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A producer can spend an hour searching for the next sound when the arrangement may need the opposite. Muting a kick for two beats, shortening a sustained chord, leaving the vocal alone after a phrase, or pulling a layer before a transition can change the shape of a track without…
September 22, 2026 · Music Industry
Carianne Marshall is leaving her role as co-chair and chief operating officer of Warner Chappell Music as parent Warner Music Group continues simplifying leadership across its businesses. Marshall…
July 15, 2026 · Music Industry
Sony Music Publishing has completed its acquisition of Recognition Music Group’s music-rights portfolio, bringing interests encompassing more than 45,000 songs assembled during the modern catalog-investment boom into one…
September 22, 2026 · Music Industry
Apple Music is becoming a physical place in London. Apple has opened Apple Music Hall, a purpose-built 600-capacity live venue inside Battersea Power Station that combines an intimate…
September 18, 2026 · Music Industry
San Francisco Opera and its orchestra musicians have reached a tentative four-year contract agreement, ending a strike that wiped out opening night and left one of the country’s…
July 7, 2026 · Music Industry
Primary Wave Music has completed its acquisition of Kobalt, closing a transaction worth roughly $1.5 billion that brings one of the music industry’s largest independent publishing and royalty-administration…
September 21, 2026 · Music Industry
Warner Music Group’s settlement with Suno has moved from legal truce to working product. Suno launched its v6 generation of AI music models September 9th using licensed music…
September 18, 2026 · Music News
Grand Theft Auto VI is getting a soundtrack built to exist well beyond the game. Rockstar Games and Atlantic Records have announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album,…
September 19, 2026 · Music News
Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour reached Philadelphia Saturday night without an announced opening act and with protesters gathering outside Lincoln Financial Field, turning the first concert since Macklemore’s removal…
September 21, 2026 · Music News
Suki Waterhouse is extending her 2026 Loveland Tour to Australia, adding four December concerts in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne behind the most collaborative album of her recording…
September 21, 2026 · Music Industry
John Summit’s Experts Only Festival returned to Randall’s Island this weekend with three stages, more than 25 electronic acts and another crowd expected to top 50,000 across two…
