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The music industry has no shortage of ideas.What it’s lacked is access.Access to the tools.Access to infrastructure.Acce...
05/11/2026

The music industry has no shortage of ideas.

What it’s lacked is access.
Access to the tools.
Access to infrastructure.

Access to the technical resources needed to actually build.

That’s changing.

Tomorrow, at OpenPlay CoLab during Music Biz 2026, we’re bringing together artists, labels, publishers, entrepreneurs, developers, investors, and technology partners to prototype the future of the music business in real time.

We’re excited to be joined by DataArt, a global software engineering and AI partner trusted by music companies across the industry.
From modernizing legacy systems to building scalable AI and data infrastructure, DataArt has spent nearly two decades helping power the operational backbone of the music ecosystem.

Together, we’ll explore how AI-native workflows and vibe coding can unlock faster innovation across catalog operations, rights, analytics, marketing, and beyond.

The day begins with a one-hour hands-on vibe coding workshop led by Edward Ginis before teams break into collaborative build sessions with OpenPlay APIs and partner technologies.

This isn’t another panel discussion.

It’s a working session for the future of the industry.
Register here: https://events.bizzabo.com/843933

The music industry has spent years operating across disconnected platforms, fragmented services, and isolated data syste...
05/08/2026

The music industry has spent years operating across disconnected platforms, fragmented services, and isolated data systems.

OpenPlay Connect was built to change that.

Connect is the new transaction hub for the music industry - bringing all of the industry’s best technology providers, rights services, metadata partners, analytics, and AI tools into one platform, one ecosystem accessible by labels, publishers, distributors, and others.

Featuring:
• 57 apps and services
• The industry’s top tech, data and service providers
• AI-powered orchestration
• Seamless metadata & rights transfer

One marketplace for stems, lyrics, work registrations, fingerprinting, royalties, audio editing, video creation, data & analytics, and more.

And this is only the beginning.

If you’re a label, publisher, distributor, or music tech/service provider, learn more at:
https://www.openplayconnect.com/

Next week at Music Biz 2026 in Atlanta, we’ll be giving live walkthroughs and deeper looks into what Connect is powering across the industry.

If you’re attending Music Biz and want to see Connect in action, click here to book time with the OpenPlay team:
https://openplay.co/request-demo/

The future of the music business won’t be built by one company alone.It will take infrastructure partners, AI innovators...
05/07/2026

The future of the music business won’t be built by one company alone.

It will take infrastructure partners, AI innovators, rights experts, operators, labels, publishers, developers, and creators all working together to solve the industry’s biggest operational challenges.

That’s exactly why we’re excited to have DataArt joining OpenPlay CoLab at Music Biz 2026.
With more than 18 years in the music business and experience supporting major distributors, labels, publishers, PROs, DSPs, and global media companies, DataArt brings deep expertise in AI architecture, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and large-scale software modernization.

As we explore what’s next for AI-native music operations, vibe coding, connected infrastructure, and interoperable workflows, partnerships like this matter.

At CoLab, participants will:
⚡ Experiment with cutting-edge AI tools
⚡ Access OpenPlay APIs
⚡ Collaborate with industry-leading technology partners
⚡ Prototype real solutions for the music industry

We’ll also kick off the day with a dedicated one-hour vibe coding session led by OpenPlay Co-Founder Edward Ginis to help participants jump into building, regardless of technical background.

May 12 • Atlanta
Music Biz 2026

Register here: https://events.bizzabo.com/843933

This week, we’re pulling back the curtain on some of the biggest products we’ve ever built at OpenPlay.Yesterday was Pul...
05/07/2026

This week, we’re pulling back the curtain on some of the biggest products we’ve ever built at OpenPlay.

Yesterday was Pulse.
Today, it’s Verse.

OpenPlay Verse is our AI-native publishing operating system built to connect works, writers, agreements, registrations, royalties, and creative collaboration into one connected environment.

Built from years of enterprise publishing workflows, Verse helps publishers, administrators, and rights teams manage modern publishing operations with greater visibility, automation, and operational control.

