A New Era of Music - Udio with Universal Music Group

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This is Andrew Sanchez, CEO of Udio. I am absolutely thrilled to announce our historic partnership with Universal Music Group. Today is a huge day for Udio, and I want to explain what this means for you, our users, as we enter this new chapter.

Empowering Artists, Elevating Fans

From Udio’s earliest days, I have wanted to use our technology to engage directly with artists and my favorite songs. In my case, that ranges from Renaissance polyphony to Bach to 1970s rock to 2020s pop. What we’re pioneering with Universal will help make that possible in ways that directly empower artists and songwriters.

In partnership with UMG, we will be working closely with their extraordinary artists, songwriters and catalog to help bring your favorite music onto the platform while providing artists with control over how AI is used to make music and connect with fans.

I am passionate about ensuring that artists and songwriters benefit directly from the potential that AI brings to music. Today is our first step in that direction.

What to Expect 🎶

Here is what the team is building for the next chapter.

Create with an artist’s voice and style: Artists will set permissions for what and how you can create, allowing you to make new music in their distinct style. Which artists do you want to create with first? Let us know here.

Remix and Reimagine your favorite songs with AI: Reimagine your favorite song in a new genre, blend it with a different artistic style, or begin experimenting with covers. The limit is your imagination!

Mashup: Take your favorite artists, songs, or styles and combine them in novel ways. In our internal experimentation, the team has gotten some truly remarkable and unusual results that will definitely delight.

And many more features that will transform how you connect with the music and artists you love

If you’re an artist who’d like to be involved, we’d love to hear from you here.

Get in touch at artists@udio.com and let’s chat.

The Transition

Over the next several months, Udio will be in a transition period as the team prepares our newest models and product experiences. Starting today, downloads from the platform will be unavailable.

I understand this represents a significant sacrifice, and I hate eliminating functionality for our users. We make this change with a heavy heart, but it is necessary to help achieve the vision we’re working towards.

In the transition, we’re adding an additional 1,200 credits to our Pro and Standard tier users. Pro subscribers will also benefit from an increased limit of 10 simultaneous song creations. In addition, all subscribers will also receive a one-time bonus of 1,000 additional non-expiring credits.

If you need support, please reach out to us directly at support@udio.com — our team is here to help.

To Our Community ❤️

Today is the culmination of years of work by a team of amazing people at Udio - it is such a pleasure to work with you every day (and some nights)! Thank you, as well, to our partners at Universal and the musicians with whom I’ve spent countless hours working to write this next chapter together.

And finally, I want to personally thank the incredible creators and users who have delighted, challenged, and taught us so much at Udio. You’ve made incredible music, and the whole team at Udio cannot wait to hear what you make next.

Please tell us which artists you’d like to collaborate with and which songs you’d love to remix or reimagine. You can share your ideas with our support team or directly here.

Here’s to the next chapter.

Onward and upward,

Andrew and the Udio team