Apr 12, 2021

Music - Issue #56

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Music

Startups and change makers leveraging music and music technology to curate a more creative world.

Good morning!

Hope you’re all having a good start to your week so far.

We have some great stories for you to check out below including a recent social media consumption study by PEW.

If you know of any music startups that would like to be featured please email me at corey.crossfield@startupdigestmail.com.

Love,

Corey

Music Startup Spotlight 🔦

Authentic Artists is an artificial intelligence startup focused on creating virtual artists (think Lil Miquela). Recently covered by TechCrunch, the startup has “a number of different pieces to the Authentic Artists platform, working together to animate a virtual musician, generate their music and allow them to respond to audience feedback, whether that’s increasing the intensity of a song, decreasing the tempo or fast-forwarding to the next song.”

Ozuna Joins Gaming Company XSET, Following Swae Lee

The hit Latin artist will join the XSET team as an owner, investor, and gaming “personality,” executives tell Rolling Stone.

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The Future of Social Audio: Startups, Roadmap, Business Models, and a Forecast

This market forecast includes an overview and contains predictions of the rapidly growing social audio market. I have been a technology industry analyst in relevant markets like social media and the sharing economy for over a decade at tech research firms.

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Eliah Seton to join SoundCloud in a senior role?

MBW sources indicate that Warner veteran has accepted a potentially game-changing role with Michael Weissman.

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Pinterest launches a Creator Fund to pay influencers

Pinterest is launching a “Creator Fund” to pay a small group of influencers to create content for the platform. It also wrote a “Creator Code” to keep its influencers positive.

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Social Media Use in 2021 by PEW Research Center

A majority of Americans say they use YouTube and Facebook, while use of Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok is especially common among adults under 30.

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Authentic Artists is building virtual, AI-powered musicians

Chris McGarry, who previously led music integration at Facebook’s Oculus, is taking a new approach to bringing music into the virtual world with his startup Authentic Artists. McGarry pointed to virtual celebrities like Lil Miquela and virtual concerts like Travis Scott’s giant event in Fortnite as setting the stage for Authentic Artists. In a sense, […]

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The Rise of Regional Latin Music, Part 3: Latin Music Genres Evolution

In the final part of our regional Latin music series, we cover Latin music genres like Trap Corrido, which evolved through migration and cross-cultural influence.

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Introducing Immersive Music Creative Effects at TikTok

Music and sounds are often woven into the fabric of the TikTok community’s endless creativity. Today, we’re announcing Music Visualizer, one of many interactive and responsive music creative effects w…

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Announcing Audius Collectibles

Learn how to showcase your NFTs directly on your Audius profile using the new collectibles feature.

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Techstars Startup Digest Music is curated by:

	Corey Crossfield - Music Digest Curator corey.crossfield@startupdigestmail.com
	Josh Ford josh.ford@startupdigestmail.com

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