FutureMusic’s Black Friday Deals 2024

Your pals at FutureMusic are assembling all the Black Friday Deals on all your favorite gear. (The Black Friday Deals 2024 page will be constantly updated throughout the Holiday Season with new deals as they are announced.) Love you! Mean it!! Read more…

Noise Engineering Dystorpia Guitar Pedal Review

If you’re a connoisseur of distortion effects and are looking for a pedal that can not only provide the crunch and fuzz, but can dynamically react to your playing, then you should read our Noise Engineering Dystorpia review. Read more…

Stack3D Solutions Synth Module Stand Review

Stacke3D Solutions delivers one of the best module stands on the market. Find out why… Read more…

Chartmetric Releases New Music Talent Search Tool

Music analytics company Chartmetric has released a new talent search tool that employs data analysis to identify emerging artists. Read more…

Finegear Modmix Mixer Review

FutureMusic takes a deep dive into the Finegear pool to evaluate their new Modmix, a dynamic four-channel, rotary mixing console developed for musicians who are interested in experimenting with fascinating routing capabilities and no-input mixing. Read more…

Native Instruments Upgrades Z1 DJ Controller To MK2

Native Instruments has released Traktor Z1 MK2, an upgrade that asserts to provide hands-on control of Traktor software decks, stems and effects in a compact, modular design. Read more…

Korg Announces Multi/Poly – Modern Sequel To Mono/Poly

Korg has premiered the Multi/Poly synth. Inspired by the classic Korg Mono/Poly, the new multi/poly synthesizer combines analog modeling with modern digital flexibility. Read more…

AI-Generated Music To Be A Multi-Billion-Dollar Industry

A recent study commissioned by GEMA and SACEM, conducted by consultancy and research group Goldmedia, projected that the global generative AI music market will reach over $3 billion in value by 2028. However, the wider generative AI music space still faces significant legal challenges due to a lack of licensed training data and ethical questions around the emulation of real artists’ and songwriters’ work. This is were Paradise Worldwide hopes to step in… Read more…

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TikTok Closing TikTok Music Subscription Service

TikTok has announced that it will be shutting down TikTok Music Subscription Service on November 28, 204. Insiders suggest the closure of TikTok Music is due to the company’s strategy of partnering with external music streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, to drive consumption on these platforms rather than directly competing with them. Read more…

Native Instruments Scene: Saffron Review

Native Instruments recently released Scene: Saffron, the first installment in the Scene Series. It’s a cinematic instrument that can build tension and deliver drama for a very friendly price. Is it right for your productions? Read the review!

Can You Copyright A Riddim?

Jamaican producers Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson argue that some of Reggaeton’s biggest stars have infringed on the copyright to their song Fish Market that features the dembow riddim. The massive suit includes over 1,800 songs by Reggaeton stars like Bad Bunny, Rauw Alejandro, and Daddy Yankee. It also raises difficult questions around the legal ownership of “riddims” and the cultural ownership of reggaeton as a genre… Read more…

RØDE Unleashes RØDECaster Video – All-In-One Audio/Video Content Production Studio

RØDE has blown our minds with the RØDECaster Video. Offering an all-in-one solution for content creators, video podcasters, live streamers and broadcasters with an unprecedented feature set not found in any video switcher or audio mixer alone… Read more…

How To Survive The AI Transformation In Music

Nicolas Madoery breaks down new artist models for navigating artificial intelligence. Read more…

Native Instruments Unleashes Komplete 15, Kontakt 8 & Kithara

Native Instruments has unleashed Komplete 15, Kontakt 8 and Kithara. Read more…

House Judiciary Committee Wants Copyright Office To Examine Performing Rights Organizations

The House Judiciary Committee is expressing concerns about the “proliferation of PROs” and the lack of transparency around the distribution of royalties. Read more…

Producer Loops Unleashes House Is A Feeling Sample Pack

Producer Loops has released House Is A Feeling, sample pack with the full arsenal of tools you need to create your own modern house productions. Read more…

iZotope Premiers Plasma – Intelligent Tube Saturation Plug-In

iZotope has released Plasma, an intelligent tube saturation plug-in for Mac and PC. Read More…

