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Songtradr acquiring Bandcamp from Epic Games

“Bandcamp will join a team of music industry veterans and artists who have deep expertise in music licensing, composition, rights management, and distribution,” Songtradr CEO Paul Wiltshire says in a statement.

iPhone feature causing accidental Bonnaroo 911 calls, police say

”It’s likely that these calls are a result of ‘Crash Detection Mode’, a new feature on Apple iPhones,” Manchester, TN police say.

Liam Gallagher responds to AI-generated Oasis album: "I sound mega"

Two UK musicians used an AI-model of Liam Gallagher to create an album from AISIS, ”an alternate reality concept album where the band’s 95-97 line-up continued to write music.”

Virtual Coachella returns to Fortnite

A virtual version of Coachella complete with palm trees, the SPECTRA tower, and other art installations awaits on Fortnite, which is collaborating with the festival for its second year.

New York Comic Con 2022 Thursday pics & trailers: Super Mario Bros, cosplay & more

Jack Black was on hand for the much anticipated revelation of the first Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer at day one of NYCC. Chris Pratt’s Mario voice may be the talk of the internet, but Jack stole the show as Bowser.

Spotify acquires online music game Heardle

“We see Heardle as more than a trivia game: It’s also a tool for musical discovery,” reads a statement from Spotify. “Playing Heardle might just help you to rediscover old tracks you may have thought you’d forgotten, discover amazing new artists, or finally put a title to that wordless melody you’ve had caught in your head forever.”

Bandcamp acquired by Epic Games

”The products and services you depend on aren’t going anywhere, we’ll continue to build Bandcamp around our artists-first revenue model,” co-founder and CEO Ethan Diamond says.

Neil Young: "If you support SPOTIFY, you are destroying an art form"

Neil Young has written more about his decision to take his music off Spotify, this time talking more about the audio quality than Joe Rogan. “SPOTIFY plays the artist’s music at 5% of its quality and charges you like it was the real thing,“ Neil says.

Neil Young threatened to pull music off Spotify over Joe Rogan's vaccine misinformation in open letter

In an open letter on his website that seems to have been taken down, Neil wrote “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.“
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