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AI Music Generator-18.525$ Per Month

Imagine owning a YouTube channel that generates the same revenue as a 4-star hotel in Paris. Sounds fantastical, right? But it’s not just a wild dream; it’s a reality for some YouTube channels that specialize in releasing short, relaxing music videos. For instance, one such channel earns...

Why Spotify Struggles to Make Money from Music Streaming

Spotify is the world’s most popular music streaming service, outperforming competitors like Apple Music and YouTube Music, with its 220 million premium subscribers and over 400 million monthly active users. It offers access to over 70 million songs, podcasts, and other audio content from va...

The Future of Music Discovery: Search vs. Generation

Why this Question Matters Around ten years ago, music streaming services were competing heavily for the best music recommendation system. Clearly, a flawless recommendation system would provide the user with the exact piece of music that optimally satisfies their needs, every time. However, some ...

Music = Life

Inspired by the one of the writing challenges,  Toni The Talker  gave our team & for the inspiration from  Henery X  ‘s written offering. (links to their articles at the end of my story) The song, “Centerfield", by John Forgety popped...

Where To Find Music For Games

Are you an indie game developer? If so, I want to help you get the most out of the music for your game. I want to help you punch above your weight and create memorable, unique game experiences that connect with people. Why? Because I love playing brilliant indie games and because I love to compose s...

The power of music

We are tremendously happy to have Booking.com as our newest global partner. Just like the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Booking.com is deeply rooted in Amsterdam, while the organisation’s impact extends far beyond national borders. Our missions have a clear overlap. We share important value...

Athens Music Walk of Fame

The Athens Music Walk of Fame is a relatively new addition to town, celebrating the longstanding music scene and wide range of artists who have called Athens home. In 2020, ten inductees were honored with plaques installed in the sidewalk of a 2 block area of downtown defined by Pulaski Street, West...

21 Useful Things I Learned About Primavera Sound

As soon as you buy your Primavera Sound ticket, book your accommodation. When we went in 2017 the lineup was announced in November and we booked our tickets in January which seemed like plenty of time ahead of the May festival. It wasn’t. Barely anywhere was left and we ended up paying...

The Sound of AI Music: Berlin Hears the Future

The credits for these lyrics do not go to Freddie Mercury or any other human being, but to ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot that makes educated guesses about its responses. Today, artificial intelligence tools can not only write lyrics, but they can also compose melodies and generate voices. At a t...

Superfandom in Music

The democratization of music creation is both a blessing and a curse. In the past, the significant effort / expense tied to studio sessions made sure that artists approached their craft with intention. While there are certainly exceptions today, the ease with which one can now produce / releas...

HK Ecosystem | IOST Empowers MUXIC to Build a Leading Web3 Metaverse Music Platform

The collaboration aspires to position MUXIC as a leading global metaverse music platform in the Web3 industry. Together, we shall drive the integrated development and implementation of metaverse music products and services, aiming to provide users with a higher quality and more enjoyable Web3 m...

Music Festivals Around the World: Must-Attend Events for Every DJ

For any DJ, music festivals are not just an opportunity to perform but are also a source of inspiration, networking, and a place to witness firsthand the evolving trends in the music scene. From the heart-thumping beats of electronic dance music to the soulful strums of indie performances, festivals...

Music Review: The Seekers

I was only nine years old when The Seekers broke up. Neither the group nor its breakup was not significant to this nine-year old. But I sure liked the tunes playing on my mother’s kitchen radio while the songs were at the top of the charts. Georgy Girl, Morningtown Ride, and The...

Dimension X by Primoris — Techno Music

In Dimension X, the music never stops and the dance floor is always packed. The beats are relentless and the melodies are mesmerizing. The crowd is a sea of pulsating bodies, all moving in unison to the rhythm. In the center of the dance floor, a figure emerges from the shadows. It is Primoris, t...