Featuring:
• Rights & ownership management
• Registration & PRO workflows
• Royalty forecasting & simulations
• Writer portals & split tracking
• AI-assisted publishing operations

From ownership chains and contributor approvals to royalty modeling and registration conflicts, Verse was designed to support publishing teams operationally — not just administratively.

And because creation and publishing are deeply connected, Verse also brings collaboration, split tracking, lyric workflows, and contribution history into the same ecosystem.

Teams are already using Verse today. Learn more: http://www.openplayverse.com

Next week at Music Biz 2026 in Atlanta, we’ll be giving first looks and private walkthroughs.

If you’re attending Music Biz and want to see Verse in action, click here to book time with the OpenPlay team: https://djzt6.share.hsforms.com/2ovX5zTKuRc6r1bGVmqqLkQ

Something new is coming from OpenPlay 👀Over the last year, we’ve been building and testing something new alongside our c...
05/06/2026

Something new is coming from OpenPlay 👀

Over the last year, we’ve been building and testing something new alongside our clients:
OpenPlay Pulse.

Pulse is a modern operating system for music and media teams, built to bring disconnected workflows into one connected environment.

Pulse is an AI-native operating system for music and media teams.

Featuring:
⚡ Catalog operations
⚡ Marketing workflows
⚡ Analytics
⚡ Creative generation
⚡ AI agents trained for music operations

Imagine generating campaign plans, EPKs, playlist pitches, snippets, lyric videos, metadata workflows, and audience insights — all from your catalog context in one system.

Built on OpenPlay’s enterprise infrastructure, Pulse gives labels, distributors, publishers, and rights holders greater speed, visibility, and control across their operations.

And the best part?
Teams are already using it today.

Next week at Music Biz 2026 in Atlanta, we’ll be giving first looks and private walkthroughs.

If you’re attending Music Biz and want to see Pulse in action, click here to book time with the OpenPlay team: https://djzt6.share.hsforms.com/2gFy8JJ0pT3mXpqRSqN16Xw

Most music workflows don’t break because of missing data.They break because systems can’t accurately identify what they’...
04/30/2026

Most music workflows don’t break because of missing data.

They break because systems can’t accurately identify what they’re working with.
At scale, audio recognition becomes foundational. It’s how rights get matched, royalties get paid, and creators get credited.

ACRCloud was built to solve that.

Through industry-leading automatic content recognition technology, ACRCloud enables teams to identify, monitor music across files, UGC platforms, and live broadcasts. With a database of over 150 million tracks and a full suite of APIs and SDKs, it supports everything from metadata enrichment to copyright compliance, broadcast monitoring and AI-generated music detection.

Now available through OpenPlay Connect, ACRCloud integrates directly into the workflows where catalog, rights, and distribution are managed, helping teams move faster with greater accuracy.

As Tony Li, Co-Founder of ACRCloud, explains:
“Accurate audio recognition is the foundation of a healthy music ecosystem, it's how rights get matched, royalties get paid, and creators get credited. Joining OpenPlay Connect gives us the opportunity to bring ACRCloud's identification technology directly into the workflows where it matters most, helping our mutual clients move faster and with greater confidence across their catalogs.”

Discover ACRCloud inside the OpenPlay Connect marketplace.

One of the most overlooked risks in music operations isn’t distribution.It’s ownership protection.Across the industry, t...
04/23/2026

One of the most overlooked risks in music operations isn’t distribution.

It’s ownership protection.

Across the industry, thousands of works remain unregistered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Without registration, rights holders lose access to key legal protections, including the ability to pursue statutory damages in cases of infringement.

In other words, unregistered copyrights often mean unenforceable revenue.
Cosynd was built to close that gap.

Through scalable copyright registration, catalog audit, and ownership documentation tools, Cosynd helps transform fragmented rights into enforceable assets — ensuring that protection and documentation become part of the operational workflow rather than an afterthought.

Now integrated into OpenPlay Connect, Cosynd allows rights holders to incorporate copyright protection directly into the broader ecosystem managing their catalog, metadata, and rights, a critical capability as AI-driven content creation continues to accelerate.

