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Apple May Soon Offer Music That Adapts to Your Heartbeat In Real-Time
Go from REZZ‘s midtempo to Headhunterz‘s hardstyle in just a quarter-mile sprint. Apple has acquired AI Music, a startup that creates songs using artificial intelligence based on your heartbeat. The tracks that AI Music’s Infinite Music Engine is capable of creating are royalty-free, dynamic, and change in real-time based on the user’s interactions. A higher intensity run, for example, would signal a more upbeat and energetic sound. AI Music reportedly believes their proprietary Infinite Music Engine is capable of generating custom music to provide the most flexibility for users based on their activity. “Music that adapts to your heartbeat, audio advertising that matches listener context, universal licenses across formats… All of this is possible, and mo...
Think Like a Music Strategist and Put 2022 Trends to Work With This Free Webinar
The music research and analytics platform Viberate continues their series of free educational online sessions with their next guest panel, which will host two music marketing veterans to showcase pinpointing music data trends and applying them to your work. The first expert guest is David Boyle, a music marketing authority who helped artists such as Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg develop impactful strategies with trends. Joining him is Alexandre Perrin, professor of music business at Berklee College of Music and mentor to many industry professionals currently working for Spotify, YouTube, Universal, Warner, and Sony Music. Their talk will involve trends and data insights from Viberate’s “2022 State of Music” address, presented by Urska Jaksa, Managing Editor. “Patterns come naturally to mu...
Flume Announces 2022 Tour Dates Ahead of New Album
Flume has announced a massive 2022 world tour. A few days ago, the electronic music virtuoso dropped a new single called “Say Nothing” (with MAY-A) and announced his first studio album since 2016’s Skin. Titled Palaces, the record will feature 13 tracks, including his long-awaited collaboration with Damon Albarn of Gorillaz. Now, Flume has revealed that he’s taking the new music on the road for a huge world tour dedicated to Palaces. Joining the pioneering future bass producer will be Channel Tres, Chrome Sparks, EPROM, Jon Hopkins, Oklou, Magdalena Bay, Tinashe, Tkay Maidza and more. So far Flume has only revealed specific shows for the North American leg of the tour. However, eagle-eyed viewers of the below video will see decals on his bike representing Germany, F...
Bob Saget’s Family Says He Died From Head Trauma, Per Investigation
Bob Saget’s family is providing an update to his fans after he passed away last month at 65. In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, the late Full House star’s relatives confirmed that authorities have determined the cause of death to be head trauma. The message added that drugs and alcohol were not involved. “They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep,” the family stated of the investigation into Saget’s death. The comedian was found dead in his Orlando hotel room on Jan. 9. At the time, no information was released on the cause of death, but the sheriff’s department said no signs of foul play or drug use had been found. The family’s full statement is below. In the ...
Diplo Set Up His Gear at a ‘Random Park’ & Played New Music
Why wait for a tour or scheduled performance to play some new music? Diplo decided on Tuesday (Feb. 8) that, instead, he would make his own rave at a park. The DJ shared a video to TikTok and Twitter, in which he’s seen spinning records, writing, “I popped up at a random park to play new music just for fun.” The one-minute clip then shows his team bringing speakers, generators and all the necessary equipment into Los Angeles’ Elysian Park, before he shared his location to his Instagram followers and started playing a new song, titled “Don’t Forget My Love,” at his outdoor DJ booth. Explore Explore Diplo See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news By sundown, the park was filled with fans, who expressed their excitement over Diplo’s impromptu performance. “F— what ...
Justin Bieber Spotted in the Studio With Tory Lanez
Ontario natives Justin Bieber and Tory Lanez spent some time together in the studio this week, and the duo marked the occasion with a photo. Tory Lanez shared the snap on Tuesday (Feb. 8) of the Canadian stars hanging out by the audio board, captioning the post, “@justinbieber !! [champagne emoji] [muscle flex emoji] One of the most honest and solid people I’ve met throughout my career … incredible human being … timeless soul !I owe bro 1000000 favors,” he wrote, adding that JB is his “lil big bro.” While the post didn’t indicate that a musical collaboration between the two was on the horizon, fans on Twitter expressed concern that Bieber was hanging out with the controversial rapper, who pleaded not guilty in November 2021 to charges related to allegedly shooting an unarmed Megan Thee Sta...