Donner Essential B1 Analog Synth Review

Initially we were quite excited to get the Donner TB-303 clone Essential B1 in for review. But after our long-term evaluation, our enthusiasm vanished… Read more…

Michael Smith Charged In $10 Million Streaming Scam Using Bots To Stream AI-Generated Songs

An indictment has been unsealed charging Michael Smith with a $10 million streaming scam that employed automated bots to stream AI-Generated songs… Read more…

CasperBastl SoftPop SPII Review

The Softpop SPII, a collaboration between Casper Electronics and Bastl Instruments, is a portable semi-modular synthesizer that elevates its predecessor into a more refined, versatile and user-friendly instrument… Read more…

Waldorf Debuts Microwave 1 Plug-In

Waldorf asserts that the Microwave 1 Plug-in was recreated from the original hardware with all its distinctive features and singularities… Read more…

Shure Premiers SM4 Microphone

Shure has premiered the SM4 Home Recording Microphone, a large-diaphragm condenser microphone engineered for home studio recording… Read more…

Gamechanger Audio Relaunches Semimodular Guitar Pedals As Auto Series

Gamechanger Audio has relaunched their innovative semimodular Guitar Pedals as the Auto series. The pedals out of the gate are the Auto Delay, the Auto Reverb and Auto Chorus pedals… Read more…

Synapse Audio The Legend HZ Review

When Synapse Audio decided to upgrade their Minimoog emulation The Legend, they decided to collaborate with Hans Zimmer, one of the greatest movie composers of all time. The result is The Legend HZ, a powerful, cinematic plug-in that earned a FutureMusic Power Award. Read the review…

Dreamtonics Unveils Vocoflex – AI Powered Vocal Plug-In

Dreamtonics has released Vocoflex, their exciting new AI-powered voice creation and transformation plugin for Mac and PC. Read more…

TASCAM Announces Model 2400 Studio / Live Recorder and Mixing Console

TASCAM has announced Model 2400 Studio, a new studio and live recording and mixing console with a built-in Audio Interface. Expanding on the features found in the Model 12, Model 16 and Model 24 mixers, the new flagship Model 2400 provides an integrated 24-track digital recorder, a 22-channel mixer, and a 24 In / 22 Out USB audio interface. Read more…

Native Instruments Unleashes Traktor Pro 4

Native Instruments has upgraded Traktor Pro to version 4.0, the latest version of their flagship 4-deck DJ software. The upgrade features flexible BeatGrids, stem separation, Ozone Maximizer and the Pattern Player…. Read more…

Neural DSP Technologies Upgrades Parallax X Bass Plug-In

Neural DSP Technologies has upgraded their Parallax X Bass Plug-In with new features and enhancements. Read more…

Strategies for Releasing a New Album in 2024

Fred Jacobs offers essential tactics for labels and musicians releasing a new album in 2024. He delves into industry trends, marketing strategies, and practical tips to help artists maximize their album’s impact and reach. Read more…

Streaming Soars on Subscriber Gains, Radio Nosedives

Billboard reports that for the first half of 2024, the stock market was a microcosm of the shifts in the music industry’s balance of power. Streaming stocks soared as investors rewarded companies that grew their paid-subscriber bases; radio stocks plummeted as companies struggled through a soft advertising market. Read more…

Native Instruments Releases Glaze 2 Vocal Instrument

Native Instruments has released Glaze 2, an upgrade to their pop and hip-hop vocal instrument that provides vocal harmonies, textures, and chord progressions at the touch of a key. Read more…

Strymon Releases BigSky MX – Reverb Pedal

Strymon has released the BigSky MX Reverb Pedal, a new flagship that they hope will give the Meris Mercury X some competition. Read more…

SuperTone Debuts Shift Realtime AI Voice Changer

SuperTone, a South Korean company recently acquired by Hybe, has debuted a realtime voice changer powered by artificial intelligence called Shift. Read more…

Sony Is Launching A New Techno Label

Sony Germany launched Noted. — a techno sub label with Anfisa Letyago slated as their first signed act. The new label claims to provide resources to artists, producers, and writers with more acts to be announced. Read more…

Alpha Theta Omnis-Duo & Wave-Eight DJ System Review

FutureMusic reviews the AlphaTheta DJ wireless ecosystem, consisting of the Wave-Eight portable speaker and Omnis-Duo DJ controller. Read more…

Biden Signs Bill Forcing TikTok Owner to Sell App or Face Ban in U.S.

