Ultimate Guide to how the Spotify Music Discovery Algorithm works [Janelle Borg]Even though streaming has become unimaginably easy for the user to discover new music, that does not mean the process isn't complicated. This guide breaks how the Spotify algorithm works its magic and how musicians can use it to their advantage.....
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Lindell Audio announce LiNTEC Lindell Audio's latest hardware release sets its sights on Pultec’s famous EQP-1A equaliser unit. 

Roberto Neri appointed Chief Executive Officer of The Ivors Academy in the UKNeri was most recently CEO of the publishing arm of Believe
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Music labels suing Twitter/X for copyright infringement partially allowed to move forward with lawsuitThe coalition of music labels suing X (Twitter) for alleged copyright infringement are permitted to move forward with parts of their lawsuit, it has been reported.
In June 2023, it was revealed that 17 music industry bodies – including Sony Music Publishing, Universal Music Group, Warner Chappell, BMG and more – were seeking to claim $250 million in damages for “hundreds of thousands” of alleged infringements of approximately 1,700 pieces of music.

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Now, as The Verge reports, US District Judge Aleta A. Trauger has partially denied X’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, stating that it’s still not clear “to what extent X Corp may be liable for the infringing acts of users on its platform” in a new filing.
X’s motion to dismiss claims that it allegedly failed to respond to infringement claims in a timely manner and didn’t take appropriate action against “repeat infringers” has also been denied.
However, the judge has also agreed to dismiss allegations put forth by the coalition (the National Music Publishers’ Association, or NMPA) that X engaged in direct copyright infringement and that the platform is “vicariously liable” for direct infringements by users.
As opposed to other social media platforms, X has reportedly not negotiated music licensing agreements with music copyright holders. This has also been addressed in the filing document.
It states, “The plaintiffs complain that, ‘[w]hile the Twitter platform began as a destination for short text-based messages,’ it has since become a ‘hot destination for multimedia content, with music- infused videos being of particular and paramount importance.’ There are lawful ways for a social media company to offer such media – particularly, by entering into licensing agreements with rights holders, as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat have done.
“Copyright licences, though, typically must be paid for, and X/Twitter is, the plaintiffs suggest, effectively trying to generate the kind of revenue that one would expect as a lawful purveyor of music and other media, without incurring the cost of actually paying for the licences.”
Proceedings now remain ongoing. View the full document, as shared by The Verge, to find out more.
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“The tools that we now use to make music are made in the image of technicians, not musicians,” says Bronze.ai CEO Lex DromgooleAVA London Conference: Lex Dromgoole, CEO of AI music tech company Bronze.ai, has explored the theory that music today, made using tools that’ve been created “in the image of technicians”, sounds more machine-like. He’s also suggested that AI technology could allow us to “reevaluate what we can actually bring to the table as humans”.

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The AI industry leader made the statement during a recent panel at AVA London Conference at the British Library on Thursday 29 February. Entitled Surviving The AI Apocalype and hosted by AI company Voice Swap. The panel explored the benefits and issues posed by AI and problems that could arise in the future as a result of the technology.
“The current expectation for music makers now is that you have to have a serious level of technical proficiency in terms of software,” he said. “There are a lot of very imaginative people left on the sidelines.
“The tools that we now use to make music are made in the image of technicians, not musicians. AI gives us an opportunity to reevaluate all of that,” said Dromgoole. He went on to say how computational models like parameters and sliders were complex and rooted in technical music terminology, which many musicians can’t grasp. However, he believes AI can help design more intuitive and understandable interfaces for music production.
“I would argue that the tools that we use now to create music have made us as humans act more like computers because of how technical they are,” he said. “For the last 20 or 30 years, we’ve already been making music that sounds more and more like it’s been made by a computer.
“From an artistic point of view, as well, it actually gives us the opportunity to reevaluate what we can bring to the table as humans, that these models can’t.”
Lex Dromgoole, CEO of Bronze.ai, is a seasoned audio engineer with credits including Björk and Arcade Fire. Bronze.ai is a software platform where users can create AI models of their music, generating new iterations with each play. Collaborating with artists like Arca and Disclosure, Bronze offers endless variations, as seen in Disclosure’s anniversary version of Settle.
Keep an eye on AVA Festival for details about AVA’s upcoming festival in Belfast, and check out bronze.ai.
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Calvin Harris eats raw eggs while in-flight to avoid jet lagScottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris has revealed a bizarre in-flight ritual he engages in to avoid jet lag.
On a recent episode of BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast Show, the 40-year-old powerhouse DJ tells co-host Zoe Ball: “I was on a British Airways flight only a couple of weeks ago, and the air hostess told me she’d never seen anybody crack eggs and pour them into their mouth in their seat before.”

