability of an iPhone to the RV world.
The company’s first product will be a “medium-sized” towable all-electric travel trailer equipped with technology that’s similar, but not exactly the same, as the advanced driver assistance systems found in today’s modern vehicles.
While Yang isn’t quite ready to share the dimensions, price or other details of its first product (even the main photo above just hints at the design), he did share that the company recently raised enough money to make progress on its product roadmap.
The startup raised $13.6 million from Lightspeed, Vision+ and UpHonest Capital in a seed and Series A round. Those funds will be used to finish the RV prototype, which is expected to be revealed in the fall. Yang also plans to double Pebble Mobility’s workforce, which is now about 10 full-time people who hail from Apple, Cruise, Lucid Motors and Tesla.
He noted that a key member is CTO Stefan Solyom, a founding member of the Tesla Autopilot team who spent seven years at Apple and 10 years at Volvo Cars focused on safety and autonomous systems.
CTO Stefan Solyom and founder and CEO Bingrui Yang Image Credits: Pebble Mobility
Yang is tapping the expertise of his team, as well as his own experience, to change every aspect of the traditional RV and to “automate the hardest part of RVing,” he said.
The RV will have a sleek, modern design, use lightweight composite materials and will come with an electric powertrain, which will improve the fuel economy or range of whatever truck or SUV is towing it. It’s also equipped with solar power and will have the energy capacity to allow users to live off-grid for up to seven days, according to the company.
“If someone can use an iPhone, they’ll be able to use this,” commented Yang, who had a nine-year tenure at Apple leading iPhone development.
Pebble Mobility wants to build the iPhone of electric RVs by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

UnitedMasters expands its reach into Africa, partners with Nigerian producer Sarz to ’empower the next generation of African talent’Partnership will provide access to 'brand and sync opportunities, and capital' for Sarz' 1789 imprint to develop talent from Africa
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Watch: DJ Dahi - Producing 'Gravity' We speak to California-based producer DJ Dahi, who talks about working with real musicians in modern music and breaks down one of his recent hits, 'Gravity' by Brent Faiyaz featuring Tyler, the Creator.