Instagram Testing Longer Videos, Which Look A Lot Like IGTV

Many artists and bands once relied on Instagram’s long-form IGTV as a way to get their music out, but after the platform retired the feature last year, they were stuck in the new reality of Reel’s short-form videos. Now Instagram is testing 3 and 10 minute videos on Reels, which makes it look a lot […]

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U.S. Copyright Office To Study The Implications Of Ai

Artificial intelligence (Ai) is a wonderful tool that can be used to enhance the creativity of any musician, songwriter or producer, but it’s also so new that it treads on areas of copyright that haven’t been fully established yet. Much of this is because the last update to U.S. copyright law was the Digital Millennium […]

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On-Demand Audio Now More Popular Than Radio

We knew this day was coming and many will be surprised that it hasn’t come sooner, but on-demand audio like podcasts and streaming is now more popular than linear formats like radio, Pandora and SiriusXM. This according to the Edison Weekly Insights report, the company that constantly studies our listening habits in the United States. […]

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UK Musicians And Crew Are Really Hurting Since Brexit

In the UK Brexit was a hotpoint topic before Covid hit, and many of the predictions of what would happen afterwards, especially to UK musicians and crew, have now come to pass. Since the referendum to leave the European Union in 2016, musicians and their crew have suffered greatly as a new survey shows that […]

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I Asked ChatGPT For Band Names, And This Is What It Came Up With

Anyone who’s ever formed a band knows how difficult it can be to come up with a name. Many times the arguments over the name are enough to break up the band before it even gets started. Luckily today we have ChatGPT to come to our rescue. I asked the Ai to come up with […]

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Fizz Is Starting Just Like Facebook Did, On The College Campuses

Just like Facebook started out on the Harvard campus then spread to other colleges in 2004, a new social network called Fizz is doing the same, only this time from the campus of Stanford University. The two year old platform has already spread to 80 other college campuses across the United States and has plans […]

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You’ll Recognize Many Of These Songs Inducted To The National Recording Registry

Run by the Library Of Congress, the National Recording Registry inducts 25 recordings every year that “preserve our history through recorded sound and reflects our nation’s diverse culture.” In 2023 there were over 1,110 nominations, but you’ll know most of the recordings that were chosen. Remember that these are not only songs and albums, but […]

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Is Threads A Flop Already?

When Instagram’s Threads was first introduced, it started with a bang, climbing to around 120 million users within a week of release. It seemed that everyone wanted an alternative to Twitter (now X). The only problem is that the platform seems to have rolled out prematurely with not enough features that most users looked for. […]

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Songwriters Now Using Ai-Generated Soundalikes For Song Pitches

Professional songwriting has come a long way from the days where a piano or guitar and vocal would be enough to sell a song. As time when on, songwriter demos because just as sophisticated as a finished record in order to get the idea of the song across to the artist. Still, some artists, producers […]

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Twitter Becomes X, And Breaks Its Brand

How many times have you asked someone for a Kleenex, when you really meant a facial tissue? How about a Band Aid when what you actually wanted was an adhesive bandage, or you thought you were getting into a Jacuzzi, but what you were really doing was lowering yourself into a bubbly hot tub? These […]

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User-Centric Streaming Royalties Might Not Work As Well As Everyone Thinks

It’s not surprising to hear an artist complain about earning a fraction of a penny from a stream, but the fact of the matter is that most artists don’t understand how streaming royalties work, and who can blame them. It’s a pretty complicated digital world out there, but suffice it to say that whenever you […]

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Warner Music And TikTok Make A Deal, But How Does That Benefit Artists Exactly?

Last week Warner Music Group and TikTok agreed to a multi-year licensing deal that might be the start of artists finally seeing real money in their bank accounts from the short-form video app. The agreement allows creators to freely use WMG music on their videos without needing a license. There are two things about this […]

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YouTube Launches AI-Generated Quizzes, But Is That A Good Thing?

YouTube announced that you might be seeing AI-generated quizzes after watching a video soon. The experimental feature in its mobile app is designed to help its users find out more about topics of interest presented in their videos, as well as help YouTube better measure how much a viewer understands the content in a video. […]

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Look Out Twitter, Threads Is Here

If you were a Twitter user and stopped using it either because of the reduced functionality, or the owner, or the changes to your feed, it looks like there may now be a major alternative and it’s called Threads. Yes, there are numerous Twitter knockoffs out there already, but what makes Threads attractive is not […]

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Yes, Copyleft Is Really A Thing

We all know about copyright and how it’s there to protect your creative work. Of course, it’s a lot more involved than that, especially in these digital days where the law hasn’t been updated since 1998. That said copyright has a cousin and it’s called copyleft. Yes, really, no joke, it’s a real thing and […]

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