July 17, 2025
Recent Music Business News You Might Have Missed On My Latest Podcast
On this week’s podcast episode I cover some recent overlooked audio and music industry news.
We’ll look at:
- The eras of popular music and why they’re not what you think
- The emergence of AI-generated band Velvet Sundown
- Major labels in the middle of licensing discussions with AI music generators Udio and Suno.
- Major label and private equity want to buy more catalog, and what that means to their artists
- The TikTok closure is pushed back again
- How tariffs are hurting vinyl production
- How pop stardom is now shorter than an adult butterfly’s lifespan.
- An overview of music venue health.
You can listen to it at bobbyoinnercircle.com, or via Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Mixcloud, Spotify, Deezer, TuneIn Radio, or RadioPublic.
Also, a video version of this podcast is now available on YouTube as well.
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