The US Government is forcing TikTok to sell the Chinese-owned company or be banned in the United States. TikTok has refused to sell and states it will eliminate access by US users instead if their litigation against the government is upheld. Read more…

280 Musicians Lobby Congress For Concert Ticket Reform

Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews, Nile Rodgers, Diplo and 280 other musicians have signed a letter to Congress, entitled Fix The Tix, to urge lawmakers to help reform the concert ticketing system. Read more…

Latin Music Grew 16% Last Year

Latin Music generated $1.4 billion in US recorded music revenues last year – up 16% year over year. Read more…

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Did Analog Cases Steal Their XTS Stand Design From KVgear?

KVgear is claiming that Analog Cases has stolen the design of their Utility M1 and Utility L1 stands for their XTS model. In an article called “Beware Of Knockoffs,” KVgear alleges that Analog Cases new XTS stands are “nearly identical copies of KVgear Utility stands with a few tweaks that make them less adjustable, less adaptable, and less expandable.” Read more…

On-Stage Releases SR5 Synth Rack

On-Stage announced the SR5 Synth Rack, a multipurpose unit and can act like a desktop keyboard stand, pedalboard and mico studio rack in one convenient package. With three tiers of support, there’s plenty of space for micro synths, guitar pedals, drum machines and more… Read more…

The Rise of the Anonymous Music Star

How do you generate more Spotify streams than Michael Jackson or Elton John? Swedish composer Johan Röhr pulled off that impressive feat in the strangest way possible. He hid behind 656 different pseudonyms. Read more…

Artists Are Seeing Their Music Removed From DSPs for Streaming Fraud They Didn’t Commit

As if it couldn’t get any worse… Musicians are taking a beating from false fraudulent claims. Distributors and streaming services frequently use language that places the blame on the artist for fraudulent activity detected on their accounts. Artists are often caught in the middle of a crossfire between streaming services, distributors and fraudsters attempting to game the system for their own financial gain. Read more…

Baby Audio / Denise Audio Release Motion Filter

Denise Audio, now under the umbrella of Baby Audio, have released Motion Filter, a reimagining of The Sweeper plug-in for Mac and PC. Read more…

FabFilter Pro-R 2 Reverb Plug-In Review

FabFilter’s Pro-R 2 is an excellent sequel with enough enhancements and new features to make upgrading an easy decision. Read more…

iZotope Brings In The Trash

iZotope has reincarnated the Trash distortion plug-in. Read more…

Pittsburgh Modular Releases Taiga Keyboard

The Pittsburgh Modular Taiga keyboard is the company’s first three oscillator synth with full-sized keys and a Eurorack modular expansion bay. Read more…

PreSonus Eris Pro Monitors Review

In our long-term review with the PreSonus Eris Pro 8 and Sub 10 Monitors and Sub 10 Monitors, we found them to be a tremendous value. Read more…

A Breakdown Of Taylor Swift’s (Taylor’s Version) Re-recordings

The juggernaut that is Taylor Swift continues to defy expectations of global superstardom. Swift’s choice to re-record her previous catalog after a very public battle with Scooter Braun, has industry watchers wondering if it was a savvy move… Read more…

Bastl Launches Neo Trinity Eurorack Modulation Hub

Bastl has released the Neo Trinity Eurorack module, a six-channel modulation hub. The Neo Trinity, a successor to Bastl’s hex modulator, CV Trinity, combines knob and trigger recording, LFOs, CVs, and envelope generators. Neo Trinity is designed with performance in mind by providing musical complexity with simple gestures. Read more…

Variety Claims Country Radio Is Bullish on Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” Album

