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Predicting the future evolution of plugin design
It's out with hardware replication and in with simplification, with a considerable heap of AI on the side - we ask the experts to foresee the plugin experience of tomorrow
“The award for best AI song goes to…”: The Future Sound Awards are new music awards for AI music
Reckon that your AI tune doesn’t get the love that it should? A new competition aims to celebrate the best new AI music and its makers
“This shows just how important live music is": New report shows immense contribution of music tourism to UK economy
The live music economy brought in £10 billion in 2024
Exploring the rise of plugin subscriptions and possible alternative models
“I think the dislike of subscriptions is almost universal”
How the effects of Long COVID have harmed professional musicians and DJs
Though the 2020 COVID pandemic had many negative effects on the music industry, an underreported aspect is how Long COVID has left some professional musicians unable to continue with their careers
“She got them to think a little bit about what their rights were”: Five Finger Death Punch take Swift action
Metal band have re-recorded their greatest hits
How Ed Sheeran generated royalties for Bob Dylan by borrowing from Jimi Hendrix
Sheeran also reveals what he talked to Van Morrison about when he met him for breakfast: "I think he was, like, asking me to explain Spotify to him"
"It’s been a tough few years": UK gear retailer PMT closes its doors, makes 96 staff redundant and sells £2.4m of stock to Gear4Music
Just a few months after Brighton-based GAK closed down, another UK musical instrument retailer enters administration