How I Discovered My Autistic Daughter’s Love for Music

Miami pulsates with rhythm. The streets hum, the palm trees sway to salsa, and the ocean waves keep the beat. This city is a symphony, and my family is part of it. One day, as the sun sets, I catch my daughter in a trance. Her eyes are wide, her little body sways. She listens to a street musician...

TRENDING IN NEW RELEASES: Miami Music Sensation YDtheBEST Debuts Pop Techno Album “NIGHT AND DAY”

Miami Music Sensation YDtheBEST just dropped some new heat! This time, the NBA 2k artist, debuted his sophomore album entitled “NIGHT AND DAY” executively produced By YDtheBEST and produced UfffComo. The new 6 track project is his very first pop techno dance album and features artists Dr...

The Art & Artists of New York’s Radio City Music Hall

A world-renowned theater celebrated for hosting everyone and everything from Prince to the WNBA to Frank Sinatra’s official debut of New York, New York [1], Radio City Music Hall also offers patrons a wonderful collection of curated art. Art which can ea...

Music with Mozart

You can’t help but feel like a part of history when walking through Prague. From the narrow cobblestone streets, to the tremendous over-hanging spires, the city feels medieval. Much has remained unchanged in the last thousand years — Locals still live in quant homes topped with charming ...

The end of my city’s elementary music program

In 2016, the Vancouver School Board cut the band and strings music programs from all elementary schools across the district as the result of budget cuts. This was done in attempt to save about $400,000 from an expected $24 million shortfall in the budget. I am a graduating Computer Scie...

40 bands that would improve your music variety.

More than just making a hst or genre list. It’s that music playlists improve music seriously. People should talk about music playlists more because you as a person will find it quite difficult to make playlists though video share/links/mp3s. 10–15% copy write and honestly as a future art...

A Worship Song by a Drag Queen Hit Number 1 on Christian Music Charts

Flamy Grant is a “shame-slaying, hip-swaying, singing, songwriting drag queen” who served as a worship leader for 22 years before she started doing drag. She describes her song Good Day as “an uplifting anthem for anyone who has felt excluded by the church,” adding ...

Ladino Music and Cultural Identity

“Adío…” The haunting word grows from silence, shivering with vibrato as it recedes. “Adío, kerida” returns with greater conviction, its voice cracking with flamenco ornaments. A single clave accompanies her with its rhythmic tresillo, only to become the T...

The Best Queer Moments in Music in 2023

Our boy Troye has not only been outspokenly gay from the start of his professional recording career at the age of 18, but 10 years on he’s also proven himself to be an immensely talented songwriter, and quite frankly, just reallyfuckinggood. He’s also done his fair share of heavy lift...

What are the different type of music clearance agreements?

The track is done, you’re excited, your manager is excited, and you’re ready to release it to the public. Then the stop sign gets thrown up. If you have a label, they ask you for all the signed clearance agreements. Whether or not you have a label, the musicians, producers and enginee...

ELEVATOR MUSIC

I’ve always hated love triangles. The complex plot of one person liking another, who likes another, ticked me off. My sister, Rebecca asked me this question when she was just 16: “Sister Flo, “why do we love people who don’t love us back?”. That question also haunted me...

Resources for an Anti-Racist Music Classroom

While many may think that their work is done after eliminating some problematic folk songs, or incorporating a unit of composers from underrepresented groups in classical music, there is no temporary quick fix that will do justice to decolonizing the classroom. To act in allyship, it’s impo...

The Music Industry Domination of Taylor Swift

Iwould like to start off this piece by saying that I am not arguing that 1) Taylor Swift does not deserve success and/or that she did not work hard to create a name for herself, 2) that she single-handedly promotes white supremacy, or 3) anything about the quality of her music, as that would be my p...

Another Country

I started writing this piece last summer, when the majority of country music stars remained silent about Charlottesville.¹ As a musician and as a fan, I wanted to be part of a more organized anti-racist response, and I wished there were a group called Country Music Against White Supremacy so I ...

