Blog: music production

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Apple is not the only one crushing the old music-making paradigm

Kriss Thakrar

15 May 2024

Music

Creator tools

music production

Apple is crushing it – literally. The new iPad Pro ad received widespread backlash for its controversial crushing of musical instruments to demonstrate what is ‘packed into’ Logic Pro on the iPad....

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Why the creator tools and services market is bigger than you think (and it is not AI)

Tatiana Cirisano

10 May 2023

Music creators

Creator tools

Creator Economy

One of the biggest stories of the past few years is the rise of self-releasing artists, who number 6.4 million in 2022, a 16.8% growth from 2021. Everyone wants a piece of that growth, which is part of...

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It is time for DAWs to break the boundaries of conventional music production

Srishti Das

30 Jan 2023

daw

emerging markets

Ableton

We recently wrote about how the direction of music inspiration has reversed , that established music markets have begun to draw inspiration from sounds, scenes, and cultures from emerging markets, such...

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Creator consolidation: Fender becomes the next creator tools major

Kriss Thakrar

2 Nov 2021

Creator tools

music production

independent artists

When Francisco Partners brought together Native Instruments and Izotope, it created the first creator tool major . Now a second player has staked its claim: Fender has made one of the biggest creator tools...

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Why making memes with creator tools is the new music industry

Kriss Thakrar

25 Oct 2021

Creator tools

user generated content

music production

The creator tools business has been one of the biggest winners of the pandemic, as people turned to music-making in record numbers. Second-hand gear marketplace, Reverb.com, provided some insight into...

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Fluid audio is here, and music is about to meet its next mp3 moment

Kriss Thakrar

26 Aug 2021

Creator tools

ugc

gen z

Kanye West has released the Donda Stem Player, a handheld remixing speaker that can interact with music, as a way to create a personalised experience with his new album. However, this is not just an interactive...

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The social studio will empower the next million producers

Kriss Thakrar

23 Apr 2021

Creator tools

Social Studio

Social media

MIDiA recently explored the concept of the social studio and the more sophisticated tools for creation that are being embedded in social media platforms. It did not take long for this to go from concept...

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