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The Current State Of AI: Artificial Intelligence In Music, Movies & More
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As a followup to part one of his guide to computational creativity for those in creative fields, Thomas Euler looks at the current state of artificial intelligence today, and what sort of role it can and will play in the creation of music, writing and film. Guest post by Thomas Euler of Attention Econo.me This series is part two of my guide through the field of computational creativity for practitioners and executives in the creative industries. Here is part one, where I gave ...
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Regulation And The Internet’s Adolescence [Mark Mulligan]
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Although the internet has certainly come a long way since the days of the dot-com bubble, it still has a long way to go. Here Mark Mulligan looks at what he considers to be the internet's 'adolescence', and what will happen when greater regulation catches up to internet companies. Guest post by Mark Mulligan from his Music Industry Blog I started my career as an internet analyst back in the period of the dot-com bubble. They were heady days in ...
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Spotify Acquires Music Machine Learning Startup Niland
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During yesterday's Music Biz conference, Spotify's Troy Carter shared that Spotify was becoming an “anticipatory" service, delivering the right music at the right moment. Carter's prescience was likely driven by Spotify's acquisition of music machine learning startup Niland, announced this morning. Spotify has acquired Paris-based music machine learning startup Niland. Details of the deal were not disclosed. Niland was founded in 2013. Niland used Artificial Intelligence (AI startup) to deliver advanced music search and recommendation. In addition to improving Spotify's ...
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Rank On Google: How To Manage SEO For Events
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Although about 5-10% of an event's ticket sales result from people searching for the event, getting to this point requires concerted effort and careful search engine optimization on the part of the organizer. Here we look at some techniques for ensuring that your event appears at the top of a potential ticket buyers search results. Guest post by Rachel Grate of Eventbrite For most events, search can be expected to drive between 5-10% of ticket purchases or registrations. But these ...
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How An Unknown Duo Broke Top 10 On iTunes New Jazz Releases
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Here the jazz-influenced singer/songwriter duet 23rd Hour out of Silicon Valley explain the details of how they were able to amplify their moderate online success into something greater until they were able to successfully crack the iTunes Top Ten for jazz releases. Guest post by Sherry-Lynn Lee & George Paolini of DIY Musician Six ways that 23rd Hour amplified their success On our release day, our album Perfect Strangers was featured on the iTunes new jazz releases section at #31. After ...
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5 Reasons You Should Know About Metadata
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Although it's not something all musicians discuss or even understand, Metadata is critically important, it is essential it be correct and complete before being entered and distributed to the masses, and that it be kept organized once it is. Guest post by Ta'Rikah Jones of Symphonic Distribution and the SymphonicBlog Metadata is not always talked about by musicians but it is VERY important and further, important that musicians understand why it should be entered correctly prior to distribution and why it ...
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Spotify Is Planning Its Own Music Hardware, Voice Control
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Two jobs listings point to a major expansions of Spotify's ambitions to include music hardware with voice control. While details are scarce, they hint at a wearable device “akin to Pebble Watch, Amazon Echo, and Snap Spectacles." Snapchat is building eyewear, Facebook is building 360 cameras, and now Spotify wants to build and sell music devices. Spotify is hiring a “Senior Product Manager- Hardware“ to lead an initiative “to deliver hardware directly from Spotify to existing and new customers; a ...
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Google Play Music Becomes Default Music Service On All Samsung Mobile Devices
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Apple Music got a huge leg up as the default music services on tens of millions of iPhones and other Apple Devices. Now Google Play Music is getting a similar boost via an exclusive relationship with the globe's #2 phone maker Samsung. Google Play Music is now the exclusive default music player on Samsung phones and other mobile devices. The partnership began with the Galaxy 7 phone, but has been cemented as part of today's Samsung Galaxy 8 releases. ...
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