Has music hit peak fandom? [MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan]"(You) cannot harvest fandom if you are not also nurturing it," writes MIDiA's Mark Mulligan. Superfans are seen as music's financial lifeline, but 2024 showed signs they’re being stretched to the limit. Have we hit peak fandom?
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Instagram Shares replace Likes to boost engagementAs engagement falls, Instagram Shares replace Likes for successful creatores. If your posts aren’t landing in DMs or group chats, you’re missing the metric that matters most.
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Quite obviously electronic music shows become immersive, it is not as easy to model and to tune as it seems though

“Nothing changes. I’m still writing new music and doing everything I do”: deadmau5 speaks on selling his catalogueThree months after selling the rights to his entire catalog to Create Music Group, deadmau5 has spoken on the sale.
In a new interview with Billboard Canada, the DJ and producer – real name Joel Zimmerman – shares his reasoning behind the monumental sale, which reportedly netted him a cool $55 million.

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“It was time to just let it go,” deadmau5 says. “I’m not so attached to [my catalogue] that I think it would’ve been some huge asset 20 or 30 years down the line.” The sale included all of Zimmerman’s biggest hits, including Strobe and Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff.

 
The sale also included the entire catalogue of Zimmerman’s record label, mau5trap. Since its founding in 2007, a huge number of prominent dance music artists have contributed to its catalogue, including ATTLAS, Matt Lange, Rezz and Excision.
The label remains a space for exciting newcomers, too, including Skellytn, EMSKI and Lamorn.
“I mean, I’m sure they’ll make all their money back and more,” deadmau5 tells Billboard. “But for me, it was just time to reel everything back in, throw some money back into production for the next couple of years, and then start over. So, nothing changes. I’m still writing new music and doing everything I do.”
Zimmerman made the sale to Create Music Group, which reportedly agreed to a joint venture between Zimmerman and the mau5trap artists should they engage in any future plans for previous releases. Under this venture, Create Music Group has also opted to remaster certain staple tracks in addition to building on the brand with new content and partnerships.
Upon the sale in March, Create Music Group CEO Jonathan Strauss said: “Now, as the stewards of deadmau5 and mau5trap’s legendary catalogue, we inherit a legacy that changed music forever. Joel’s influence reaches far beyond sound – his mastery bridges music, gaming, and technology, inspiring a new generation to think bigger. This is more than an acquisition; it’s a responsibility.”
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Why DIY Live Music Spaces are more important than everEven as streaming dominates music and the music industry, grassroots and DIY live music spaces remain the heart of real music culture. Learn how they build community and launch careers even in an increasingly algorithm-driven world.
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iOS 19: All the rumored changes Apple could be bringing to its new operating systemAs Apple prepares to unveil iOS 19 at WWDC 2025, several rumors have surfaced, including a potential new name for the operating system and more.

Bringing a Father Ted Joke to LifeInspired by a gag from a mid-90s sitcom Father Ted, [Stephen] decided to create his own talking tape dispenser.
This project is a actually a follow-up to the first version of the dispenser he built back in 2022, and [Stephen] has documented the process thoroughly for anyone wanting to build their own. In the first version, he modified a tape dispenser to house a Raspberry Pi, enabling voice functionality. In the new version, he replaced the Raspberry Pi with a cheaper ESP8266 and designed an entirely 3D printed dispenser that looks closer to the screen-used version.
A clever change was replacing the rotary encoder with a custom encoder embedded in the printed parts. Using a photodiode and an LED, it measures the tape pulled from the spool. As you pull the tape, the encoder calculates the length and announces it through the speaker, just like in the show.
If you’re into prop recreations like this, be sure to check out the winners of our 2022 Sci-Fi Contest.

What is jazz music? History, characteristics, and instruments
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10 signs an airdrop is a scam — and how to stay safeFake airdrops are designed to drain users’ funds from their wallets. You need to be well-versed in airdrop scams to protect your crypto wallet.

Sweetwater offers $99 Native Instruments Komplete 15 Select Bundle for FREE (US only)
Sweetwater is giving away Native Instruments Komplete 15 Select for free, a production suite typically priced at $99. The offer is exclusive to users based in the United States. Komplete 15 Select is available in three variations—Electronic, Beats, and Band Editions. Each edition includes 13 plug-ins tailored to a specific genre, covering everything from thumping [...]
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AAS unveil Lounge Lizard EP-5 Building on more than two decades of development, EP-5 features a redesigned physical modelling engine and a dual-instrument architecture for modelling both tine- and reed-based electric pianos.

Xilentch XMEQ Introducing XMEQ Mastering Tone EQ! Shape your sound with carefully selected frequency points. These bands are crafted from years of expertise to help you capture a truly musical tone. As with every series, this plugin never compromises on that classic "Analog" feel—adding a delightful character. Its filter curves are inspired by vintage designs. Put the finishing touches on your music and your sound! With an intuitive user interface, you can effortlessly infuse musical character. You'll be amazed by the silky sheen of the highs, the clarity and punch of the mids, and the weight and fullness of the lows! And, as always, it runs in real time with low CPU usage! Read More

Lawyers could face ‘severe’ penalties for fake AI-generated citations, UK court warnshe High Court of England and Wales says lawyers need to take stronger steps to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence in their work.

In a ruling tying together two recent cases, Judge Victoria Sharp wrote that generative AI tools like ChatGPT “are not capable of conducting reliable legal research."

Let’s Buy Commodore! Well, Somebody Is.When a man wearing an Atari T-shirt tells you he’s buying Commodore it sounds like the plot for an improbable 1980s movie in which Nolan Bushnell and Jack Tramiel do battle before a neon synthwave sunset to a pulsating chiptune soundtrack. But here on the screen there’s that guy doing just that, It’s [Retro Recipes], and in the video below he’s assembling a licensing deal for the Commodore brand portfolio from the distant descendant of the Commodore of old.
It’s a fascinating story and we commend him for tracing a path through the mess that unfolded for Commodore in the 1990s. We tried the same research path with a friend a few years ago and ended up with an anonymous Dutch paper company that wouldn’t answer our calls, so we’re impressed. In conjunction with several other players in the Commodore retrocomputing world he’s trying to assemble a favourable percentage deal for manufacturers of new parts, computers, and other goodies, and we’re pleased to see that it’s for the smaller player as much as for the industry giant.
When looking at a story like this though, it’s important not to let your view become clouded by those rose tinted glasses. While it’s great that we’re likely to see a bunch of new Commodore-branded Commodore 64s and parts, there are many pitfalls in taking it beyond that. We’ve seen the Commodore logo on too many regrettable licensed products in the past, and we fear it might be too tempting for it to end up on yet another disappointing all-in-one video game or just another budget PC. If something new comes out under the Commodore brand we’d like it to be really special, exploiting new ground in the way the Amiga did back in the day. We can hope, because the alternative has dragged other famous brands through the mud in recent years.
If you want an insight into the roots of the original Commodore’s demise, have a read of our Hackaday colleague [Bil Herd]’s autobiography.

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Gallery: Music Business Worldwide x Luminate’s Music Leaders’ Dinner at SXSW LondonLuminate CEO Rob Jonas and MBW founder/publisher Tim Ingham jointly hosted the dinner
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