Fender has released a new iOS app to help players learn the chords of millions of songs. Guitarists, pianists, and ukulele players can benefit from the app. Fender Songs is now available to download on iPhone with a rotating selection of chords availab…
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TikTok Quietly Banned Explicit Lyrics — Before Uncensoring Them A Few Weeks Later
A new report suggests TikTok banned songs with explicit lyrics back in August before re-instating them. Labels scrambled to deliver clean lyrics to avoid the ban. A new report in Rolling Stone cites an internal label correspondence dealing with the iss…
YouTube Music Subscribers Can Finally Use the App In Unsupported Countries
YouTube Music subscribers can finally listen to their music when traveling in an unsupported country. Tight laws and regulations on who can stream what — and where — are a part of dealing with the music industry. Accordingly, YouTube Music stopped work…
YouTube Layers Merch and Vinyl Alongside Official Music Videos
YouTube has announced a partnership with Merchbar to showcase official artist merchandise and vinyls. The merch will appear alongside official artist videos on the platform. Merchbar carries over one million items from 35,000 artists. It is one of the …
TikTok Sets Up New Office To Poach Employees From Facebook
Bytedance has established a new TikTok office near Facebook’s headquarters. The new office has poached around two dozen employees since 2018. TikTok’s new Mountain View, California office places it just a few miles from Menlo Park. Bytedanc…
Amazon Music Is Now Available On Apple TV — Just Moments After Spotify’s Launch
Following Spotify’s launch on Apple TV, Amazon Music is now available on the streaming box. The Amazon Music integration is available in 13 countries including the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Users can pair their app through their browser to l…
How Apple Avoided the Genius Dust Up — Staff Transcribe Lyrics Themselves
Apple Music is working hard to make a music experience for the digital age. The Genius/LyricFind scandal earlier this year highlights why. Your news feed may have lit up this summer with reports of Google stealing lyrics. We caught Google ‘red-ha…
Spotify Is About to Ramp Up Those Endlessly Looping Videos — Canvas Hits Beta
Spotify is now making its Canvas feature available to more artists in beta. Canvas is responsible for those looping videos you see in the app on the ‘Now Playing’ screen. The feature has been in limited testing with certain artists before today. Canvas…
Marco Rubio Calls for a Government Investigation Into TikTok Censorship
Senator Marco Rubio has asked a U.S. national security panel to review the acquisition of Musical.ly by Chinese tech conglomerate ByteDance. Musical.ly was acquired by Beijing company ByteDance Technology in 2017. Rubio argues that the Chinese governme…
FIX Music Rewards Layers In Credit & Debit Card Points
FIX Music Rewards says it’s changing the way fans engage with music. Nearly one million installs on, it might be on to something. The app rewards music fans with points for listening to music and engaging with artists they love. Users can redeem their …