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Leading AI-powered music platform Moises is announcing an exciting new partnership with HYPERREAL®. Together, these companies will usher in a new future of virtual entertainment, as Moises’s advanced voice models will be used to add realistic voices to HYPERREAL’s exceptional audio/visual content.

The votes are in: Aux was named the jury choice winner and RealCount was named the audience choice winner at the 2023 Swimming with Narwhals Startup Pitch Competition. The final competition took place on October 25, 2023, as part of the fifth annual Music Tectonics Conference in Santa Monica, CA.

The accompanying music video for Franny London’s ‘Funny Girl’, directed by LA-based filmmaker Tess Lafia, is a dynamic visualization of the song’s spirit, filmed in the LA family home where Franny London's musical journey began.

BandLab, the world’s largest social music creation platform, is pleased to announce an expansion of its existing partnership with FUGA to add worldwide digital music distribution to BandLab’s growing list of innovative music creation and promotion tools for music creators and artists.

Canadian singer-songwriter and musician Miranda Joan has just unveiled her new album entitled “Overstimulated”, produced by CARRTOONS.

Beatport.io, Beatport's next-gen digital marketplace, will launch their second collection in collaboration with lifestyle and inclusivity brand HE.SHE.THEY. The KINSHIP project is a celebration of diversity and 5 years of HE.SHE.THEY. with 3D artist Enes Güç…

Join Robert Abernathy and SMO for a grand old time in the music video for "Redneck Magic." The flick kicks off in a local country bar, where magician Abernathy saunters in for a drink from bartender SMO. Abernathy casts a spell on the scene…

The music video for "Get Dragged" offers an even more intimate and intimidating view of the horror of relational disharmony. Directed by frequent collaborator Cody Hoffman, the video features close-up shots of Gabriel's darkly decorated face…

Keep riding along to the redemptive energy of "J.A.I.M.E." with its official music video, directed by David Andro. Set in a humble warehouse, the video shows J.LONG doesn't need flashy surroundings to transmit the vibrations his Lord and Savior gifted to him.

Bay Area pop singer-songwriter Xavier Toscano believes that pop music is the essential soundtrack of our lives. Watch his music videos for “You Make Me Feel So Good”, “Keeps It Tight” and "Castles In The Sky”.

The video for "We Dug a Ditch & Laid Down" was directed by Tom Chacra, drummer of The Corrupted Hearts. A true talent and visionary, Chacra came to life on set as the director. The visual is scratchy and sepia-toned as if shot on film on an old video camera.

In the enormously entertaining clip for "MIA," Jor'Dan Armstrong is a celebrity chef commanding the kitchen of a modern home, and 1K Phew is a guru cross-legged in the living room, ready to lead the viewer on a guided meditation.

"Money Is The Drug," Barrington Levy's latest single/video, doesn't point the finger at anybody — he feels the pull, too, and if you're caught in a net made of cash, he's sympathetic. He's just doing what he always does: examining the topic he's singing about with wisdom, compassion, and good humor.

The clip for “Harbor” builds on the success of last year's "S.O.S.," a masterclass in stop-motion animation and visual provocation in which Thiebaud conjured a dreamscape to match the otherworldly quality of the music. While every bit as catchy, "Harbor," by contrast, is a bit more terrestrial, angular, and confrontational.

Jake Thistle is a genial, thoughtful presence in Johnny Servais's video for "Brooklyn Can Wait." The director shoots the star while sitting and strumming on the floor of a typical bedroom in a commuter suburb, reflecting on the choices ahead of him and the price of ambition.

Before the countdown reaches zero, hop on board and watch the music video for "Rocket Man." Directed by DSVX Shots, the flick features raw and stylish shots of The Real Meladee spitting truth. Cruising through the Miami night scene, the artist makes her masterful grasp of her craft look easy.

Take a closer look at TYTE's pre-rap star life with the music video for "Whole 9". Directed by Counterpoint 2.0, the video hits like a short film as we follow TYTE and his crew on a heist. The man knows what he wants in life and music, and he's going to take it by force…

Both Flau'jae and 2Rare are fully in their element in the delightful, colorful clip for "Karma." With the help of lasers and a crew of dancers, they've transformed a brick-walled city warehouse into something resembling a disco. The wilder the floor gets, the more at home they seem.

Grammy nominated, multi-platinum producer Murda Beatz has teamed up with Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), FL Studio to release his new Murda Beatz Platinum Kit exclusively for FL Studio’s new FL Cloud. This new feature comes as part of their 21.2 software version update.