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UMG-backed Music IP Holdings unveils AI music patent portfolio, aiming to ‘set a standard for how AI and music grow together’
UMG-backed Music IP Holdings (MIH) has launched a portfolio of AI music patents, aiming to establish an industry standard for how licensed AI-generated content is created, tracked and protected. The move gives digital services a route to build authorised AI tools such as covers, remixes and interactive music experiences, while also equipping rights holders with…
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Natanael Cano’s New Album Includes Covers by Jeanette & Cristian Castro: See the Tracklist
Mexican corridos tumbados artist Natanael Cano has revealed the tracklist for his upcoming album, Natanael Cano, Vol. 1, due out on 28 August via Rancho Humilde and Los CT Records, distributed by Sony Music US Latin. The 15-track release marks a return to the genre that made his name, following his more reggaetón and hip-hop-influenced…
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Grace Slick felt forced to sing Starship’s “ridiculous” 1985 hit: “Stupid song”
Built on oil and oranges. The post Grace Slick felt forced to sing Starship’s “ridiculous” 1985 hit: “Stupid song” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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FRANK BELLO: ‘ANTHRAX Is In A Really Good Place As A Band’ Right Now
ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello has said the band is “in a really good place” after four decades together, describing the group’s dynamic as a marriage or family that has endured plenty of arguments and disagreements over the years. Speaking on the BREWtally Speaking Podcast, he credited the band’s longevity to learning to step back, listen…
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Yungblud Crowd-Surfs in a Wheelchair During His Show After Breaking His Leg
Yungblud found an unconventional way to crowd-surf during his headline set at Portugal’s Vilar de Mouros festival, riding above the audience in a wheelchair just weeks after breaking his leg in a motorcycle accident. The moment underlines the singer’s determination to keep touring despite the injury, having previously vowed his live shows would continue regardless…
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Kali Bailey Adapting L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus’ For Monarch Media
Screenwriter Kali Bailey has been hired by Monarch Media to adapt L. Frank Baum’s 1902 children’s book “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” into a live-action feature film. The book, by the author best known for “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, imagines Santa’s origin story, tracing him from an abandoned baby raised in a…
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Sean Duffy’s America 250 Reality Show Draws Just 2,900 Viewers
Sean Duffy’s new six-part YouTube series, “The Great American Road Trip,” has attracted only a few thousand viewers despite months of promotion, delays and funding questions ahead of its launch on the US Department of Transportation’s official channel. The show, which follows the Transportation Secretary, his wife Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, and several of…
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Thrilljoy Reveals Terrifying Cute IT: Welcome to Derry Pennywise Figures
Toy maker Thrilljoy has unveiled a new range of vinyl figures based on HBO’s IT: Welcome to Derry, adding creepy-cute renditions of the show’s killer clowns to its blind-box PIX! collectible line. IGN was given exclusive first access to photographs of the figures, which put a stylised, wide-eyed spin on Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise and his…