The multi-Grammy winner is, of course, a long-time collaborator of Taylor Swift’s, most recently co-producing all 13 tracks on the superstar’s uber-successful Midnights album (and co-writing 11 of them).
NEWS & EVENTS
UK Music CEO Jamie Njoku-Goodwin leaves to work for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as his Director of Strategy.
Joining in 2020, Jamie served as CEO of the company and helped steer the sector through the COVID-19 pandemic.
HAIM tease that they’ve been working with Jai Paul on new music. Can’t say we saw this coming.
The LA trio – made up of sisters Alana, Danielle and Este Haim – tore up All Points East on Monday with an incredible headline set, and whilst this side of the pond, spoke to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 6Music about new music.
27% of indie artists have used AI music tools.
Believe and TuneCore have conducted a survey of close to 1600 self-releasing artists from over 10 countries.
Amazon Music partners with Bandsintown for new artist merch integration.
Fans globally can shop merch items from artists while browsing artist profile pages on the Bandsintown website and app.
Taylor Swift hands out a total of $55M in bonuses to her Eras Tour crew.
Although the exact breakdown given to those working on the tour – dancers, sound technicians, catering, riggers and more – remains under wraps, one of the many truck drivers who have been transporting the gargantuan production around confirmed they did receive a one-off bonus, to the tune of $100K (that’s about £77K).
Google is reportedly in licensed-deepfakes AI talks with UMG and WMG – and our opinion was featured on ITV News!
and our opinion was featured on ITV News! Most of us have probably seen the contraband deepfakes of Drake et al doing the rounds on TikTok and even on DSPs – though other artists like Grimes and Holly Herndon are seeing the positive side of generative AI technology.
Bandcamp adds “Listening Parties” feature for new releases.
Bandcamp is becoming more and more popular for independent artists to generate revenue from their music through direct-to-fan sales (Bandcamp Fridays, anyone?)