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“But that was me. That’s what I do,” he adds.
For you brave souls out there looking to test out Harris’ flying tip, the DJ reveals that he uses six eggs in total: “I like to get rid of the whites, so I just do the raw yolk. I find it gets rid of jet lag.”
As for how he manages to get half a dozen eggs onto the plane without breaking any, Harris says: “You just stick them in your bag.”
“I’m surprised they get through security because for me, that’s liquid. But it’s never, ever been flagged.”
Watch the full exchange below.

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MusicTech bears no responsibility for any salmonella infection that may arise from trying this bizarre ritual yourself. You’ve been warned.
Unusual in-flight rituals aside, Calvin Harris recently mentioned that he might put a stop to his DJing career once he hits 50. Speaking to MistaJam on Capital Dance, Harris said, “I always said that, once I get past 50, I can’t see me DJing, man.”
Instead, fans can expect the man to be “in the studio making tunes,” something he much prefers over being on stage.
“I think that’s where the majority of my talent lies — making something sound good. So I would like to make other people’s records sound good.”
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You can now put Splice’s library of sounds in your pocket with its new mobile versionSplice has launched a mobile version, meaning users can now access their library of samples and AI tool Splice Create wherever they are, whenever inspiration strikes.
Splice Mobile is available now on iOS and Android, making it possible to browse and create from the cloud-based sample library’s 300 instruments across 140 genres of music while on the move.

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To launch the mobile version, the company has partnered with producer Terrace Martin, who has previously worked with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes and Stevie Wonder. “I didn’t even need band members. What makes Splice’s Create function amazing, you don’t need a keyboard, you don’t need a computer, you don’t even need a studio. So long as your phone is charged,” he says in a press release.
“We believe that great ideas should never be confined by time or space,” adds Splice CEO, Kakul Srivastava. “We continue to be led by our customer’s desire to integrate Splice sounds deeper in their workflows. This new mobile experience is another path for our customers to bring new ideas to life anytime, anywhere – without losing any of the quality they’ve come to rely on from Splice.”

Users are able to browse, audition and create using the full Splice catalogue, curate sounds into Collections to make “mobile moodboards”. It’s also possible to add, swap and delete up to eight instrumental layers and fine-tune the mix using volume and BPM controls.
The mobile version is also designed to support collaboration, with a function to share creations with friends, followers and collaborators. Splice Mobile also promises to make it easy to save, share and export sounds to work on in any DAW and for users to be able to pick up where they left off whether working on mobile or desktop.
The launch of Splice Mobile follows the introduction of a new version of Splice Create, an AI-powered tool that generates arrangements using loops and sounds from its library.
For more information, head to Splice.
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Flandersh Tech Releases FREE Substitute Modular Synthesizer For Windows
Flanders Tech released Substitute Modular, a free semi-modular virtual analog synthesizer for Windows. Substitute Modular is a FREE semi-modular virtual analog synthesizer for Windows VST3 (64-bit). I will readily admit I likely have way too many subtractive synths. You probably do, too, and there’s no shame in that. They just multiply in my plugin folder, [...]
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99Sounds Releases FREE Nature Sounds Sample Pack
Our indie sound design label 99Sounds has just released a new FREE sound pack called Nature Sounds, made by Free To Use Sounds, and it’s available for you to enjoy. It’s a collection of royalty-free nature field recordings recorded in Taiwan divided into the following categories: Animals, Forest, Rain, Water, and Wind. It can be [...]
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New AI bassline generator by Sony can create accompaniments that match the “style and tone” of your input musicA team of researchers from Sony Computer Science Laboratories (Sony CSL) have developed a new AI model that focuses solely on bass accompaniments.
According to a paper posted on the arXiv preprint server, Marco Pasini, Stefan Lattner, and Maarten Grachten at CSL have created a Diffusion model capable of producing realistic basslines that match the style and tone of existing music pieces.

