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Soundcloud Buys AI Technology to Predict Hit Songs
SoundCloud announced Tuesday it has acquired AI music company Musiio, which offers technology that can listen to and predict which songs will become hits. SoundCloud, which is full of amateur music will utilize this technology to sort through hours of music to pick out songs that have characteristics of becoming popular. SoundCloud declined to state …
Spotify to End Compatibility with 3rd Party DJ Applications
Spotify has decided to end its compatibility with all 3rd-party DJ applications from July 1, 2020. This news was revealed by Algoriddim, a developer that owns Djay, a highly popular iOS DJ software application. The Verge reached out to Spotify who confirmed this news to be true. Algoriddim stated that beginning from July 1st, 2020, …
Amsterdam Dance Event Announce SOHN and Metropole Orkest for Opening Concert
Now a permanent fixture of the Amsterdam Dance Event, the Metropole Orkest will be joined on stage by songwriter/producer SOHN for the opening concert of this year’s festival and conference, kicking off on Wednesday 16 October in the Rabozaal at the Melkweg. SOHN’s live electronics and infectious voice will complement the epic orchestral sound of …
Soundcloud Crosses $100 million in Revenue, Strengthens Financials
Soundcloud, which has been under concern regarding its financial viability, reported recently that its 2017 gross income was $102 million for 2017. This is a strong increase from $57.8 million in the prior y ear. In that period, subscriptions showed strong increases of 89% and ad revenue was up as well by 53%. Operating losses …
Major Soundcloud news on Artists Earnings, Software Integrations and More
After The Verge published an article questioning the new terms of service (TOS) as being unfair to artists/djs for the new Soundcloud Premier program, Soundcloud has revised the terms to be more favorable to artists using the platform. The new unfriendly terms included unclear payment dates, payout rates that can change at any time and …
Soundcloud Premier song play monetization now open to all Pro subscribers
Great news for music producers as Soundcloud has just announced this week that its Premier program will now allow all song producers to profit from song plays. To quality, you must have a Pro or Pro Unlimited account and 5,000 plays of songs in your account in Tier 1 countries i.e. US, UK, Canada, Australia, …
Sony Music to work with Dubset Music to approve tracks in dj sets and bootlegs
Sony Music has signed a contract to work with music rights company Dubset Musicand use Dubset’s MixBANK Rights Management Platform to properly attribute songs signed to Sony when used in dj mixes and bootlegs. Stephen White, Dubet Media CEO stated, “This is a watershed moment for Dubset that demonstrates how critical the MixBANK tool and …
Soundcloud president responds to stories about their impending doom…
Trying to quash the rumors and speculation about Soundcloud’s future, Founder and CEO Alex Ljung posted the following statement yesterday on the Soundcloud blog: SoundCloud is here to stay. Hey everyone, There’s an insane amount of noise about SoundCloud in the world right now. And it’s just that, noise. The music you love on SoundCloud isn’t …
Is Soundcloud on its last legs? [UPDATED]
Word came out earlier last week that Soundcloud laid off 40% of its staff in a bid to become profitable. A statement by the company indicated that the layoffs would help stabilize the company. Now however a new article by TechCrunch described a more dire situation where even with the recent layoffs the company only has …
Soundcloud clarifies new policy on dj mix takedowns
The dj world was abuzz this past week with news that Soundcloud would not longer be taking down dj mixes due to copyright complaints. Unfortunately that turned out to be too good to be true – takedown requests will still be honored. According to a BBC post, the new policy on not taking down remixes …