Beyoncé’s off-brand country album has garnered support from music executives and listeners as well, who made the song #1 on the latest Country Music chart. Time will tell whether the full album will have legs, since the follow up single is no where as catchy as “Texas Hold ‘Em,” however, it does demonstrate that Country music fans are not racist, and are open to modern stylings on the traditional format. Read more…

Yamaha Debuts Seqtrak Music Production Ecosystem

Yamaha has released their Seqtrak Music Production Ecosystem, which takes strong design cues from Teenage Engineering. Everything you need to make tracks on the fly is available at your fingertips. The Seqtrak features a drum machine, a sampler, synthesizers, a sequencer, and sound design tools. Seqtrak features two AWM2 (Advanced Wave Memory 2) sound engines with a 128-note polyphony and specializes in authentic sounds like pianos, strings, and guitars. The four-operator FM engine produces synth pads, leads, FM electric pianos, and the Seqtrak library contains over 2,000 presets. Read more…

Only 19% of Artists on Spotify Had Over 1,000 Monthly Listeners in 2023

According to Chartmetric, 81% of artists on Spotify had fewer than 1,000 monthly listeners in 2023. To put that into perspective, tracks on Spotify must have at least 1,000 streams in the previous 12 months in order to generate royalties on the platform. Read more…

Baby Audio Releases Atoms – Physical Modeling Synthesizer Plug-In

Baby Audio has released Atoms, a new kind of synth plug-in that uses cutting edge physical modeling to generate an endless variety of organic and otherworldly sounds. Read more…

Music Subscriber Market Shares For 2023 Released

As of the third quarter of 2023, there were 713.4 million music subscribers globally, which was a 90 million increase from the 623.4 million one year earlier in Q3 2022. Spotify dominated the global music subscriber base in Q3 2023 with a 31.7% market share. Read more…

Red Panda Releases Radius Ring Modulator and Frequency Shifter Guitar Pedal

Red Panda has released the Radius, a ring modulator and frequency shifter with pitch tracking and a LFO. It features an eight-quadrant multiplier algorithm that transitions from ring modulation to frequency shifting and allows different frequency ratios for the upper and lower tones. Read more…

Gamechanger Audio Announces MOD Guitar Pedal Series

Gamechanger Audio has announced their MOD Series, a blend of classic pedal design and modular synthesis that claims to reimagine a guitar pedal’s capabilities. Read more…

TikTok accuses Universal Music Group Of Greed

TikTok has accused the Universal Music Group of “greed above the interests of artists.” This comes as a response to Universal Music Group and UMG Publishing Group removing all their music off TikTok and the TokTok Music Service worldwide after it could not negotiate a new licensing deal with the Chinese social media site. Read more…

Music Piracy Could Be Worse Than Ever Thanks To YouTube

Global music piracy increased in 2022, according to a March 2023 report from MUSO, a U.K. technology company, which tracked over 15 billion visits to music piracy sites. 1337X, Krakenfiles, Rapidgator and Ssyoutube are the sites where most users download songs illegally. “Ssyoutube is reportedly the most popular YouTube ripping site globally, with over 343 million visitors just in April 2023,” the USTR noted. Read more…

MIDI Designer Is Now Free!

MIDI Designer Pro X is now free to download! MIDI Designer Pro X is a professional-grade MIDI controller platform for iPhone, iPad and Mac. User-contributed layouts let you control everything from Ableton to Yamaha out of the box. Go beyond hardware and express your musical vision. Check out out now!

AlphaTheta Releases Omnis Duo – Mobile DJ Rig

AlphaTheta, formally Pioneer DJ, has announced the Omnis Duo, a cool new Mobile DJ Rig. Read more…

Heritage Audio Unveils i73 Pro Series Of USB-C Computer Audio Interfaces

Heritage Audio has announced the i73 Pro Series Of USB-C Computer Audio Interfaces. Read more…

Korg Finally Relents – Debuts Wavestate, OPSIX & Modwave Modules

Korg has finally debuted rack-mountable modules of their Wavestate, OPSIX and Modwave synths, but don’t expect a big price break. Read more…

