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‘It was a way to share your musical experiences’: why cassette tapes flourished, and still endure Two new books explore the history of the tape and how it helped spread hip-hop, thrash metal and experimental music around the world one mixtape at a time

Sampling Meets Its Latest Threat: AI Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever to identify samples in music. Is it an existential threat to the art form or just a new snitch to outsmart?

"It's like Splice on crack": Soundful's new AI-powered platform generates beats in the style of Grammy-winning producers and artists Soundful worked with producers like Kaskade, CB Mix and 3LAU in training its Collabs platform to create AI-generated beats that emulate their sound

Spotify's new rules mean that over half of all songs on the platform won't be eligible for royalty payouts, according to reports Tracks racking up less than 1000 streams annually won't earn a single cent in royalties under the new model

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Dolly Parton releases song with Linda Perry from her upcoming rock album Dolly Parton has shared another preview of her upcoming album "Rockstar," releasing her take on the 4 Non Blondes classic "What’s Up?”

The Legacy of CBGB: 5 Bands That Helped Define Punk Rock CBGB opened in 1973 in New York's East Village and became home to the new and exciting underground punk rock movement of the later 1970s.

The ’90s Jam That Plays in More Movies Than Any Other Song Taking catchy to a whole new level.

The evolution of sampling in hip-hop, from The Sugarhill Gang to A Tribe Called Quest Hip-hop has undergone many iterations over the decades, but some samples have found new life over the years

Why beautiful sadness — in music, in art — evokes a special pleasure People seek out art and music that combine sadness and beauty. Scientists and artists say there's good reason why we're drawn to it.

Some people are REALLY hardcore about Historically Informed Performance Practice...some, not so much.

What is “the nostalgia chord”? The major three gets nostalgic.

Classic Rock Hit That No One Realized is About Woodstock 1969 Some music lovers also believed that this song was about the Vietnam War.

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