Prof Snyder's Music Biz News Ep 12

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DNA the Future of DATA Storage

• An Entire Book Was Written in DNA—and You Can Buy It for $60.
• DNA has been modified to make it store data 350 times faster
• DNA Inspiration to AI Data Storage

Papering The House

• The Fine Art of ‘Papering the House’ :
• Free Tickets Sometimes Offered
• When Performer Can’t Fill the Venue
• The Lefsetz Letter

Bundling Reduces Stream Royalties

• Few U.S. Spotify Subscribers Have Opted Out of Higher-Priced Music-Audiobook Bundle, Survey Finds
• Spotify reveals €94m ‘bundle’ impact on US mechanical royalties
• Courtney Love does the math The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs."
• Spotify Stands to Gain at Least Half-a-Billion a Year From Its Latest Price Increases In the U.S. Alone. Music Publishers Won’t Be Seeing Much of That.
• Determination of Royalty Rates and Terms for Making and Distributing Phonorecords (Phonorecords IV)
• Bundle or Bungle in the [Streaming] Jungle: The Fight Over Mechanical Royalties
• The Lefsetz Letter

Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: Bob Dylan saved Ti-Tok

• TikTok says it will go dark on Jan. 19 unless given 'definitive' assurances
• TIKTOK IS ABOUT TO BE BANNED, SO BOB DYLAN JOINED THE APP TO SEE WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT
• Bob Dylan joins TikTok — just in time for TikTok to be banned

• No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What

  the songs with a billion streams on

  Spotify tell us about music taste

  today

Prof Snyder's Music Biz News Ep 11

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AI and YOU

• YouTube Gives Creators the Option to Allow Third-Party AI Training

• Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’

Live Sound Mental Health Resources

• Behind the Scenes Foundation

• Live Sound Makes Moves on Mental Health

Tour Health Research Initiative • www.tourhealth.org
ACM Lifting Lives • www.acmlifitinglives.com
The Roadie Clinic • www.theroadieclinic.com
Eccho Live • www.touringcareerworkshop.com

Live Sound and Tik Tok

• As TikTok Ban Looms Again, Record Labels ‘Need to Be Prepared’

• How the Live Music Industry Is Preparing for a TikTok Ban

Twitch as Alternative to Tik-Tok?

• THE KEY TO A HIT RAP SONG IN 2025? TWITCH STREAMERS

Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick

• The Hit Song About Cannibalism Written by a Yacht-Rock King

• Link to Timothy Song

Prof Snyder's Music Biz News Ep10

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• “What I uncovered was an elaborate internal program”: Is Spotify creating fake artists to flood its editorial playlists?

• When you listen to Spotify, are you listening to ghost musicians?

• Spotify says streams of drum 'n' bass are up 94% over the last three years

• HERE’S EXACTLY HOW SPOTIFY’S NEW 1,000 ANNUAL STREAMS ROYALTY POLICY WORKS…

• Deactivation of Hal 9000

• First computer to sing - Daisy Bell

Prof Snyder's Music Biz News Ep 9

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1. Spotify Moves into Audiobooks and 2. AI and the Future of the Audiobook Industry

• HarperCollins CEO touts Spotify’s audiobooks entry, AI’s impact on publishing
• A.I.’s Inroads in Publishing Touch Off Fear, and Creativity The technology has the potential to affect nearly every aspect of how books are produced — even the act of writing itself.

Young Thug Sued by AEG for $5 Million

• Young Thug's criminal trial is the longest in Georgia history. The saga may be far from over.
• With Young Thug Free From Jail, AEG Pushes Ahead With $5M Lawsuit Over Failed Touring Deal

1. Super Fans and 2. Professional Fans

• “65% of Gen Z identify as creators, and 8% consider themselves 'Professional Fans' - earning money from their fan activities”: How self-releasing artists can build a dedicated audience in the 2020s

Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick

• the Mitsubishi Dialtone D160 (160cm speaker at 3000watts) BIG-ASS SUB WOOFER! 

Prof Snyder's Music Biz News Ep 8

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Odds of Having A Hit Tune

• List of most-viewed YouTube videos
• 1989 in music
• Music Overload: More Songs Released Daily Than All of 1989
• 120,000 NEW TRACKS RELEASED ON STREAMING SERVICES EVERY DAY, REPORT FINDS

Randy Travis Releases New Song with AI doing the Singing

• AI lets country star Randy Travis sing again in first song released post-stroke

A Fully Generated for AI Song Makes the Charts in Germany For the First Time

• AI song charts in Germany – but people are saying it’s problematic

Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: Boogergate

• Jelly Roll's Wife Bunnie Xo Slams Fan Who Posted Viral Video of Singer Picking His Nose: 'Let the Man Eat His Damn Booger'
• ENTERTAINMENT Country music star’s wife speaks out after he is accused of picking nose, eating it at UFC event

Prof Snyder's Music Biz News Links Ep 7

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25,000 + of artists and 3 major labels sign petition to limit use of AI.

• ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure musicians sign AI protest letter against ‘unlicensed use’ of works

• Major Labels, Thousands of Artists Sign Statement Opposing Use of Creative Works in AI Training

The government tries to contain AI and treat it like copyright, will it work? 

• New Senate Bill Could Protect Artists from AI Deepfakes

• S.4875 - NO FAKES Act of 2024

• NURTURE ORIGINALS, FOSTER ART, AND KEEP ENTERTAINMENT SAFE (NO FAKES) ACT

• NO FAKES Act Moves Forward with Bipartisan Support in House

The 4 major news networks, like the 3 major record labels, see their stars leave to be independent content creators. Is it the beginning of the great migration?

• Chris Wallace is leaving CNN. He says he wants to see what the new media environment has to offer

• Chris Wallace Leaves CNN (The Bob Lefsetz Letter)

Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: The sacred Grammys are cutting costs and nominees have to pay to party with Beyonce? Is the industry beginning to melt, or just evolving?

• Grammy Nominees Have To Pay To Get Into The Official Afterparty Now

Link to mentioned student podcasts :

• Vale After Dark

Prof Snyders Music Biz News Links Ep 6

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Tik-Tok Payola

• Did That Song Go Viral on TikTok Organically — Or Was It Paid For?

Restaurant Paylists

• Why Your Favorite Restaurant Sounds Like That

AI Language Change

• BRENDA LEE’S ICONIC “ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE” RELEASED IN SPANISH FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH HELP FROM SOUNDLABS AI’S RESPONSIBLY TRAINED MICDROP AI TECHNOLOGY

Industries Slimy Behavior

• Jelly Roll Notes ‘Slimy’ Music Business Move

Jonesy's Cat Envy

• Musicians Who Are Cat Lovers: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran & More

• The Cover Uncovered: The tale of Telemachus, the cat photographed for the Carole King album ‘Tapestry’