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The history and evolution of Bollywood music
Learn about the beginnings, development, and future of Bollywood music, one of the most popular forms of music in the world today.

Threads starts testing hashtags…without the hashInstagram’s Threads has been duping Twitter/X in a number of ways and today it’s adding one more feature that’s been core to the Twitter experience for years: hashtags. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Threads will begin testing the ability to tag topics on Threads in order to categorize posts by interest or theme. Though […]
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Cinematique Instruments Studio Pianos This collection of pianos offers you the right piano for every situation in everyday studio life and, with its clever processing options, is sure to provide the right piano sound for your... Read More

The MLC Introduces Lawyer Toolkit for Legal ProfessionalsThe Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has released a comprehensive toolkit, prepared by The MLC’s Educational Partnerships team, tailored to assist legal advisors and members of the music publishing community, including music publishers, songwriters, composers and lyricists, in finding answers to their frequently asked questions pertaining to The MLC. The MLC’s Lawyer Toolkit, and the website page where it is accessed from, brings together helpful information and organizes it in a way to provide legal advisors with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate the world of mechanical licensing and royalties efficiently. 

Key features of The MLC’s Lawyer Toolkit include:  

Becoming a Member of The MLC: A guide for legal advisors and their clients on who should become a Member of The MLC and how to become a Member of The MLC. 

Royalty Distribution Timeline: A timeline that details The MLC's royalty distribution process, ensuring legal advisors can advise their clients on when to expect their royalties. 

Catalog Transfers: Information about how to access the procedures for catalog transfers, streamlining the process for legal advisors and their clients. 

Member Tools: An overview of the comprehensive tools available to members of The MLC, enabling legal advisors to help their clients maximize their benefits. 

The purpose of these materials is to provide general information about The MLC and is not intended to provide legal advice. Nothing contained within the materials should be construed as legal advice. 

For more information and to access The MLC’s Lawyer Toolkit, click here.  

Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX) and dYdX produce double-digit gains as Bitcoin reclaims $37KSOL, AVAX and DYDX rank among the top-performing altcoins this month. Cointelegraph investigates what is behind the move.

Psycho Circuitry miniVCA+ MiniVCA+ is peak based VCA style compressor, featuring 3 feed-forward VCA action modes to enhance your audio. A robust harmonics section that goes from subtle to extreme! 3 Harmonics modes,... Read More

Why I just resigned from my job in generative AI.Ed Newton-Rex has quit his role at Stability AI. In an exclusive op-ed, he shares why.
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Icon’s new P1-M, P1-X & P1-Nano controllers Icon have revealed three new controllers that share many of the features introduced in their new V1 units but with a more compact footprint that will fit comfortably into smaller studio setups.

Gary Chan appointed Managing Director of Universal Music Hong KongExec joins from Media Asia Group Holdings Limited
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World’s largest physical contemporary music archive – featuring over 90 million tracks – looking for new homeThe ARChive Of Contemporary Music is looking for a new, permanent home. The not-for-profit music library holds over 90 million physical tracks, making it the world’s largest physical archive of contemporary music.
ARC is currently based in Hudson Valley but could now be “forced to move at any time,” and is therefore in need of financial support to find a new home for its recordings.