As Liz Cimarelli, Chief Operating Officer at Cosynd, explains:
“OpenPlay Connect is addressing a real operational gap in the industry by creating a centralized, transactional hub where rights holders can access the specialized services they need without adding complexity. Within that ecosystem, Cosynd’s scalable registration and catalog auditing tools help transform fragmented rights into enforceable assets.”

By integrating into Connect, Cosynd helps make proactive protection and long-term catalog readiness a seamless part of the modern music business workflow.

Discover Cosynd and other providers inside the OpenPlay Connect marketplace.

Calling all music innovators! Are you an artist, manager, student, entrepreneur, investor, or do you work for a label, p...
04/22/2026

Calling all music innovators!

Are you an artist, manager, student, entrepreneur, investor, or do you work for a label, publisher or tech company and have a clear view of what needs fixing in today’s music industry?

OpenPlay is proud to host CoLab, a Music Business Association Conference event dedicated to solving real music industry problems, from messy metadata and disconnected tools to improving fan engagement and monetization. If you’ve got ideas and want to turn them into real, working solutions, this is your moment.

No coding experience? No problem. With AI and “vibe coding,” anyone can build.

Bring a challenge from your day-to-day work.
Find collaborators.
Build something new.
Compete for prizes and recognition.

Don’t miss it!

Break the silos. Build the future. OpenPlay CoLab @ Music Biz 2026
Tuesday, May 12 • 10 AM – 5 PM ET
Register here now: https://lnkd.in/gg7vFat7

Metadata is often treated as background data.In reality, it’s infrastructure.When metadata is incomplete, inconsistent, ...
04/16/2026

Metadata is often treated as background data.

In reality, it’s infrastructure.

When metadata is incomplete, inconsistent, or fragmented, it directly impacts discovery, engagement, and ultimately revenue. The issue isn’t that data doesn’t exist — it’s that it isn’t structured, normalized, or enriched in a way that systems can actually use.

Music Story helps solve that.

Through metadata enrichment, editorial content, licensed assets, and integration services, Music Story enables platforms and rights holders to transform raw catalog data into something that drives real user experience and performance.

Now available through OpenPlay Connect, Music Story brings enriched, structured metadata into the same ecosystem managing catalog, rights, and distribution workflows.

As Jean-Luc Biaulet, CEO of Music Story, explains:
“Interoperability isn’t just a buzzword; it’s about giving catalogs the clean ‘DNA’ they need to move through the ecosystem without getting stuck. At Music Story, we’re excited to plug our metadata enrichment engine directly into this exchange to help overcome technical friction and create a competitive advantage for our mutual clients.”

Discover Music Story and other providers inside the OpenPlay Connect marketplace.

04/09/2026

Streaming unlocked global reach—but at the cost of ownership.

Today, most artist–fan relationships live on platforms artists and labels don’t control.

That’s why direct-to-fan infrastructure is becoming increasingly important.

MySeatMedia is a direct-to-fan infrastructure platform that enables artists, labels, and creators to launch fully branded mobile and web experiences where superfans access exclusive content, premium experiences, and monetized fan interactions—from music and livestreams to merch and ticketing—all inside a dedicated environment owned by the artist.

The result is deeper fan engagement, recurring high-margin revenue, and—most importantly—first-party fan data that the artist and label actually own.

Now available through OpenPlay Connect, MySeat Media brings direct-to-fan experiences into the same ecosystem managing catalog, rights, and distribution —effectively closing the loop between content, commerce, and audience ownership.

As Steven Shelton, Co-Founder, President & CEO of MySeat Media, explains:
“OpenPlay has become the operating backbone for the world’s leading labels and media companies, and MySeat extends that infrastructure directly to their most valuable audiences. By integrating our direct-to-fan platform into the OpenPlay ecosystem, we empower labels and media organisations to engage, monetize, and own relationships with their talent's superfans through branded mobile and web experiences. Together, we’re enabling labels to generate recurring, high-margin revenue while owning their elite fan data and long-term owned audience relationships."

Discover MySeat Media and other providers inside the OpenPlay Connect marketplace.

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