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Music Startups Jambl, ClicknClear, Legitary & Tunefork Win Midemlab 2019

Midem, a competition for innovative startups in the music industry and the entertainment business, has recently announced Midemlab’s winners at its 12th edition music startup competition. Sponsored by Deezer and Recochoku, the finalists were selected from a total of 177 submissions from 45 countries — reflecting the dynamic entrepreneurship in the music industry. All Midemlab finalists will receive a one-to-one…

Jean-Michel Jarre: I’m Not Afraid of Our Creative Future. A.I Is Opening Doors That We Don’t Even Know

Jean-Michel Jarre President of CISAC was recently interviewed by the Takayuki Suzuki, co-founder of Big Parade, at a convention organised…

Universal Music Group Ramps Up Digital Market Value, Partners With AI Firm Super Hi-Fi

Super Hi-Fi, the artificial intelligence-based programming company, and Universal Music Group (UMG), recently announced a strategic partnership that will provide…

Grammy Nominated Artist Jean-Michel Jarre Partners with VR Artist Sutu and TheWaveVR

Discovery And Science Channel Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing, To Premier Apollo: The Forgotten Films

America’s race to the moon was no simple mission. On July 20th, 1969, the world watched Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind, but behind these iconic images is an unseen…

Apollo: The Forgotten Films. Photo courtesy of Arrow Media.

How Do You Monetize Via Lyrics?

When LyricFind launched LyricMerch end of 2017, no one would have thought that monetization can be made just from lyrics. With LyricFind’s database of millions of lyrics, the company managed…

Monetizing lyrics. Image courtesy of LyricFind.

Lakefront Records Exclusive Partnership With TGV Cinemas, Launch LFx Technology

Signed to Lakefront Records, Zamaera ‘s kicks off her first leg of the Malaysian tour and announced the launch of her EP, Z in an intimate performance at TGV 1…

L-R: Bryan Tan, CEO of Lakefront Records and Zamaera at TGV 1 Utama, Kuala Lumpur.

Songtradr Acquires Music Licensing Big Sync Music

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WISE: What Do You See In The Future, In China?

WISE PHILIPP GREFER INTERVIEW PART 2 continues…. In this 2nd release of Barros’ interview with Grefer, founder at WISE and FakeMusicMedia – we’ve decided to include all of the Q&A from Part 1 in the hope to achieve a more impressionable storytelling of Grefer’s passion in founding WISE, how he believes these institution of brains and brands may possibly share…

Eric Reithler-Barros Interviews Philipp Grefer Founder of WISE

Grefer speaks to Eric Reithler-Barros, founder of Fold Artists Shanghai and speaker at WISE, about the highlights at WISE this year. Music Press Asia releases Part 1 of a two-part…

Philipp Grefer, founder of WISE and FakeMusicMedia. Photograph courtesy of Wise.

Artist, How Do You Sign An International Partnership Right Now?

As the World keeps getting smaller and globalization continues to interconnect us with people around the globe. Tech companies that provide a vast network to connect music professionals with music…

Caption: Leonardo Antinori is founder and producer at New Vine. His membership with Music Gateway provides an A&R opportunity and ultimately access to the music market in Asia.Through this network, the single ‘Baila’ was the result of a collaboration with Jike Junyi, a Chinese pop singer and contestant of a popular reality talent show ‘The Voice of China’.

Bose’s Hearing Aid Receives FDA Approval

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first ever hearing aid — a Bose’s invention — that can be used without the assistance of a medical professional. According…

[Caption: First over-the counter hearing device by Bose]

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Hercules DJ Controllers Are Back

DJ educational hardware recently launched several new controllers, AI-powered software features, and educational resources to create a learning environment for aspiring DJs. Over the years, Hercules has developed an extensive…

How Blockchain Could Change The Way Artists Distribute Music

In theory, the artist receives a certain amount of money per play. Rights holders like music labels, producers, musicians, vocalists, etc., are all claiming their share of the revenue generated.…

With Blockchain, fans can purchase an album with existing cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum and will be able to collect crypto rewards in the form of “Audio coins” when engaging in social media interactions." Image courtesy of Wonderfruit, Izzy Bizu.

Avid Release Sibelius Free Version, Add Cloud Sharing Feature

In April 2017, Avid and Microsoft announced a strategic cloud alliance focused on cloud based solutions for media and entertainment, having since delivered numerous product and service innovations. Avid, a…

Avid announced Sibelius First free version and Cloud Sharing feature

First Blockchain Smart Speaker Launched

Per Volareo’s official press release dated July 11, 2018. Based on an open-source, decentralized platform and powered by Musicoin, the speaker is controlled via mobile app or voice commands, and promises…

world’s first blockchain-enabled smart speaker by Volareo

Musical.ly Shuts Down Live-Streaming App Live.ly

This change is confirmed via Live.ly’s App Store update text, which says: Live.ly is becoming part of musical.ly!– You can go live on musical.ly right now! Plenty of live content…

The closure of Live.ly is one of the first major changes to the Musical.ly product following its acquisition by Chinese media company Bytedance

How To Monetize Your Music Online? Rightsify Pays Directly To Artists

Rightsify, a music licensing and royalty collection agency based in Pasadena, California, and with authorised licensing agents in over 20 countries, provides a new way for artists to make money from their music. Rightsify operates a music streaming service for businesses that is available globally…