You got a lot right here. It’s just sad that the gimmicky sound-a-likes is what people’s first impression of AI is. A few examples of tech’s disruption in music: 1. Beatles/Abbey road and the 8-track, and then mellotron (first sampler IMO) 2. Herbie Hancock breaking the rules and using synths in jazz mid 70s with […]

It’s Napster redux. Universal telling DSPs not to host AI music… What could be better! Think about it, you’re an act that’s so popular, so desirable, that the audience wants even more of your music! Can we stop trying to hold back the future? It has never ever worked, why should it now? Furthermore, we’ve […]

The independent music world will continue to grow. As the mainstream continues to shrink. The independent growth will come primarily from acts that play live. If you’re going for chart success you’re in one world. If you’re trying to build a fan base you’re in another. Don’t expect the mainstream press, still dominated by the […]

The story of the year isn’t the AI chatbot, but the risk to Google. For years we’ve been hearing that these mega-tech companies were indomitable. Forever. If you started a new company they’d either buy you or compete with you, your choice, but they weren’t going to allow you to build an independent unicorn. Facebook […]