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Cambridge graduate pauses music career to chase AI dream after Q&A session with Sam Altman: 'I chose to code and build the future'
The Economic Times
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August 28, 2025
Alexander Cobb, 25, a University of Cambridge graduate, had always envisioned a career in music. With lessons since the age of seven, band performances, and songs accumulating tens of thousands of streams on Spotify and YouTube, Cobb was set on...
Apple Music users can now import playlists from Spotify
Mixmag
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August 27, 2025
Apple Music has introduced a new feature that allows users to import playlists from other music streaming services, including Spotify. Introduced as part of the recent iOS 18.6.2 update, Apple Music users in the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany,...
The Wall Street Journal Says Apple Music Is ‘Losing Ground to Spotify’ — But Hard Subscriber Numbers Tell a Different Story
Digital Music News
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August 27, 2025
Photo Credit: Philip Strong When it comes to the world’s largest music market, DMN Pro subscribers already have a handle on the answer courtesy of a one-stop database compiling leading platforms’ paid-user totals. Said totals are based on figures...
Florida teacher accused of body slamming 16-year-old girl during musical chairs, says mom
WFTV - Florida
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August 28, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida mom is upset after a teacher body slammed her 16-year-old daughter during a game of musical chairs at a school. The incident happened last week during a pep rally at Westside High School in Jacksonville. The...
Major Music Event Canceled Without Explanation
The Daily Caller
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The 2025 Field & Stream Music Festival was canceled Wednesday without explanation. Miranda Lambert, Eric Church and Lynyrd Skynyrd were among the top artists slated to headline the festival that was originally scheduled to run October 3-5 in...
Spotify Rolls Out Messages to Let Users Share Music Inside the App
Techweez
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August 28, 2025
Spotify has officially rolled out Messages, a brand-new feature that lets users share songs, podcasts, and audiobooks directly with friends and family inside the app. The move makes Spotify more social, allowing users to chat and react to content....
LACUNA COIL's ANDREA FERRO On Artificial Intelligence In Music: 'There's Times To Use It, There's Time Not To Use It'
Blabbermouth - California
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August 28, 2025
In a new interview with Neil Jones of TotalRock, singer Andrea Ferro of Italian goth metal veterans LACUNA COIL weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and...
Spotify DMs have landed: You can now gossip and groove in one app
East Coast Radio
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Your in-app social life just got an upgrade! You can now send direct messages to friends and family, making it easier than ever to share your favourite music, podcasts and audiobooks. Spotify new feature DMs / spotify.com Spotify has taken a major...
How To Stream Tedeschi Trucks Band & Gov’t Mule’s Co-Headlining Run
Live For Live Music - Michigan
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August 28, 2025
Former Allman Brothers Band bandmates Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes will reunite next week as Tedeschi Trucks Band and Gov’t Mule team up for a run of five co-headlining shows. The entire series will be available to stream live and on demand via...
This Miranda Lambert-Led Music Fest Has Been Canceled (For the Second Time in a Row)
Wide Open Country
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August 28, 2025
Miranda Lambert was slated to headline the second annual Field & Stream Music Fest. She would have been joined Eric Church and Southern rock icons ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Rising country stars Bailey Zimmerman and Riley Green were also part of...
Boost Your CFB26 Game with Spotify Tunes
Yardbarker
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August 28, 2025
Here’s how to jam out to your own tunes while dominating the gridiron in College Football 26 (CFB26). Let’s be real, the soundtrack in College Football 26 is a massive upgrade. After last year’s endless loop of generic drumlines, hearing actual...
São Paulo Turns Music Festival The Town into a Multi-Billion Real Business Engine
The Rio Times
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August 28, 2025
São Paulo will host The Town 2025 in September at the Interlagos race track, and the city expects far more than music. Officials project over half a million visitors during five days, about 25,000 jobs created, and financial activity of R$ 2...
I learned to code after seeing Sam Altman speak. Now I'm pausing my music career to go all in on AI before it's too late.
Business Insider
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August 28, 2025
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Alexander Cobb, 25, a University of Cambridge graduate who pivoted from a career in music to AI. Business Insider has verified his music contract and academic credentials. The...
Probe launched as toilet waste found in stream during festival
This is Oxfordshire
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The three-day event at Cutteslowe Park was held last weekend (August 22 to August 24) with a different theme for each day: Campfire Country on Friday, Beatmasters on Saturday (90s and 2000s and restricted to over 18s), and We Love It on Sunday....
Spotify DMs Are Rolling Out for Ages 16+ — But Here’s What Parents Should Know First
SheKnows - New York
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August 27, 2025
Spotify is adapting to the times — and trying to be more like what teens want. Even though it’s primarily a music streaming app, Spotify announced a new feature that will encourage teens to use it in a more social way. Because that’s just what...
What to stream in September 2025: ‘Chad Powers,’ ‘Task,’ ‘Black Rabbit’
Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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Here’s what’s coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+ and other streaming services in September. Notable shows "The Paper" (Peacock, Sept. 4), from the creators of the American version of "The Office," is a sitcom...
Skales reflects on faith, global success of music career
The Nation (Nigeria)
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August 28, 2025
Afrobeats singer Skales has shared a personal testimony about his music journey and faith. In a post on X, the artist recalled a defining moment in 2013 when fellow singer Timaya took him to a Shiloh event, where attendees were asked to write down...
Country music festival slated for Midlands canceled ‘due to circumstances beyond our control’
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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WINNSBORO — An inaugural country music festival slated for the rural Midlands has been canceled for the second year in a row. The Field + Stream Music Festival, from the popular lifestyle brand of the same name owned by country radio juggernauts...
How to Send Direct Messages (DMs) on Spotify
WindowsReport.com
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August 28, 2025
Spotify has introduced Direct Messages (DMs) feature that lets to interact with your friends and family without jumping to another app. Rather than copying links and pasting them into Instagram, WhatsApp, or text messages, you can now chat about...
Apple Music Showcases Africa’s Brightest New Voices with Latest Up Next Picks: Toxic Lyrikali, Raevin, Efue & Trillion Petals
News Ghana
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August 27, 2025
Apple Music today announces four of Africa’s most exciting rising stars – Toxic Lyrikali (East Africa), Raevin (Ghana), Efue (Nigeria), and Trillion Petals (South Africa) as the latest artists to join its Up Next artist development program....