Hatsune Miku plays Coachella and why brands are working with avatars

An image of Hatsune Miku.

On Friday morning, Hatsune Miku performs songs on her biggest stage yet — Coachella. The turquoise-haired Japanese icon has been touring North America, singing to thousands of fans in large concert venues. She’s inked branding […]

Miami 2 the Metaverse: Swedish House Mafia Are Coming to Roblox

Miami 2 the Metaverse: Swedish House Mafia Are Coming to Roblox

Never mind Ibiza—Swedish House Mafia are going from Miami 2 the metaverse. The legendary electronic music group have announced “DJs World: Swedish House Mafia,” a virtual music and gaming experience developed for the Roblox platform. Before you groan […]

Merchant: Apple Vision Pro headset marks the end of the metaverse

Merchant: Apple Vision Pro headset marks the end of the metaverse

Remember the metaverse? No? Well, you’re not alone. It seems but a faint memory now, but before AI mania swept Silicon Valley, the concept that everyone would soon be strapping on headsets and logging on […]

Turntable LIVE Officially Acquires JQBX Ahead of Public Launch

Turntable LIVE

Photo Credit: Turntable LIVE Ahead of its public launch, social music platform Turntable LIVE has officially acquired JQBX, a self-described “Spotify plugin that allows for real-time music sharing.” Turntable LIVE founder and CEO Joseph Perla […]

Tidal Live Officially Launches Amid Streaming-Reform Initiative

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Photo Credit: Tidal As it continues to collaborate with Universal Music Group (UMG) on an updated streaming-compensation model, Tidal has officially launched “Live,” which execs are billing as “a new way for fans to spontaneously […]

Decentraland Is A Virtual Ghost Town — Prices Down 90%

Decentraland

Photo Credit: Raluca Seceleanu Once a corporate darling in the metaverse frontier, Decentraland is a ghost town as investors abandon the metaverse. Decentraland was hailed in 2021 as one of the first instances of an […]

Bank’s failure disrupts a tech-world tradition at SXSW

Bank's failure disrupts a tech-world tradition at SXSW

AUSTIN, Texas —  Walking through Roku City on Sunday afternoon, you’d hardly know the namesake company was having an unusually stressful weekend. Sure, the faux metropolis — a several-story re-creation of Roku’s beloved screensaver, set up […]

Cutting Through Web3 & AI Hype at the CRS Digital Music Summit

Digital Music Summit CRS 2023

Photo Credit: Brandon Jean Does the future of music lie with web3, NFTs, and virtual world technology? Maybe. Digital Music News is cutting through the hype during the Digital Music Summit at Country Radio Seminar […]

Bandcamp Curates 11-Track Fortnite ‘Radio Underground’ Playlist

Bandcamp Curates 11-Track Fortnite 'Radio Underground' Playlist

Bandcamp has curated an 11-track playlist for Fortnite. Photo Credit: Vlad Gorshkov Nearly one year after Epic Games acquired Bandcamp, the indie music platform is officially curating tracks for Fortnite’s “Radio Underground” station. Epic-owned Fortnite, […]