Machine Gun Kelly, Anuel AA, Quavo Set for NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
Machine Gun Kelly, Jack Harlow, Anuel AA and Quavo will bounce into The Land next week for the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. MGK, the 6’4″ Cleveland native, and his fellow hip-hoppers will showcase their ball skills alongside the likes of country artists Kane Brown and Jimmie Allen, comedian Tiffany Haddish, actor Ranveer Singh, skateboarder Nyjah Huston, and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb. Quavo, a founding member of rap trio Migos, is a veteran of the run-and-gun “Celebrity” game, with four previous appearances under his belt. The two teams will line up next Friday (Feb. 18) at Wolstein Center in Cleveland, and are respectively coached by retired NBA superstars Dominique Wilkins and Bill Walton. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The all-celebrity e...
Moderat Announce More D4ta, Their First New Album in 6 Years
Moderat, the collaborative electronic group by Apparat and Modeselektor, have announced their first new album in six years. It’s titled More D4ta and it’s due out May 13 via Monkeytown Records. More D4ta is Moderat’s fourth album and the follow-up to 2016’s III. Spanning 10 tracks in total, the new LP finds the band wrestling with the feelings of isolation that followed their decision to take a hiatus in 2017. This new album marks the first time Apparat and Modeselektor have performed together since their 2016 tour in support of III. They commemorated those shows with a special live album—the first-ever of their career—that was recorded at Berlin’s Velodrome and featured a career-spanning setlist.
Lil Peep Wrongful Death Case: Unsealed Texts Reveal “Drug-Infected Mismanagement,” Rapper’s Mom Argues
Peep’s European tour manager, Stephen Paul, worked alongside Mercer. Later in September 2017, according to the texts, Quin and Mercer disparaged Paul’s fitness for the job. Quin also intimated that Paul got the position only because he was the cousin of “someone very important at FAE.” Quin wrote, “Honestly this is so first access.” In another apparent reference to Stennett, the CEO, Quin wrote that “Sarah” was “up at 4am screaming down the phone” due to her “poor” staffing. Several hours after Mercer’s detention at the Canadian border, she apologized to her colleagues. “Bottom line is that I am so sorry and embarrassed about it all,” Mercer wrote in a WhatsApp message. “It was a huge mistake and will never happen again.” She did not elaborate on the nature of the mistake. Mercer, in her S...
Snacks, Bethany Cosentino’s Pet Cat and Best Coast Album Cover Star, Has Died
Snacks, Bethany Cosentino’s pet cat and the album artwork star of Best Coast’s debut album Crazy For You, has died. “Said goodbye to my best friend in the entire world today,” tweeted Cosentino. “My true love. My guardian angel. There will never be another one like him.” “I always knew this day would come, but I hoped it never would,” Cosentino wrote in an Instagram post with multiple photos and videos. “He was not just my cat. He belonged to all of you. He was the third member of this band. Our mascot. Our cover star. Our merch king. He meant everything to me and I’m going to miss him so much, but I know he will live on forever by way of the legacy he created simply by being himself. He loved you all so much and he knew you loved him. 14 wonderful years. I’m so honored that I got to be hi...
Watch Injury Reserve’s New Video for “Outside”
Arizona rap outfit Injury Reserve have released a music video for their song “Outside.” In the nine-minute-long clip, directed by the group’s own producer Parker Corey, members cook and dance in striking architecture locations in Arcosanti, Arizona while a slow zoom adds tension. Check the video out below. “Outside” is the opening song on By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Injury Reserve’s most recent album and their first record since the June 2020 death of rapper Stepa J. Groggs. They’re currently on the road for their 2022 tour in support of the LP. Revisit Pitchfork’s interview “Injury Reserve Get Back Up.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
DOJ Seizes Nearly $4B In Stolen Bitcoin, Awful White Rapper Who Calls Herself “Crocodile of Wall Street” Arrested
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Youtube / Youtube In 2016, about $4 billion worth of Bitcoin was stolen after Bitfinex’s cryptocurrency exchange was hacked. Now, the Department of Justice has recovered most of what was stolen. And one of the suspected thieves? Well, she’s uh…she’s something else. As reported by The Verge, DOJ says it seized about $3.6 billion worth of the cryptocurrency, and that the ill-gotten gains were being held by Heather Morgan and her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein. Who are Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein? Well, Lichtenstein doesn’t matter. I mean, he does because he’s been arrested too, but he’s not the weird AF white woman who’s a rapper, a Forbes contributor and a self-described CEO. But before we get to all that, here’s this from The Verge: The DOJ doesn’t e...
