MusicTech Rewinder - Music in New Realitites, AI Rapper and Regulations, the Streaming beneficiaries

Hi,

I hope you are well!

Before you start reading the news, please forward this great Google Doc with a good overview of music industry job pages to anyone you know who is looking for a job in that area.

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Now, enjoy reading this week's music tech news, and have a fantastic weekend.

Cheers,

Matt

MTV Hustle 2.0 Launches India’s First AI-Powered Rapper — www.lbbonline.com

Little Black Book, Conceptualised by DDB Mudra Group for the iconic MTV show, the bot breaks new ground in music, entertainment, and technology.

Why Musicians & Other Creative Professionals Will Soon Get Their Revenge on the Old Guard — tedgioia.substack.com

I finally have happy predictions about the future of arts & entertainment. Below I sketch out my virtuous circle hypothesis and explain why I believe this dream scenario is already becoming a waking reality.

How artificial intelligence is changing music — www.irishtimes.com

Irish musician Martin Clancy’s new book explores the implications of AI for our musical future.

The CMA shares its thoughts on a ‘pro-innovation’ approach to regulating artificial intelligence — www.technologylawdispatch.com

The Competition & Markets Authority (‘CMA’) published its response to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (‘DCMS’) policy paper on

How Streaming Has Impacted the Value of Music — musonomics.org

The transition over the last decade from purchases of CDs, vinyl albums, and downloads to subscription and advertising-supported streaming has had an enormous economic impact on the music industry.

Tidal talks profiles, fandom and why there's more to music than streaming — musically.com

Tidal users can now create a profile, complete with emoji-toting display names, which will house all the public playlists they have created.

Universal, Sony, Warner Music Labels Ask TikTok to Share More of Its $12 Billion — www.bloomberg.com

TikTok has attracted more than 1 billion users with videos set to music. Now the world’s largest record labels want the social media app to pay more for those songs.

Why Amazon Music is primed for success — www.midiaresearch.com

Amazon Music today announced that it was extending the number of songs available on its Prime Music tier from two million to one hundred million.

With Music In New Realities, We Can Go Deeper Together — arpost.co

VR has become a major player in the music industry and VR concerts are on the rise with performances by mainstream artists in popular games–and platforms.

"I am convinced this will be a total game-changer": Jean-Michel Jarre comes out punching for spatial audio — www.musicradar.com

Though he endorses immersive audio, Jarre claims Dolby Atmos was "created for movies and not for music" - and stereo is going the way of the gramophone