Erica Synths Announces €1750 Megarack Eurorack Case

Erica Synths has announced the Megarack case, for those want to dial their Eurorack to 11. The 8×126 HP all-aluminum case with side panels, featuring Erica Synths custom rails with threaded inserts providing 12A@+12V and 6A@-12V. Read more…

RØDE

RØDE has announced a dual transmitter version of the Wireless ME, their wireless mic for content creators. The dual Wireless ME will be available in Spring 2024 for US $199. Read More…

Native Instruments Kontrol S-Series Keyboard MK3 Review

We give Native Instruments‘ third incarnation of their vaunted Kontrol S-Series Keyboard’s a long-term review. Should you upgrade? Native Instruments Kontrol S-Series Keyboard MK3 Review

10 Ways to Make Money from Music in 2024

Janelle Borg breaks down How to Make Money from Music in 2024. There are various ways to make money from music in 2024 without necessarily playing live shows. In this guide, Borg provides a rundown of various revenue streams that you can explore. Read more…

Songs Stolen By Fraud, Bad Dog, Learned The Hard Way

Bad Dog’s songs were stolen by fake artists off of SoundCloud. Worse, they couldn’t get them back. Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year. Read more…

FutureMusic 2023 Gear Of The Year Awards

FutureMusic, hey, that’s us, has announced their 2023 Gear Of The Year Awards. 2023 Gear Of The Year Awards

Native Instruments Releases VEA

Native Instruments has released iZotope VEA, a new AI-powered Voice Enhancement Assistant for podcasters and content creators. Read more…

Meris Mercury X Review

The new Meris reverb pedal, the Mercury X has won our Diamond Award. Find out why this could be the best reverb pedal on the market for guitarists and electronic musicians. Meris Mercury X Review

Behringer Edge Review

Behringer released the Edge, a new drum synth that takes major cues from Moog’s DFAM. Is it better? Behringer Edge Review

The Best and Worst Months to Release Music

Symphonic gives you their opinion on the best months to release music. Read more…

Urban Rhythm Returns With Defining Album

Urban Rhythm has released Backstory, an exciting new album that demonstrates why he is the King of Acid ‘n’ Bass. Standouts include the huge hit, “Linus & Lucy”, Urban’s cover of the famous Peanuts theme song, as well as “Dead Pixel”. Check out out on all the major streaming platforms below:

Splice Sample Service Details What Producers Are Buying

Splice, the music sample download platform, has teamed with Billboard to reveal what samples are trending up and down in 2023. The data is Splice’s first-ever release of its year-end stats and uncovers large gains in African music and Country downloads while showing drops in Hip-Hop, Trap and K-Pop. Downloads for sounds tagged as “amapiano,” a South African dance music genre often featuring log drums, are up 826% year-over-year. Amapiano searches are up 309%, and it is trending in 17 cities. In Los Angeles, the highest trending city for the genre, its growth is up 1,003% year-over-year. It is also popular among Atlanta producers, surging 956% in the city this year. While Hip-hop remains the most popular genre on Splice, accounting for 19% of total downloads, the genre is down 11% from 2022. What’s really interesting is that this stat was reflected on the Billboard charts. August 2023 marked a full year since a rap song had been No. 1 on the Hot 100, something that hasn’t happened in 23 years. Read more…

RØDE Acquires Mackie

RØDE has announced that they have acquired Mackie. The buyout establishes The Freedman Group, the parent company of RØDE and now Mackie, as a pro audio powerhouse, with a versatile catalog of products for content creation, home and studio recording, broadcast, and live sound production. Read more…

Will AI Raise Musicians From the Dead?

Billboard explores how AI will change music production forever, according to managers of dead musician’s estates. Read more…

Spotify Announces Another Round Of Layoffs

Spotify has announced that they are looking to layoff 17% of their workforce, about 1,500 individuals. This is the third round of issuing pink slips this year and the biggest yet. Daniel Ek, Spotify’s CEO, stated the reason was the “gap between our financial goal state and our current operational costs” is too large. Read more……

The Top Songs, Artists, Podcasts, and Listening Trends of 2023 Revealed

2023 was defined by the return of major female pop stars, sonic diversity that topped the charts, and a global music atmosphere that gave rise to powerful genres. The unstoppable force that is Taylor Swift, was this year’s top artist, with more than 26.1 billion global streams since January 1. She also gave us this year’s top quote — “Trash takes itself out,” in response to unsavory behavior by Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Read more……

