Google’s AI Can Now Reveal Hidden Samples

The sound of modern music is based on samples. Many times they’re legitimately licensed, credited or purchased, but there’s still a lot that are used without permission. This is easily accomplished by shifting the pitch or using the many modulators and saturation plugins that are available to make the sound virtually unrecognizable from its original […]

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Ken Scott Part 2, TikTok Limits Label Music, And Guitar Center In Financial Trouble Again On My Latest Podcast

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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You Should Believe It That TikTok Restrictions Are Coming Soon

While TikTok is the red hot social platform today, it’s looking more and more that general use may be restricted or even banned before the platform runs through its popularity cycle. Following the U.S., other countries around the world are mandating that the app be deleted from all government devices because of heightened security concerns, […]

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Breaking Down Global Music Consumption

Way back in the day there used to be only 2 ways you listened to music, either by radio or vinyl record. Slowly that expanded to cassette, CD, then television (like MTV when it first started). Today there are 9 ways that we consume music on a regular basis, according to the IFPI. Indeed, global […]

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Legendary Engineer Ken Scott, Bandcamp Numbers, And UAD Plugins Unchained On My Latest Podcast

My guest this week is legendary engineer/producer Ken Scott, who has a list of accomplishments and credits that are almost too long to list. After getting his start at Abbey Road Studios as a teenager, Ken went on to become one of the five engineers for The Beatles, as well as for solo projects for […]

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The Audio Listening Habits Of Each Age Group

Each generation is different and that’s abundantly obvious in a multitude of ways. The differences really jump out at you when it comes to audio listening habits though, as shown by MusicWatch. The company broke down these habits into 8 “audio clusters” that really crystalize the sweet spots for demographics that go beyond just age. […]

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The Top 10 Highest Paid Entertainers In The World

Forbes compiled its annual list of the top 10 highest paid entertainers worldwide, and while the list covers the entire entertainment community, it’s interesting to see the musical artists that made it. All told, these 10 made over $1.3 billion dollars combined last year. That’s not much comfort if you’re a musician, songwriter or artist […]

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Industry Advisor Kelli Richards, Our 32 Hour Day, And Disinfecting Microphones

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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8 Don’ts For Good Social Media Health

If you’re too attached to social media (it doesn’t matter which platform) it will destroy your mental health and that’s a fact. Fortunately it’s fairly easy to remain a sane user if you follow some common sense rules and manage to restrain yourself when necessary. Here are 8 Don’ts on social media compiled by social […]

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Van Halen Author Steve Rosen, Cassettes Making A Comeback, And A New Manufacturing Home For Audio Gear On My Latest Podcast

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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I Bet You Can’t Guess What The Top U.S. Streaming Music Service Is

When it comes to a streaming music service, everyone knows that Spotify has the most paid users, but does it have the most users? Surprisingly no, not by a long shot. When it comes to both combined paid and free music consumers in the U.S., YouTube comes out on top by a wide margin, as […]

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Legal Music Piracy, Google AI Music Creation, And Music Business Author Emily White On My Latest Podcast

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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The Different Strategies For Search vs. Social (Hint: They’re Opposite)

It doesn’t matter if you’re an artist, band, songwriter or a musician, you need (and probably already have) an online presence. And it has to be strong. If not, it can be the difference between staying busy with gigs or sitting home practicing, or having your new video go viral versus sitting on YouTube gather […]

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Spotify Skip Rates, ChatGPT Tube Screamer, And Engineer Kevin Paul On My Latest Podcast

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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TikTok “Heating” Shows That Its Videos Aren’t As Viral As They Seem

One of the things that TikTok users like most about the platform is that the video views were thought to be hard to game, especially by influencers and record labels. Although no one knew much about how the TikTok algorithm worked, it did seem to be somewhat democratized. Unfortunately, a new report from Forbes says […]

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