When it comes to music, composition is one problem that has always vexed computers. Sure, they can string a few notes or lyrics together, but creating motifs—repeated musical patterns that create form and meaning—is a real challenge. Now, after more than seven years of riffing on the problem, an Idaho State University Computer Scientist has come up with the solution.
Source: Idaho State University Professor Creates Artificial Intelligence That Composes Music
Halsey has secured a release date for ‘So Good,’ with Capitol vowing ‘open dialogue’ and the singer relieved that the ‘fiasco’ is resolved. Curiously, the release date was framed as an open letter to Halsey, suggesting that the two parties may still be doing a lot of their dialoguing via social media right now, although the promise of “open dialogue” may be as much for the fans and other artists who have rallied behind Halsey in the dispute as for the artist.
In this era of low attention spans, Tiktok and Snapchat, there is one industry that still commands attention- gaming. Music can take many lessons from this- make music listening immersive, make music itself interactive rather than immersive, make the release of new things an event. This is what people really mean when they talk about the metaverse, the other buzzword of our times.
Source: Web3.0, metaverse and their influence on the music industry
Many low to mid-budget film producers are finding it near impossible to secure financing due to the pandemic. And because of Hollywood’s obsession with big-budget tentpoles and streaming platforms, the producer of the indie horror hit “It Follows” recently said that indie films are “dying a slow death.” But film producer Niels Juul—of Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and “Silence”—sees Web3 as a solution.
Source: How Scorsese Producer Niels Juul’s KinoDAO Is Using NFTs to Fund Indie Films – Decrypt
After launching a Roblox activation called Spotify Island earlier in May, the audio platform is already expanding its latest virtual space. A colorful new area called K-Park will serve fans of Korean pop music while also solidifying Spotify’s status as the “first music-streaming brand to have a presence on Roblox.”
British photographer Gered Mankowitz has an archive that spans 60 years, capturing an extraordinary array of stars that include Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Slade, Elton John and Kate Bush. Now, he hopes that vast treasure trove will be given a new lease of life after selling the lot to a company that plans to use digital technology to turn the images into three-dimensional works of art.
The forthcoming five-track effort will be released in partnership with the blockchain-based Gala Music platform. The first two tracks, to be released Thursday, May 19th, 2022, will be airdropped to existing holders of the A0K1VERSE Passport NFT and holders of The Doggfather’s Snoop Stashbox respectively.
Source: Steve Aoki & Snoop Dogg to Airdrop Singles From Forthcoming EP To NFT Holders
A new US-based web3 startup called Highlight has raised $11 million in seed funding from a heavyweight list of music industry investors. Highlight aims to let anyone mint non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with no prior technical expertise. Amongst Highlight’s new backers are WME, Method Music, Mark Gillespie (Three Six Zero) and Chris Zarou (Visionary Music).
Source: Music Web3 startup Highlight raises $11m from backers including Three Six Zero, WME
B2B music streaming technology specialist Tuned Global has struck a deal with Reactional Music to act as the music backend provider for the Reactional Music Box – the company’s global music delivery platform for games development and consumer markets. What this means in practice, is that Tuned Global will now power the delivery of a rights-cleared music catalog from rightsholders, record labels and artists to Reactional Music’s platform.
Crypto and NFT-sponsored panels, parties and events are everywhere on the Croisette this year. Even the lead sponsorship of Cannes’ May 26 amfAR Gala comes from cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX. The tech start-ups crowding into Cannes this year have new buzzwords — “NFT,” “metaverse,” “Web 3.0” — but their promise to revolutionize and democratize the movie business sounds eerily familiar.
Source: Cannes: Is the Film Industry Really Ready to Embrace NFTs?