music

AI impact in music, the fast paced shift forward

When it comes to music, technology has consistently forced artists including music producers to update ways in which to safeguard their music. The world…

Upcoming: Huawei launches the Huawei Watch GT3 SE

Huawei is set to launch its latest fancy and digitally intelligent Huawei Watch GT3 SE on Tuesday in sporty fashion. The smartwatch is not…

Here’s where Joburg Day will be this year

Popular music festival Joburg Day returns to its iconic venue this year on September 2. Presented in partnership with Samsung Galaxy, this year's event…

TikTok: John Legend, Mthandazo Gatya, #Nervous tune hits right note

The act of innovating requires a certain level of risk fueled by a vision. To do something different from the norm requires a certain…

WATCH: Here’s how to hum, search that song in your phone

Forgot that artist’s name but the melody is so close in your head that you can hum it. We have a solution, and the…

How to check your YouTube video for copyrighted music before publishing

A copyright strike can be a YouTube Creator’s worst nightmare. While Google used to allow users to use the YouTube Audio Library to check…

Spotify launches Premium plan for students in South Africa

Spotify has launched a membership plan for students in South Africa that offers Premium subscriber benefits at a lower cost. The plan is now…

Spotify’s Group Session feature would be great if you could actually have parties

Spotify has launched a feature that would be great for parties, so you can bet it’s pretty useless right now if you’re living alone….

Spotify Premium Family launches in South Africa for up to six users

Nearly two years after its official launch in South Africa, Spotify is finally offering users a Premium Family plan. Previously all members of your…

Deezer opens a three-month free trial for users under lockdown

Music streaming service Deezer has extended its trial period of Deezer Family and Deezer HiFi to three months. HiFi allows users to stream CD-quality…

5 holiday music playlists from your favourite online streaming services

The festive season is nothing without those good old tunes and holiday music playlists that get stuck in your head the moment you walk…

Amapiano or hip-hop? South Africa decides 2019’s best music genre

Is hip-hop better than Amapiano, a local genre featuring elements of house music and piano instrumentals? Well, South Africans have taken to Twitter to…

Deezer’s HiFi high-quality streaming tier arrives on mobile

Deezer HiFi, the French streaming service’s high-quality tier, is now available on mobile. Previously, Deezer’s HiFi tier was only available on the web and…

Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format is like VR music for your ears

Sony’s new audio format is ready for your ears. First announced at CES 2019, the company on Tuesday revealed that more than 1000 songs…

Spotify now lets users add their favourite podcasts to playlists

In its drive to be your premier audio streaming service, Spotify is now letting users add podcasts to playlists. This means users can now…

Spotify will let users share 15-second song clips to Facebook Messenger

Spotify will now let Facebook users share 15-second long video clips to Facebook Stories, the company announced on Friday. The feature addition, which in…

Dogs are the real stars of Katy Perry’s ‘Small Talk’ music video

You may not feel much for Katy Perry, her music or memes, but if you’re in any way partial towards dogs, doggos, good bois,…

Spotify now has more than 230m users worldwide, 108m paid subscribers

Spotify on Wednesday released is Q2 earnings report for 2019 and it looks like more people around the world are choosing the service as…

Twitter’s ‘CEO Remix’ of ‘Old Town Road’ celebrates Lil Nas X’s Billboard record

On Monday Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” officially spent 17 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 100 music chart, breaking a…

These South African artists have dominated Apple Music since its launch

South African artists have been dominating Apple Music charts in the country over the past four years, Apple Music revealed in a press release…

YouTube Music gets Smart Downloads, seamless music-to-video playback

YouTube Music is getting two new features this week, one concerning seamless video-to-music switching, and another called Smart Downloads. Let’s start with the latter….

Where to find the late Johnny Clegg’s music online

Johnny Clegg may no longer be with us, but his music will live on forever in the hearts of South Africans and the internet….

Johnny Clegg has died: South Africa mourns the man with the ‘Great Heart’

Johnny Clegg, one of South Africa’s most influential musicians of the late 1980s, has died. The news broke on Tuesday, however Clegg has been…

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