Apple Music adds ‘Sing’ karaoke feature with adjustable vocals
Now subscribers can turn off/down the vocals on tens of millions of tracks to sing along, while seeing lyrics that are properly ‘real-time’. The post Apple Music adds ‘Sing’ karaoke feature with adjustable vocals appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally
Jellynote launches Kickstarter for collaborative karaoke app
“Think of Play as a recording and production studio, with a large library of pre-arranged songs to choose from,” it explains. The post Jellynote launches Kickstarter for collaborative karaoke app appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally
As Twitch Sings shuts down, Snapchat gets a karaoke game
Twitch recently announced that it was shutting down its karaoke game Twitch Sings, including removing all the archived broadcasts and clips using it. But where one karaoke game closes, another one pops up backed by a different digital platform. That game is called SingHeads, and the platform is Snapchat, which is an official partner. Released initially for […]
Tencent’s WeSing is keeping China’s karaoke sector thriving
Karaoke is enormously popular with people of all ages in China, with millions flocking to ‘KTV venues’ [karaoke bars] to partake in singalongs. The Chinese government’s 2019 China Music Industry Development Report valued the karaoke sector at RMB 101.07bn (nearly $14.6bn) in 2019, up 12.3% year-on-year with that rise driven in part by online karaoke […]
NetEase Cloud Music saw ‘triple-digit revenue growth’ in Q2
Chinese technology firm NetEase published its latest financial results last week, with no new figures for its NetEase Cloud Music streaming service. However, the service was mentioned in the subsequent earnings call with analysts. “For NetEase Cloud Music, we continued to see triple-digit revenue growth in the second quarter year over year, with both membership and […]
Sandbox Issue 241: Music Merchandising Moves On
A T-shirt or a flimsy tour programme was the bulk of merchandise in the “old days” – mass-produced items to shift quickly when an act was on tour. Fortunately, things have changed dramatically in recent years – with a clear drive to be as environmentally aware as possible. Print-on-demand technology is also allowing acts to […]
Tencent Music’s Andy Ng talks AI recommendations and karaoke expansion
In a keynote interview at the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) conference in Amsterdam, Tencent Music’s Andy Ng outlined his role in combatting piracy in China, building a legal streaming market there and why he and his employers are betting heavy on the EDM boom. Ng stepped back from his role as group VP at Tencent […]