Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI

If you’ve uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won’t admit it right now. A group of independent musicians is suing Google, claiming that it illegally used songs they uploaded to YouTube to train its Lyria 3 model. Google has filed […]

A jazz label covered an AI-generated hit to make a point the music industry has been avoiding

A jazz label turned a faceless AI song into a statement about human creativity and built a tool to back it up.

Spotify is licensing live concert video and reserving tickets for superfans
Spotify is licensing live concert video and reserving tickets for superfans

Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing the rights to stream live video from music festivals, according to Bloomberg, as the Swedish streaming company pushes to become a broader hub for the live music economy. The company has already s…

Benn Jordan longs for the days of tech that didn’t spy on you
Benn Jordan longs for the days of tech that didn’t spy on you

Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedals on YouTube under Benn and Gear. But about five years ago, Benn decided to take his YouTube channel in a different direction. He didn’t stop covering music gear overnight, but as time progressed, his channel became […]

Bowers & Wilkins introduces redesigned 800 Series Diamond D5 lineup at HIGH END Vienna

Bowers & Wilkins has launched its new 800 Series Diamond D5 speakers with upgraded acoustics, redesigned cabinets, and luxury finishes for audiophiles and studio professionals.

Ableton is letting musicians build browser-style extensions for Live
Ableton is letting musicians build browser-style extensions for Live

Ableton already has Max for Live, which allows users to build MIDI effects, synths, and samplers for its digital audio workstation (DAW). But now with its Extensions SDK, features can be added to Ableton Live with common JavaScript. Where Max is largely limited to MIDI and audio processing, Extensions can touch almost any part of […]

AI is blowing up music. How should the Grammys handle it?
AI is blowing up music. How should the Grammys handle it?

Today I’m talking with Harvey Mason Jr., who is CEO of the Recording Academy — that’s the outfit that puts on the Grammy Awards. I last talked to Harvey in 2024, when it was obvious that generative AI would upend the music industry, but still not exactly clear how that would happen.  Well, it’s been […]

Feeble Little Horse leans into digital weirdness on bitknot
Feeble Little Horse leans into digital weirdness on bitknot

From the opening moments of bitknot, it’s obvious that Feeble Little Horse has found an entirely new gear. Where on Girl with Fish the blown-out textures were more ’90s indie rock and shoegaze, on their latest LP, there’s a more modern edge to the distortion and the riffs cut cleaner. Similarly, where the digital glitchiness […]

You could soon use Apple Music without paying full price

Apple Music may be preparing a surprising change to how you listen. A new discovery hints that the service could soon look very different.

ElevenLabs’s new music generation model can switch genres mid-track

ElevenLabs’ new model will let users regenerate a section of a song without affecting rest of the track