An Updated (Yet Again) Top 10 Worst Mass Shooting In American History (October, 2023)

Las Vegas Harvest Music Festival, October 2017: White male Stephen Paddock opens fire from a hotel high rise sniper position, using weapons legally modified to fire as fully automatic, killing 58 and wounding over 500. Also legally acquired were magazines capable of firing 100 rounds without reloadi...

A Guide to Finding Affordable Music Lessons in Los Angeles

Finding affordable music lessons in Los Angeles can be a daunting task. With the city's rich musical heritage and plethora of teaching talent, prices can range significantly, making it challenging for many aspiring musicians to start their journey. At Craft Music, we approach music as both an ex...

Your brain on music.

Neuroscience shows that listening to music is a “whole brain experience”: it activates the left, the right, the front, the back, the inside and outside of your brain. Your favourite song triggers brain regions relating to your identity, your feelings and those of others: this is why...

Understanding Our Minds on Music

We know that we can create and modify our moods with music. We choose to listen to particular sounds that we find relaxing when we want to sleep. We select specific songs to play when we’re trying to create a romantic mood for a new partner, or when we’re reminiscing about our past loves...

How weed helps you dab music

A longtime friend from college recently sent me a surprise. A package from Amazon arrived and inside was a pair of noise-cancelling headphones. I must admit that the price of the headphones hit me at first. I had shopped for them and declared myself too cheap to buy a pair. Buying a pair for a co...

Music and Survival, a Conjecture

I suspect that the reason we like certain music is that the abstract patterns in the music match well with the mental models our species have found to be helpful in survival that are passed down to us from generation to generation. The mental models are shaped by genetic inheritance and our experien...

Codifying my music and discovering a world of listening.

If you have a digital music collection, you may have experienced an odd growing pain. This became noticeable for me as my music collection grew into hundreds of artists. My library perversely became less approachable for general listening. I could easily find and play great selections for every conc...

Mindfulness + Personalized Music Playlists

oin the Idea Per Day Challenge This idea is part of the idea a day challenge. Get 1 idea every day in a newsletter. If you like an idea you’ll have the chance to respond to the email and claim the idea before someone else does. After 1 Day the idea is posted here on Medium as a Mem...

Music Power Couples: How Should We, As Music Journalists, Report On Them?

Tabloids and gossip blogs love to fill our news feeds with music artist couples who are currently popular. Whether it’s two young love birds whose fire burns out ever so quickly or a toxic pairing whose end date we could all see from a mile away, the constant news cycle about these people is e...

An Introduction to the Counterculture Movement and the Evolution of Music Festivals

Originating in the 60s, the counterculture movement is a subculture that arose in several countries and which opposed many of the modern societal values, all the while seeking new ways of living in society. For many of its adherents, the movement meant the rejection of society’s codes or norms...

Traditional Music Instruments of Punjab

Punjabi culture is one of the best cultures in India. Punjabis are people who care deeply about their culture, and that’s why they bring their culture everywhere they go. They have established communities in many Western countries such as America, Canada, Italy, France, etc. As a result, you c...

AI, Music, Style: Can there be too much culture?

At the heart of this article is a question about the artificial replication of ‘style’ and its significance for an advanced mode of cultural production. It is worth noting, style is not something that is readily subject to copyright law. As AI models become more sophisticated, ...

How Blokur is matching music metadata in Asian characters

As it becomes easier to access music from all over the world, processing song data rendered in different character sets has become increasingly important. The music industry already has problems with metadata accuracy due to the need to combine data from so many different sources, and adding the ...

30+ Instruments In Spanish That Music Lovers Should Know

Music in Spanish, mainly Latin music, has had impressive worldwide success. Many times, songs that are sung in Spanish are the ones that rank first in the United States. They are also very popular in Latin America and other continents, as their rhythm encourages everyone to dance. Even if da...