🤖 Beatoven.ai unveils Maestro, an AI music model that pledges royalties for artists
2025-08-29 Beatoven.ai introduces Maestro, an AI music generation model that promises royalties for artists. Positioned for creators seeking AI-assisted composition that maintains financial participation, the system emphasizes a royalty framework alongside track creation, aiming to answer industry concerns about attribution and compensation in the age of generative tools. The focus on payouts reframes AI audio as a service that can share value with producers and composers rather than replace them, potentially aligning with use cases from home studio content scoring and podcast beds to advertising cues and social media soundtracks. By foregrounding remuneration, Maestro signals a bid to make AI-made music commercially usable while keeping artist income in scope.
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🎧 Loewe x Jacob & Co. unveil $135,000‑plus luxury headphones aimed at collectors
2025-08-29 Jacob & Co. partners with Loewe on a pair of ultra‑luxury headphones priced at over $135,000, positioning the release as an object of exclusivity as much as an audio device. The collaboration leans on the fashion and jewelry house cachet to elevate a familiar product category into a status-led collectible, where design, branding, and spectacle drive appeal. The asking figure clearly places the model far beyond typical audiophile or studio budgets, highlighting a strategy centered on luxury positioning rather than value‑driven performance metrics. For music fans and gear watchers, the launch underscores how high-end lifestyle collaborations continue to blur lines between consumer electronics and luxury accessories.
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💿 Reloop RP‑7 debuts as the first pro DJ turntable made for 7‑inch records
2025-08-29 Reloop unveils the RP‑7, described as the world’s first professional DJ turntable purpose‑built for 7‑inch records, bringing dedicated hardware attention to the 45 RPM format. Aimed at DJs who center sets around 7‑inch releases, as well as collectors and portable rig users, the design prioritizes the handling, footprint, and workflow suited to smaller discs without forcing compromises associated with full‑size platters. The move reflects a growing appetite for specialized performance tools that match format‑specific techniques, from home studio practice to club sets and livestreams, while signaling that vinyl culture’s niches continue to attract manufacturer-level innovation.
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🎷 Spitfire Audio completes Abbey Road Orchestra Woodwinds with bassoons
2025-08-29 Spitfire Audio rounds out the Abbey Road Orchestra Woodwinds collection by adding bassoons, completing the section with a focus on the instrument’s depth and character captured in the famed studios. The expansion seeks to broaden tonal range for composers who rely on cohesive orchestral libraries, offering a bassoon component that slots into the existing Abbey Road Orchestra ecosystem for film, TV, and game scoring. By closing the woodwinds gap, the release aims to provide a more complete palette for arranging low‑end counterlines, textures, and blended ensemble timbres, aligning with workflows where consistent recording environments and unified interfaces support fast composition.
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📣 Build an effective electronic press kit (EPK) for your music career
2025-08-29 An electronic press kit (EPK) serves as a concise, professional package that presents a musician’s identity and work to media, venues, and industry partners, and creating one effectively involves organizing core assets, clarifying messaging, and making access easy for decision‑makers who evaluate artists quickly. A structured approach helps independent acts build a credible, shareable hub that supports bookings, coverage, and collaborations, whether launching a new project or consolidating existing materials, with consistent branding and up‑to‑date links as foundational priorities.
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