Behringer Officially Announces UB-Xa – 16-Voice Multi-Timbral Polyphonic Analog Synth

Behringer has officially unveiled the UB-Xa, an Oberheim 16-Voice Multi-Timbral Polyphonic clone with 8 Vintage Modes, Dual VCFs and 61-Key Poly After-Touch Keyboard… Read more…

Epic Games Decapitated Bandcamp — The Results Will Have A Lasting Impact On The Indie Scene

Bandcamp is the indie music cave of wonders, an app with countless artists selling their work and merch directly to fans. It’s a haven for independent music creators, who can post, share, and generally sell their content, with the site taking a 15% cut of each sale. Bandcamp was then purchased by Epic Games who claimed that Bandcamp would be used to aid game developers with music production and trading, framing the shady transaction as a magnanimous gesture of goodwill. Then it all went wrong… Read more……

Korg Debuts Kaoss Replay

Korg has debuted the Kaoss Replay, a self-contained performance tool for musicians, performers, and producers. It features the well-known Kaoss Pad and Effects, expanded sampling capabilities and DJ controls… Read more…

Hologram Electronics Debuts Chroma Console

Hologram’s new Chroma Console is a multi-effect pedal that claims to take inspiration from the eccentricity, grit, and lively instability of beloved vintage recording technology, combines it with brand new sounds, and puts sonic experimentation at your fingertips… Read more…

Korg Announces MPS-10 Percussion Pad and Looper

Korg has announced the MPS-10 Percussion Pad and Looper. Korg MPS-10 has 10 pads, a sampler, four CC pads and a 4-track looper, plus enhance your performance through an external trigger IN jack, footswitch compatibility, and an expression jack Read more……

Universal Announces Claims-Free Music Subscription Service For Content Creators

Universal has debuted Universal Music for Creators, a new subscription service that provides consumers with unlimited access to a pre-cleared music and a library of sound effect, starting at $5.99 per month. Read more…

YouTube Is Developing an AI Tool to Help Creators Sound Like Famous Musicians

YouTube is planning to roll out a new artificial intelligence tool that will allow creators to make videos using the voices of popular recording artists. However, the video streaming giant is running into difficulty nailing down deals with record companies to launch the beta version. Read more…

TikTok Announces Music Festival – In the Mix

TikTok has announced a music festival with Anitta, Charlie Puth, Niall Horan and Cardi B.. Read more…

Spotify Announces Profitable Quarter & Changes To Royalty Payouts

Spotify reported its first profitable quarter in more than a year. Subscription price hikes, layoffs and marketing budget cuts helped boost revenues and operating income, plus the addition of 6 million subscribers boosted the streaming services intake. In addition, the Swedish concern is planning to make significant changes to its royalty payout model in Q1 2024 – with the intent to move $1 billion in royalty payments over the next five years to legitimate artists and rights holders. Read more…

Meris Unleashes MercuryX – Modular Reverb Guitar Pedal

Meris has released the MercuryX reverb guitar pedal. The MercuryX Modular Reverb Guitar Pedal with pro audio and studio rack heritage, advanced processing and huge potential! Read more…

Waldorf Announces Iridium Core Synth

Waldorf has released the Iridium Core Synth. Waldorf’s new Iridium Core is a compact synthesizer variant of its Iridium product line. This small form factor synthesizer features a 12-voice polyphony and retains patch compatibility with other Iridium variants, Quantum, and Quantum MK2… Read more…

Eowave Releases Tempete Magnetique – Eurorack Quad Filter Module

Eowave has released the Tempete Magnetique – Eurorack Quad Filter Module. Read more…

Yamaha Announces FGDP-50 Finger Drum Pad

Yamaha has launched the FGDP-50 Finger Drum Pad. With touch-sensitive pads designed specifically for finger drumming, the FGDP Series features a built-in sound bank, speaker, and rechargeable battery… Read more…

