Music Business 3.0: Clickbait
Learn more about how Billboard Magazine has shifted its focus away from serious music journalism and toward celebrity gossip, better known as clickbait.... Read more.
Are NFT’s The DRM Of The Future?
By creating an NFT and assigning it to a song or album, the artist can ensure that only those who have purchased the NFT can access the original version of the ... Read more.
Is Sampling The New Normal?
It's no secret that samples have been used in music for decades, but lately it seems that they have become so commonplace as to be a crutch for many recording a... Read more.
What Would Happen If An AI-Generated Song Wins A Grammy?
When Stanley Kubrick created the massive Hal 2000 computer featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey, he probably never dreamed that Hal could win a Grammy some day.... Read more.
ATTN: Attorneys. Your New Swimming Pool Is Coming Soon
You think copyright law is a tangled mess? Just wait.... Read more.
Name That Tune
Creative AI and its Impact on the Music Business, but who's going to get paid?... Read more.
Music, Money And The Metaverse
Will the metaverse save music? Probably, but not for a number of years.... Read more.
Crowdsourcing Artist Development
Artist development, the process of preparing young singers and musicians for successful careers, is (was) an important part of an aspiring artist’s journey. P... Read more.
UK Looking For Labels & Streamers To Cough Up
Record companies are pushing music streaming services for a bigger payout. But who will subsidize that? Not the labels. that's for sure... Read more.
How do the Indies Keep on Keeping On?
There have been a lot of developments in the world of music industry analytics in the last six months. The multi-year deal signed by one of the Big Four to a da... Read more.