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  • Spotify and Merlin Bring Independent Artists Into AI Covers and Remixes

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    Spotify is bringing independent labels into its upcoming fan-made covers and remixes product through a new licensing agreement with Merlin, expanding a generative AI project that had initially been announced with Universal Music Group. The agreement, announced August 4th, gives artists on labels covered by Merlin’s Spotify deal the option…

How Producers Make a Final Chorus Feel Huge

September 17, 2026 Music Production

A final chorus can use the same chords, melody, lyrics, and tempo as the first chorus and somehow feel twice as large. That difference rarely comes from one…

Sony Music Sues Udio Over Alleged Use of 30,117 Recordings

July 21, 2026 Music Industry

Sony Music Entertainment has filed a second federal copyright lawsuit against AI music company Udio, alleging the service copied 30,117 Sony-controlled sound recordings to train its generative music…

CDs Surge 45.7% as Physical Music Finds New Life

September 18, 2026 Music Industry

U.S. CD shipments jumped 45.7% to 17.5 million units during the first half of 2026, adding another chapter to a physical-music revival that is no longer being driven…

Inside the Layers of a Modern Pop Song

September 17, 2026 Music Production

A modern pop song can sound remarkably simple from the outside. There is a lead vocal, a beat, some chords, a bass line, and perhaps a few sounds…

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