Mackie Announces Thrash212 GO Battery-Powered Professional Loudspeakers

Mackie has announced the Thrash212 GO Battery-Powered Professional Loudspeakers. Full-Size, 300W 12? for DJs, Performers and Remote Venues with swappable battery packs. Read more…

Freqport FT-1 Freqtube Review

iConnectivity Premiers PlayAUDIO1U – Audio/MIDI Interface For Live Performance

iConnectivity has premiered the PlayAUDIO1U, a new audio/MIDI interface specifically designed for live performance. Read more…

Spotify Being Used For Money Laundering

Music Business Worldwide is reporting that Spotify is being used by organized criminal organizations to laundry money. An explosive new report from Svenska Dagbladet, a newspaper in Sweden, focuses on the end purpose of streaming fraud on Spotify for organized criminals: laundering money. According to the publication, crime networks with links to drugs and deadly violence have for years been using the platform for this purpose. Read more…

How Legally Sample Music

Philip Kinsher explains how to get the rights to legally sample in a new article at Hypebot. Read more…

Native Instruments Upgrades X1 DJ Controller To Mk3

Native Instruments has upgraded their compact DJ Controller, the X1, to mk3 status. Read more…

The 35 Best Digital Marketing Tools For Musicians 2023

Zapier has put together a list of the 35 best digital marketing tools for artists. Read more…

Build Fans, Don’t Chase Streams

Madelynn Elyse, founder and president of Shark Attack Records, shares her insights and industry experience on the importance of building a strong artist-fan relationship in the modern music marketplace. Read more…

Pioneer DJ XPRS1152S + XPRS102 PA Review

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Taylor Swift’s “Taylor’s Version” Recordings Are Exceeding Expectations

Taylor Swift’s “Taylor Version” re-recordings are proving to be a huge win for the megastar. Read more…

Spotify Raises Monthly Price in US & 52 other markets.

How much money will that make the music industry?
After 12 years, Spotify finally announced a 10% rise in its flagship individual Premium subscription price in the United States, up from USD $9.99 per month to $10.99 per month. Read more…

10 legit Spotify Playlist Curators For Your Music

Although there are many independent playlist curators out there that do have your music’s best interest at heart, you should also be wary of fraudulent playlist accounts. Read more…

An Updated Look At Artist Merch Trends In 2023

atVenu looked at fan interest in concert merchandise, the top selling items by genre, and how has money per individual changed since 2022. Read more…

Spotify Super Listeners Make Up 2% of Artists Monthly Listeners, But Account For Over 18% of Monthly Streams

15% of the general population in the US are superfans, and this category of fan spends a reported 80% more on music each month versus the average US-based music listener. Additionally, physical music buyers of formats such as vinyl, CDs or cassette tapes, are more than twice as likely (+128%) to be music superfans. Read more…

Five Vital Steps to a Rewarding Indie Artist Career

Eric Roberson gives advice on how to make a living doing the music you love based on his thirty year career as an independent artist. Read more…

Pioneer DJ’s CDJ-3000 Premiers Beatport Streaming

Declan McGlynn explores how Pioneer DJ adding Beatport Streaming, changes everything… Read more…

Freqport FT-1 Freqtube Review

Freqport, a partnership between two small entities in Denmark and Australia, pitches the FT-1 freqtube as “real analog processing inside your computer.” Quite enticing. Warming up your drum machines, synths, bass lines and more is something that every musician who works “in the box” could get behind, but does it live up to the hype? Read the review!

Pioneer XPRS1152S + XPRS102 Sound System Review

FutureMusic subjected the Pioneer XPRS Sound System to a long-term test and felt the PA is certainly a contender in the portable segment… Read The Review!

Warner Believes Streaming Payouts Should Not Be Equal

Warner Music Group CEO, Robert Kyncl, strongly believes that music is “undervalued” compared to other forms of entertainment and feels that all streaming payouts should not be equal. Read more…

Black Lion Audio Auteur DT Review

Black Lion Audio aims to make their Chicago-Style mic pre technology accessible to anyone who wants a nice upgrade from their entry-level preamplifier. We subjected the Auteur DT to long-term punishment in our review of their latest offering. Read more…

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