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K Camp Reflects on Finding Confidence As an Indie Artist, Balancing Music and Industry Mindsets, and the Current State of R&B
The music industry can be a cruel mistress. It's very contingent on ‘what have you done for me lately?' rather than on the years of work put in. Proof of concept only means so much if you aren't bringing in the bona fide hits. It's this…
Madonna recruits supermodel and Hollywood actors for new music video
Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk Madonna secretly recruited a supermodel and two major Hollywood actors as she filmed her 'biggest music video ever'. As Madonna, 67, sets about on her music comeback, she brought in the big guns for…
Health, Music, Executive Function, and Emotions
The rhythm of life may shift suddenly. A senior hears words like blockage, plaque, or monitoring. A mother hears a doctor say, “We're not sure yet.” A teenager encounters the word idiopathic, that maddening medical term that…
Yamaha Music Innovations to Unveil 'Yamaha Creator Pass' at SXSW, a New Platform Uniting Industry-Leading Music and Podcast Tools Under One Service
Subscribers can choose from tiered plans based on their needs: Beginner, Beginner Plus, Beginner Complete, Producer, Producer Plus, Podcaster and Podcaster Complete. Through partnering with leaders in music and audio, each tier of Yamaha Creator…
Queensland Music Awards 2026 Is Heading to the Gold Coast
BRISBANE, Australia — The Queensland Music Awards are on the move. The 2026 edition of the QMAs will be presented April 22 at the Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast, marking the first time the ceremony has been hosted outside of Brisbane, the…
AI-Generated 'Actor' Tilly Norwood Drops a Music Video Ahead of the Oscars. It Sucks
Tilly Norwood, the ultimate industry plant, has been dubbed “the world's first AI actor” by the people who created her. She is still yet to appear in a single film or TV show, but she has a new music video out that is loosely tied to…
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Amazon Music appoints Rashii Prabhakar as content lead India
Amazon Music has appointed Rashii Prabhakar as content lead India. She will be based in Mumbai. Prabhakar shared the update on LinkedIn, writing, “I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Content Lead India at Amazon…
Vivid's stacked music program for 2026 has just dropped
Vivid's music program (including Vivid Live at Sydney Opera House) is back for 2026 with a stacked line-up of world-class artists at venues around the city Music, Music festivals Around Sydney, Sydney Advertising When winter rolls around in Sydney…
Editor's Note: So Many Ways to Make Music
I have a tendency to repeat myself. At a NAMM dinner, say, sitting with a few industry friends that I may only see once a year, I've found myself pausing mid-story and thinking, “Damn, by the looks on their faces, two of the three at the…
In ACT's latest, young women of color are musical visionaries
The young female conservatory students of “||: Girls: ||: Chance: ||: Music: ||” aren't just talented singers, percussionists and composers. They're visionaries, and in Eisa Davis' American Conservatory Theater world premiere, they…
Stay classy, NYC - Mozart's musical treasures are coming to town
Staten Island's Marie: “When I was scared my swimming teacher allowed me to dive off the pool's shallow end. And because of that only is exactly how I got my diploma. Ultimately I earned a master's degree and nobody ever ever knew if not for…
Stellar Gospel Music Awards coming to Charlotte
The Stellar Gospel Music Awards are coming to Charlotte this summer. Why it matters: The Stellar Awards are often compared to the Grammys for gospel music. The annual awards show, which has more than 3.6 million television viewers, will put a…
AI-generated 'actress' appears in new music video addressing public backlash
The creators behind AI-generated 'actress' Tilly Norwood have released a new music video and song addressing the public backlash to their character. An account bearing Norwood's name published a music video on Tuesday showing the AI-generated…
Music IP Gains Momentum With Nearly 80% of Investors Planning Increased Funding: Study
Nearly 80% of institutional investors whose portfolios include music assets expect firms to earmark more money for investments in music in 2026, according to a new study conducted by the London-based financial communications firm Fourth Pillar. The…
K-Pop's growing fandom: Its meaning, culture, music and why it's more than just a trend
Viral ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters' is just a small part of this exploding genre K-Pop: Its meaning, music and more than just a ‘trend' Stepping in to Dublin's 3Arena for the K-Pop Forever! Tribute was like walking in to a time-machine.
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