
Current, Interesting, Offbeat, Music Biz News Updates Curated from Various Sources.
“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis
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For 27+ years as a Music Professor teaching Music Business and Recording classes, as well as being a professional musician, one of my favorite classes was Intro to Music... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 78 | Founded | a year ago |
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George Romero's Night of the Living Dead is in the public domain. (That's why I can use a screen grab and not worry about copyright infringement.) But Hal Roach made the zombies green and so created a derivative that he could copyright and make $ lic... more
For the last 14 years, the Big 3, the holy trinity SONY, WMG, and UMG have dominated the music industry, devouring all of the other labels, and scooping up music catalogs.
BMG, once a major label itself, though seemingly disappeared, has been kept ... more
The 1st AI Music Chart (versus Billboard charts)
The 1st Performing rights Organization (versus ASCAP, BMI, SESAC)
The 1st AI Streaming platform (versus Spotify)
Just three of the parallel music organizations in the rapidly expanding AI music i... more
This is the 3rd and last podcast linking 3 music biz events that I believe marks a change in access to the music markets. Indie distributors and labels being swallowed by majors, major labels and Spotify now allies working together to create an answe... more
Part 2 of 3: Once they competed, now they work together for the first time to create a new music ecosystem built around AI. Spotify, WMG, UMG, SONY Music, Believe, and Merlin joined forces in reaction to AI.
The labels have licensed their music to ... more
A brilliant (my opinion) world-wide promotional campaign by Taylor Swift for 'Life of a Showgirl' became tainted as her fans began to notice videos with 'A bartender's hand passing through a napkin. A disappearing coat hanger. A carousel horse with t... more
This is Part 1 of 3 podcasts of recent events that I believe are connected:
1. The Majors Swallow the Indies
2. Major Labels and Spotify's Agreement for Total Domination
3. New DDEX Standard for AI Influence in Music May Affect Music Uploads an... more
Agentic AI. "AI that doesn’t solely rely on human prompts nor require human oversight."
Meta (Facebook) just bought the 1st all AI social media network, Moltbook. AI agents interact and talk to each other, even creating new religions for AI bots, h... more
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