On the 1st of August 2024, the EU AI Act, unanimously approved on May 21, 2024, came into effect, delivering the world’s first AI law which clearly calls for the need for AI companies to comply with copyright for ingestion. It establishes transparency obligations on which content has been acquired for training, introducing a degree […] The post What to do when AI crashes into your party appeared first on BMAT ..read more

Ethical voice cloning platform Voice-Swap and BMAT have forged a groundbreaking partnership to establish a certification program for AI music models. The certification will harness the power of BMAT’s audio tracking and processing technology to reference the training data that powers AI models against BMAT’s database of 180 million audio fingerprints. The certification is designed […] The post Partnering with Voice-Swap to establish a certification program to verify datasets used in AI music models appeared first on BMAT ..read more

AD Control of BMAT Music Innovators has acquired a majority stake in Metro Media System (MMS) from Media Consultants, marking a strategic leap toward amplifying the Italian advertising intelligence market and expanding globally. Forged from the alliance of 2 Italian industry titans specialized in TV and radio advertising monitoring, this acquisition unites AD Control and […] The post Acquiring MMS from Media Consultants to amplify advertising intelligence and global reach in Italy appeared first on BMAT ..read more

AI music is music that is composed, produced, or generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. AI-generated music platforms are like smart synthesisers that make their own music using artificial intelligence. They're trained on loads of music data like vocals, chords, and rhythms, to create new songs by themselves. The post A super-brief introduction to Music AI for non-engineers and newbies alike appeared first on BMAT ..read more

RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcaster, has started a multi-year partnership with BMAT Music Innovators to enhance and automate music reporting processes across 4 of its high-rating TV channels. Previously relying on manual procedures for music reporting, RTP has now adopted BMAT’s service Reportal, which over 55 broadcasters across 17 […] The post Collaborating with RTP to champion fair compensation from public TV broadcasting for the Portuguese music community appeared first on BMAT ..read more

Back in the fall of ’22 we launched the Internship Orchestra Tour – a programme giving 10 bright minds a seat to perform for the Music Operating System and better the industry altogether. It was a hit, so we’ve decided to turn it into a tradition. The name of our internship programme was an obvious […] The post Behind the curtains of the Internship Orchestra Tour appeared first on BMAT ..read more

You may have heard that BMAT runs on 3 CEOs now, following the infallible business principle ‘the more the merrier’. Well, it’s true but also part of the plan. Starting January 2024, Iñigo Ugarteburu will be the one and only CEO of BMAT, and Pedro Cano and myself (Àlex Loscos) will focus on the areas […] The post BMAT’s got a brand new CEO appeared first on BMAT ..read more

We usually practice scales alone in our bedrooms. Instead, we’re practicing the balancing scales of work vs life to refine those too. It’s already old news that our team works from anywhere in the world, but now we’re taking it one step further.  Science tells us musicians’ brains have a larger-than-average corpus callosum—the 2 sides […] The post Work vs life: this is how we get the balance right appeared first on BMAT ..read more

Two heart-aching losses, a handful of record-breaking albums, and the music industry’s streaming-fuelled rebound – 2016 had everything. It was also the year we were lucky enough to start working with AGINPRO. AGINPRO represents the rights of music producers, record labels, and performers and manages the distribution of royalties for the use of music in […] The post Client case study – AGINPRO x BMAT appeared first on BMAT ..read more

We’ve been working with the UK-based music publishing company The Nerve since 2021. A few months back, we asked about how they employ Vericast to make the most of their craft. They now have another story they’d like to share with the world, so we happily did a second interview with Scott Pearce, one of the […] The post Client case study – The Nerve x BMAT 2.0 appeared first on BMAT ..read more