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The library has already moved its location once before. Originally, ARC was based in New York City but was forced to move to Hudson Valley in 2020 due to a rise in rent and lack of space for its vast collection of music.
It was founded in 1985 by B. George and the David Wheeler (1957-1997), and its board of advisors includes Jellybean Benitez, Youssou N’Dour, Q-Tip, Keith Richards, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, Fred Schneider, Martin Scorsese, Paul Simon and Mike Stoller.
As Billboard reports, George says, “The space we have now is zoned for agricultural storage and not for offices. We could be forced to move at any time. Without a new home, more than three million recordings, as well as millions of historic materials spanning all cultures and races, could disappear forever.”
ARC has already received an anonymous donation of $1 million to fund the move, according to the outlet. George estimates it needs $10 million to relocate, and he would like to stay in the area as “access is important.”
ARC preserves copies of each version of every recording, in all known formats, and has electronically catalogued more than 700,000 sound recordings and digitised 400,000. ARC also houses more than three million pieces of attendant support material including photographs, videos, DVDs, books, magazines, press kits, sheet music, ephemera and memorabilia.
Find out more over at The ARChive Of Contemporary Music.
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Spotify to charge $10 per song for fake streamsAs part of a slate of changes early next year that will reshape how Spotify pays royalties, the streamer will charge labels and distributors for every song with a substantial. Continue reading
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Venn Audio Releases FREE Suite, Nine Essental Mixing VST Plugins
Venn Audio offers Free Suite, a collection of nine essential mixing plugins for macOS and Windows. Venn Audio is the developer behind plugins like Quick-Haas and the very popular Free Clip. The developer has finally announced the stable release of the Free Suite. Free Suite is a collection of essential mixing plugins designed to help [...]
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IK Multimedia will no longer charge users to redownload instrument and sound files in latest version of Product ManagerIK Multimedia will no longer charge its users to redownload instrument and sound files with its latest version of Product Manager. Time restrictions for these downloads have also been scrapped.
Up until this point, if users didn’t download all of their IK virtual instrument sounds files within a set timeframe following their registration, they’d be required to purchase a “Sounds Download Reactivation Credit” to be able to download them.

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The audio brand, based in Modena, Italy, announced the news via a statement on its website yesterday (14 November). The update is available now.
“IK is pleased to announce a new version of the IK Product Manager available to improve the experience of all IK virtual instrument users. From today, you can reload any of your instrument sound files at any time with version 1.0.10 of the IK Product Manager. There are no more fees or time restrictions for these downloads.”
It continues, “Until now, if you didn’t or couldn’t download all of your IK virtual instrument sounds files within a 180-day timeframe following registration, you’d be required to purchase a Sounds Download Reactivation Credit for an additional 180 days to download the sounds. This has changed!
“We trust this new policy is welcome news for many IK users. We still recommend that you back up any sound files you download, but they’ll be in IK Product Manager if you need them again.”
Just last month (October), MusicTech rated IK Multimedia’s Pianoverse 10/10 in our review for its “supremely playable” virtual pianos and range of extensive effects.

To get the latest version, launch IK Product Manager and follow the prompts to update. Or for new installations, you can download IK Product Manager via the official IK Multimedia website.
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New TikTok feature lets you save songs directly to Spotify, Amazon Music or Apple MusicTikTok has launched a new feature, the ‘Add to Music App’ button, letting you save songs heard in-app directly to your Spotify, Amazon Music or Apple Music account.

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The social media platform has teamed up with these three major music streaming platforms to give you the option to drop your favourite music from TikTok straight into your platform of choice at the tap of a button, further strengthening TikTok’s role in music consumption.
The ‘Add to Music App’ button appears beside track names in TikTok videos. Once tapped, it gives you the option to add the track to any of the three streaming services. For Spotify users, the song will be dropped into your Liked Songs playlist, for Amazon Music users (limited to Prime and Unlimited users), it will go into a new default playlist called ‘TikTok Songs’.
If your preferred platform choice is Spotify and you’re based in the UK or the US, then you can go one step further and set Spotify as your default choice. This is done by going to ‘Settings’ and then ‘Music’ in TikTok. Once enabled, the button will instead appear as ‘Add To Spotify’.
Apple Music is involved in the rollout of the feature, despite, according to TechCrunch, initially requesting to be omitted from it. However, in a press release made by TikTok, an image clearly shows the option to add songs to Apple Music.
“TikTok is already the world’s most powerful platform for music discovery and promotion, which helps artists connect with our global community to drive engagement with their music,” said TikTok‘s global head of Music Business Development, Ole Obermann, in a statement.
“Add to Music App takes this process a step further, creating a direct link between discovery on TikTok and consumption on a music streaming service, making it easier than ever for music fans to enjoy the full-length song on the music streaming service of their choice, thereby generating even greater value for artists and rights holders.”
Karolina Joynathsing, director of business development for Amazon Music, said: “Some of the best parts of being a music lover are those serendipitous moments when you discover a new song or artist that you connect with instantly. At Amazon Music, we’re looking to make it easier to convert those moments into enduring fandom. That’s why we worked together with TikTok on the Add to Music App feature, which makes it easier for fans to listen to the music they love and for artists to build fandom.”
Find out more over at the TikTok Newsroom.
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