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 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/spotify-wrapped-2026-artist-prep-6-november-deadline Spotify Wrapped 2026: artist video messages are due 6 November, and performance videos now earn after the campaign https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/spotify-wrapped-2026-artist-prep-6-november-deadline Every artist can send Spotify a thank-you video of 30 seconds or less for Wrapped until 6 November. Artists in the video upload beta can also add performance videos, which Spotify says earn royalties, count toward charts and stay on the profile. Here is what to submit, the fine print, and a checklist. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers spotifywrappedworkflowsvideoroyalties https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/sonilo-raises-11m-ai-video-scoring-sync-composers Sonilo raises $11M to score video automatically, and library composers are the ones in its path https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/sonilo-raises-11m-ai-video-scoring-sync-composers Sonilo, a San Francisco start-up founded by former TikTok AI and music staff, has raised $11 million led by B Capital for a model that writes music and sound effects timed to your footage. Its answer on training data is a licensed Shutterstock catalogue, which means stock-music composers are both the training set and the competition. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicfundingsynclicensingvideo