Industry

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  Spotify Is Buying the AI Voice Company Used to Create Val Kilmer's Voice in 'Top Gun: Maverick'

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2022

  In a potentially ominous merging of tech companies, Spotify is acquiring Sonantic, the AI voice company used for Val Kilmer's voice for the...

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  Massey Hall and CBC Announce Five-Year Programming Partnership

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2022

  Today marks 128 years since Massey Hall opened its doors in downtown Toronto, and the storied concert venue is celebrating with plans to su...

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  Spotify Forms Content Advisory Council Following Joe Rogan Backlash

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2022

  A few months back, the biggest story in the music industry was more about podcasts than anything else, with Joe Rogan's COVID-19 misinforma...

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  Grammys Add New Categories, Including Songwriter of the Year and Best Song for Social Change

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2022

  The Grammys have been losing their lustre for a long while now, and after last year's lifeless ceremony and wildly low ratings, music's big...

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  Kate Bush Officially Has a Top 10 US Single

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2022

  There's a whole lot of bad going on in the world, but one major bright spot has been the rapidly renewed interest in the music of Kate Bush...

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  Julian Casablancas Sells Stake in Strokes Catalogue

  PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2022

  Julian Casablancas has joined the ranks of artists who've sold their music's publishing rights in recent years, selling a stake in the Stro...

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  Dave Smith, Sequential Synth Founder and "Father of MIDI," Dies at 72

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2022

  Dave Smith — the American engineer and musician known best as the founder of synthesizer company Sequential — has died. Smith's passing was...

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  Here Are the 2022 SOCAN Songwriting Prize Finalists

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2022

  The 17th annual SOCAN Songwriting Prize is rewarding excellence in song craft by emerging Canadian artists across genres. This year's fina...