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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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There are a lot misconceptions about AI music, mostly because of all the click-bait headlines about AI that one sees almost every day. After working with more than 100 AI apps, plugins and platforms, there are a number of things that I’ve learned that definitely bust some of the AI music myths that you might […]
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It’s great to have fans of your work and you should be honored if you do. But fans sometimes go too far by starting a channel that looks and feels so close to the artist’s original channel that hardly anyone can tell the difference. YouTube has finally recognized this as a problem and is cracking […]
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Many artists are obsessed with their streaming data while others don’t care all that much. Either way, if you’ve been on Spotify for more than 2 years, you only have a few days left before the streaming service deletes your data history from before December 31st, 2020. Even if you’re not that much into data, […]
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On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it the at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
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Even though Spotify is the market leader when it comes to streaming audio, it’s always been lacking the high-resolution tier of competitors Apple Music, Amazon Music and Tidal. Even though the company announced its introduction was close way back in 2021, it looks like it’s “Supremium” tier is finally coming to fruition. A number of […]
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In an effort to lure more TikTok users to the platform, YouTube has lowered it’s minimums for being able to monetize YouTube content. Although the previous standards weren’t that high to begin with, it’s even easier now to join its YouTube Partner Program (YPP). The new conditions to qualify for YPP now are: Previously, the conditions were: […]
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On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it the at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
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We’re live in a series of technology hype cycles. If you remember, there was blockchain, crypto, NFTs, Web3, and the Metaverse just in the last few years, and the world seemed to swim around them. Each of these brought the familiar “Music is going to change forever” call from the various parties involved, but (no […]
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Just about every streaming platform now has some way to spot what if thinks are copyright infringements, and while that in itself is a good thing, it’s also not uncommon for mistakes to happen. We’ve all heard the stories about how an artist’s own song received a takedown notice even when the artist owns the […]
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On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it the at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
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It’s not news that so many hard-core and casual users have bailed from Twitter after its “turmoil” this year. That said, if you’re still a user then you probably want to know these new facts about Twitter’s algorithm. It doesn’t work the way it did before, and some of the things it does are counter-intuitive […]
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If you’re an artist in your 30s, you remember the days of the physical products. The older you are, the more types of these your remember, from vinyl, to cassette, to the CD, and the many failed music distribution products in-between (digital cassette, DAT, mini-disc, SACD are just a few). For artists and record labels […]
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