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MTUK’s 2025 in Review: Building Momentum
By Matt Cartmell, Chief Executive, Music Technology UK It’s been a year that saw…
The Moment Comedy Stole the Future – and Why Music Has to Take Notice
By Tom French, Co-Founder, Beataboutmusic Every so often, an entire creative field slips its…
The New Frontier: Music Licensing in the Age of AI Training
By Samantha Sawyer, General Manager, Licensing and Technology Solutions, MassiveMusic Anyone reading music industry…
MTUK Partnership Announcement
Music Technology UK partners with Australian innovation hub CAST to create global opportunities for…
The Sync Problem No One Wants to Own (But We All Need to Solve)
By Nathan Duvall, Founder, SyncIt We talk a lot about discovery, playlists, and AI tools but…
Your Grandparents Invented Rock and Roll. Now They Can’t Stream It
By Sarah Metcalfe, MD, Music for Dementia Music is powerful. It sparks memory, soothes stress,…
Innovating on the Format of Digital Music
By Chris Carvalho, Founder, SongCards Digital music has had a turbulent past to say…
From Failure to Acquisition: A Music Tech Founder’s Tale of Two Start-ups
Speaking to a roundtable of MTUK members, Tom Allen, CTO of Downtown Music, shared…
Watch MTUK’s Sound Investments Webinar
Watch this webinar, in which Helena Kosinski, MTUK Advisory Board Member, shares the key…
Turning the Tables on App Development
By Kushal Patel, Innovation Manager, MassiveMusic
Navigating Chaos and Opportunity: Amos Biegun on Building, Scaling, and Selling a Music Tech Powerhouse
In a candid fireside chat with MTUK Chair Cliff Fluet, Vistex CEO Amos Biegun…
UK music tech sector faces critical “lead or lose” moment, new report reveals
MTUK’s first-ever state of the nation report on the UK music tech sector urges…
Cliff Fluet to Lead Board of Industry Leaders as Chair of Music Technology UK
Newly appointed board to include Helen Sartory, Beatport; Claire Mas, Spitfire Audio; Gareth Deakin,…
Rethinking Social Media: A Cultural and Business Opportunity
By Laura Chase, Global Chief Growth Officer, WeAre8 Social media was supposed to be…
The Music Industry is Drowning in AI Content: Human-Centric AI May be its Lifeline
By Idan Dobrecki, CEO of Aiode Streaming platforms are being inundated with machine-generated music….
Department for Business and Trade & Music Technology UK announce inaugural UK MusicTech Mission to Los Angeles
The UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT), in partnership with Music Technology UK…
From Idea to Asset: Locking Down IP in Music Tech
By Sean Keenan, Director, Soundboard When building a business, it’s easy to put intellectual…
The Cost of Lost Equipment: Why Tracking Technology is Essential for the Events Industry
By Lisa Stafford, CEO & Co-Founder, TAZAAR® Every year, businesses in the events and…
MTUK Submits Recommendations on Copyright and AI to UK Government
Music Technology UK (MTUK), the UK trade association dedicated to music technology companies, has…
AI in Music Marketing: How Indie Artists Can Use Tech to Their Advantage
By Mariska Ariya, Founder, Riffidum Our favourite singers started off as indie artists –…
Art vs Algos: Bridging the AI Divide
By Gameli Ladzekpo, Founder, Flossy AI Introduction Last week, I had dinner with close…
Cutting Through the Noise: How AI and Social Media Are Shaping the Creative Industry
By Katie Debrah, Award-Winning Founder of Halo and Echo, Former Global Lead at Google…
From Tentpole Moments to Ecosystem Leverage: Rethinking Success in the Recorded Music Industry
By Richard Hinkley, Co-Founder, Repped Music The recorded music industry has undergone a seismic…
MTUK 2024: A Flying Start
By Matt Cartmell, Chief Executive, Music Technology UK 2024 was the year that MTUK…
Discovery Channel: Emerging Artists and the Post Music Creation Economy
By Rubin Patel, Co-Founder, Tenwest For a while, the barriers to creating music have…
Fan Data is the New Oil for the Music Industry
By Simon Scott, Founder & CXO, Push Entertainment A collaborative approach to fan data…
AI and Music Licensing
By Sean Keenan, Founder, Soundboard Consulting At this point in the conversation around AI…
Combining Physical and Digital Music Formats: A Path to a Better Future
By Jamie Parmenter, Founder, SpinBard In the ever-evolving landscape of music, one thing remains…
The Growing Role of Stem Separation in Sync Licensing
By Matt Henninger, VP, Business Development and Sales, Music.AI Flexibility and Control As the…
How to Meet and Treat Investors
By Hazel Savage, Angel Investor and Board Member; Co-founder, Musiio; VP Music Intelligence, SoundCloud…