We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/opinion/roblox-is-not-the-new-soundcloud-counter-take Roblox is not the new SoundCloud, and producers should not treat it as one https://wearethemusicmakers.co/opinion/roblox-is-not-the-new-soundcloud-counter-take Overtune's beat-battle game on Roblox is getting a celebrity-producer push. The case that game platforms are where the next producers start is a good one. Here it is put fairly, and where we think it breaks. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrygamesrobloxproducersformat-counter-take https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-can-you-make-with-a-daw What can you actually make with a DAW? More than you think https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-can-you-make-with-a-daw What can you make with a DAW? Far more than songs and beats: full albums, remixes and DJ edits, live sets, film and game scores, podcasts, sound design, practice tracks and restored old recordings. Here are ten kinds of project, the DAW features each one uses, and where AI tools now speed each one up. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT We are the music makers daw-101dawbeginnerspodcastingfilm-and-tvgamesremixingsound-design https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/11/overtune-hit-boy-season-roblox-beat-battle Overtune gives Hit-Boy a whole season in its Roblox game Beat Battle https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/11/overtune-hit-boy-season-roblox-beat-battle Overtune's Roblox game Beat Battle has launched a season built around Hit-Boy, with 10 tracks from his 2026 album, their stems and virtual merch. The game says it reached more than a million players within weeks of a quiet summer launch. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers robloxgamesremixingstemsovertune https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/11/roblox-steal-an-egg-jonas-brothers-concert Jonas Brothers booked a Halloween concert inside Roblox hit Steal An Egg https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/11/roblox-steal-an-egg-jonas-brothers-concert The Jonas Brothers were scheduled to play a virtual Halloween show on 31 October inside Steal An Egg, a Roblox game that launched in late July and has passed 9.7bn visits. It follows the same pattern as Bruno Mars in Steal A Brainrot and BBNO$ in +1 Speed Keyboard Escape. Big audiences, but rented ones. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers robloxgameslivestreamingmarketing https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/umg-tyger-adaptive-game-music UMG licenses TYGER, an app that reshapes songs around your gameplay https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/umg-tyger-adaptive-game-music Universal Music Group is the first major music company to license TYGER, a music app for gamers that adapts licensed recordings to live gameplay. It isn't a song generator, and it could be a new income line. But nobody has said whether artists will be paid like sync or like a stream, or whether they get a say in how their songs are reshaped. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrygamesumglicensingai-music