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“At Sony CSL, we aim to assist music artists and producers in their workflow by providing AI-powered tools,” Lattner tells Tech Xplore. “However, we have noticed that the most common approach of AI tools generating complete musical pieces from scratch (often controlled only by text input) is not very interesting to artists.”
Given that existing music generative tools often fail to take into account users’ unique preferences and style, the team wanted to come up with something more tailored and specific to the individual.
“Artists require tools that can adjust to their unique style and can be utilised at any point in their music production process,” Lattner said. “Therefore, a generative music tool should be able to analyse and take into account any intermediate creation of the artist when proposing new sounds.”
The new model is thus designed to generate basslines that complement existing material, regardless of the elements it contains: “Our system can process any type of musical mix that contains one or more sources, such as vocals, guitar, etc,” Lattner explained.
In addition, the tool is capable of generating “coherent basslines of any length”. Users can also control the timbre and playing style of the generated bass by providing a reference audio file.
Researchers added that similar models could be created for drums, piano, guitar, strings, and sound effects parts in the future.
“More broadly, we plan to collaborate directly with artists and composers to refine further and validate these AI accompaniment tools to best enhance their creative needs,” said Lattner.
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Well... as I said just try to exclude Apple and maybe some others, maybe it will work 😉
You want to be in those major stores but trying to be 'special', why they need to think that you're so special?
You want to sell your music in the huge shopping mall, on shelves in a store? What is the difference? Does it make sense to you?
They are the owners of their stores "unfortunately" and WE ALL have to follow the rules, not only you...🤷‍♂️

BOB ABP plug-in from McDSP McDSP have announced that the most recent addition to their APB hardware platform, is now available for users to download.

Late Philosopher Alan Watts Lands Publishing Deal with Third Side MusicIndependent music publishing powerhouse Third Side Music (TSM) continues to expand its eclectic roster with one of the most unique additions yet - the late Alan Watts, the legendary philosopher, scholar, speaker, writer, and seminal figure in the counterculture of the Beat Generation who continues to impact culturally worldwide more than 50 years after his death.

Through a new global creative publishing deal with The Alan Watts Organization, TSM is fostering unique creative music opportunities with Watts’ treasure trove of 500+ hours of audio commentary, lectures, and radio programing for use in new songs by contemporary artists, and in films, TV series, advertising, and other media.

As one of the first to interpret Eastern philosophy and make it relatable to Western audiences, Watts’ commentaries, and aspirational lectures on themes of unity, self-realization, and the spiritual world have proven to be not only way ahead of their time, but evermore mainstream. He is perhaps best known for a multitude of famous quotes such as, “What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?” and "I wonder, I wonder, what you would do if you had the power to dream at night any dream you wanted to dream.” “Way Beyond the West,” his legendary Bay Area radio show that started in the 1950s, is still broadcast on KPFK in Los Angeles. By the early sixties, Watts’ radio talks aired nationally, and the counterculture movement adopted him as a spiritual spokesperson.

Mark Watts, Director and Co-Founder of the Alan Watts Organization, said: “Working with the wonderful team at Third Side Music brings abundant real-world experience and great talent to our focus on crafting creative relationships with musicians and labels. It will also help us foster conversations in the areas of filmmaking and commercial use. We are excited about the possibilities!”

For more information, visit: thirdsidemusic.com

Saildrone’s first aluminum Surveyor autonomous vessel splashes down for Navy testingOcean intelligence company Saildrone has just put the first of a new generation of Surveyor autonomous vessels in the water: an aluminum version that the Navy is keen to take advantage of. But don’t worry – they aren’t putting guns on them. Founder and CEO Richard Jenkins told TechCrunch that the demand for vessels like […]
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Warner Music Group shuts down office in EstoniaWarner's operations for the Baltics to be handled from Helsinki and Stockholm, MBW understands
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