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Spain's music industry giants compete to manage Marenostrum Fuengirola | Sur in English
The Marenostrum Fuengirola festival is looking for a new manager. The town hall has decided to change the venue's operating model and put its manageent out to tender in order to make it more self-sufficient. Marenostrum Fuengirola has hosted…
Mick Jagger has one rule for AI music
Mick Jagger says AI is another tool for making music — as long as it's used to create something original. In an interview with Billboard on Thursday, the Rolling Stones front man shared his thoughts on AI in music and the evolving role of…
Drill rapper jailed for life for murdering influencer at music video shoot
A drill rapper who murdered a content creator at a music video shoot in Essex has been jailed for life. Stephen Morrisson, 30, died on June 23, 2020, after suffering a fatal stab injury during a violent assault in a car park in Epping. Ellis…
Music Plays a Role in Developing Critical Life Skills
Ellen Galinsky is a leading educational researcher who has spent more than two decades studying how children learn and thrive. She has numerous credits to her name: She is the president of the Families and Work Institute, a senior research advisor…
Google AI Mode adds Instacart, Canva and YouTube Music integrations
Google is starting to roll out connected app integrations in AI Mode in Search, letting U.S. users link services such as Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music to take action on AI-generated responses. Apps in AI Mode. Users can securely connect…
Gavin Adcock drops new single 'The Day I Hang It Up' and country music fans are fired up
Gavin Adcock has country music fans fired up after releasing a new single. Adcock has become one of the fastest rising stars in the country music genre due to his blend of party vibes and outlaw style. Mostly, his music is simply just a lot of fun.
Who is Luke Combs? The man and the music explained
From North Carolina to Nashville: Born in North Carolina in 1990, Luke Combs discovered his passion for music at an early age. He sang during his school years and in the church choir, later teaching himself guitar. He began to hone the powerful…
Suno brings its gen AI music gunk to iMessage
Suno has found another way to suck the joy out of creating music by adding iMessage integration. Those who have the latest version of the Suno iPhone app can now generate a 30-second output right from their messages with a text or voice prompt.
Americans Are Listening to Less Music in English, Thanks to Bad Bunny and BTS
It's official: The U.S. is listening to less music in English than ever before. A new midyear report from Luminate found that English-language songs fell to a new low of 87.1 percent of streams in the U.S., from last year's 88 percent. But what's…
Google AI Mode now integrates with Canva, YouTube Music and Instacart
You can now make playlists, design flyers and compile shopping lists using AI in Search. Google's apparent mission to have AI infiltrate every aspect of your digital life continues today with new integrations with three different apps. Rolling out…
As the Music Catalog Investment Market Hits a High Note, Financial Investors Are Cashing Out
Amid the flurry of mergers, acquisitions and asset sales that have taken place in the music industry this year, the sale of three scaled music rights catalog companies — Anthem, Iconoclast and Crescendo — is a sign that the catalog…
Day of Play, music and arts set this weekend
Port Angeles' Day of Play highlights music and arts events set for this weekend. • Port Angeles Parks and Recreation will host a citywide Day of Play from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Gateway Transit Center, 125 E. Front St., and a…
Back to Ours brings a summer of free music, circus and more to Hull
Local arts charity Back to Ours is bringing an exciting programme of events to Hull, including a 30-piece orchestra performing in neighbourhoods across the city, plus circus, comedy and live music right on residents' doorsteps. Taking place…
AI music generator Suno has been hacked, revealing millions of songs scraped from YouTube and others
According to 404 Media, a hacker has breached the company database of Suno, an online AI music generation tool. The hack is said to reveal multiple references to the training data it scraped from YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius, and others. Suno has…
Keith Richards on New Music, Old Friendships & the Future of the Rolling Stones | Billboard Cover
Billboard cover star Keith Richards talks Foreign Tongues, the Rolling Stones' latest wave of creativity, the making of the band's new music, and how the group has kept evolving after more than six decades. Richards reflects on the energy behind…
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