Weaving AI Into Music

Symphonic Distribution, a leading music technology and services company for independent labels, managers, and artists, has launched two new initiatives to help independent artists benefit from AI while promoting transparency on AI-generated tracks uploaded to their platform.

Symphonic has partnered with Masterchannel to provide artists with an AI mastering tool that makes tracks release-ready and streaming optimized, freeing up their time to focus on creativity. Artists can upload as many tracks as they like and receive unlimited free full-length master previews. The service gives artists peace of mind that their music will sound good on any speaker system and streaming platform before they release it.

Masterchannel has mastered over 500,000 songs in total using their AI technology, with an average of 50,000 songs monthly. The company recently made headlines for working with Grammy Award-winning engineer Wez Clarke to create an AI clone of his engineering process. Clarke is has worked with Clean Bandit, Zara Larsson, Naughty Boy, Switch Disco, and others.

“Masterchannel’s AI mastering tool adds an invaluable creative asset to our suite of artist offerings,” says Jorge Brea, CEO and Founder of Symphonic. “With Masterchannel, it will be easier than ever for our artists to create professionally mastered tracks and put out high-quality releases.”

Symphonic has updated their content submission form, asking users to disclose whether they have used any generative AI tools to create their releases. If the answer is yes, Symphonic asks them to provide details on any AI audio, artwork, or lyrics that were used. This was put in place to acknowledge that AI is likely here to stay in the music industry while still safeguarding against its use.

“The easy thing to do today is reject all AI-generated content, but that simply isn’t realistic,” says Brea. “While there is still much to be addressed around AI, it is crucial to monitor and engage with this field responsibly so we can harness its positives and mitigate the negatives. Symphonic is committed to ensuring that no AI-generated or AI-assisted release unfairly or illegally impersonates the likeness of an individual, or infringes on the intellectual property of other creators – and we remain dedicated to making sure that the mass volume of content we receive every day is adequately reviewed.”

Symphonic is a leading music technology and services company, offering a proprietary content management and distribution platform, global royalty collection and split payments, and robust label services to independent labels, managers, and artists. Founded in 2006 by music producer Jorge Brea, Symphonic is 100% independent and proud to be “by artists, for artists.” Headquartered in Tampa, FL, and Nashville, TN, Symphonic also has a significant presence in Los Angeles, Miami, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Spain, Ireland, and Africa.

Symphonic’s current artists and alumni include Imogen Heap, Tokischa, Doechii, Surf Mesa, DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, Daddy Yankee, Nicky Jam, Ozuna, El Alfa, Juan Luis Guerra, Onyx, Pi’erre Bourne, Nick Murphy/Chet Faker, Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation, CloZee, and Freddie Gibbs, among many others.

You can learn more about Symphonic’s music technology solutions here. ◊

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