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KAIST Research Team Unveils How Innate Music Instinct Can Arise Without Special Learning

KAIST Research Team Unveils How Innate Music Instinct Can Arise Without Special Learning

DAEJEON, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), led by professor Jeong Hawoong of the Department of Physics, has elucidated how an innate music instinct can manifest in the human brain without special training. This breakthrough, announced on January 16, utilized an artificial neural network model [...]

Popularity of K-pop Means Consumption of Foreign Pop Music is Dropping

Popularity of K-pop Means Consumption of Foreign Pop Music is Dropping

SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With the worldwide popularity of K-pop music, consumption of foreign pop has decreased. Consumption of foreign pop music in South Korea, as opposed to K-pop, stood at no more than 22 percent each month from January to September this year, according to Circle Chart, the country’s benchmark music chart. [...]

Exceleration Invests in the Future of Independent Music

Exceleration Invests in the Future of Independent Music

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Five of the independent music industry’s most influential executives have come together in a new venture aimed at enhancing the future of independent labels and artists. Started by Glen Barros (former CEO of Concord Music Group), Exceleration Music has developed into a partnership of global music industry leaders who invest in the future [...]

Artificial Intelligence Produces Music Album for Kids

Artificial Intelligence Produces Music Album for Kids

SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Genie Music, the music streaming subsidiary of telecommunications giant KT Corp., released South Korea’s very first music album for children produced by artificial intelligence (AI) on Thursday. The album was created using the Artificial Intelligence System of Music (AISM), an AI-based composition program developed by UPVOTE Entertainment. AISM produces [...]