Students in my Record Label class pitched an artist we should consider for signing. I had them listen to this great MBW x Aaron Bay-Schuck podcast for some background on the process. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mus…

Honoured to have chatted with top producer T Minus for MBW. We discussed lessons learned across his career, seminal moments, working with Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and the biggest challenges that come with working as a producer today. musicbusinessworldwide.com/there-are-so-m…

Had a very cool chat with D-Block Europe manager, Wesley Earl Banton, about the group's phenomenal success, staying independent and lots more besides. For MBW. musicbusinessworldwide.com/from-the-start…

He must have written a REALLY popular song.

Amid controversy over Spotify songwriter payments, Daniel Ek cashes out $118.8 million in company stock musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotifys-danie…

Strap in. Blackstone is ready to bid $1.5 billion for Hipgnosis Songs Fund. - Music Business Worldwide musicbusinessworldwide.com/strap-in-black…

I spent a bit of time using Udio, and it turns out a bunch of its output closely resembles copyrighted music.

- Melodies & chords sometimes closely resemble famous songs
- Some output closely resembles specific artists’ sound/style
- I could generate copyrighted lyrics for most…

‘When artists say they want to be independent, what they really mean is they want to be autonomous’ (Milana Rabkin Lewis - MBW) redef.com/item/661d725ef…

Taylor Swift has a laudable history of standing up to Big Tech in the name of artist compensation. By embracing TikTok in 2024, she’s broken ranks with that narrative (MBW) redef.com/item/66198a147…

Thanks to MBW for featuring Dan Wilson as part of their World's Greatest Songwriters series. Amazing Q&A: musicbusinessworldwide.com/im-not-going-t…

Can the independent sector unite under a set of global values? Yes, it can! In MBW I reflect on what it means to be independent today. To me, is being committed to fostering a strong, ethical and united ecosystem worldwide. Share if you agree!
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For the latest in the MBW World's Greatest Producers series, I spoke to Ian Fitchuk about working with K A C E Y , the co-writing revolution & why there's no point worrying about #ArtificialIntelligence -
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Not many managers I’ve seen out there with the same views as me on artists being like family. Yes it can hurt more when things get difficult, but I wouldn’t change my style of management. Emotional investment is the most rewarding when things go right 👊🔥 nice one Jamie Oborne…

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Ed Newton-Rex氏が音楽生成AIのSunoの出力結果を分析した記事。

『Sunoが定期的に著作権で保護された素材によく似た音楽を出力することを発見した。これは、音楽のスタイル、メロディー、コードシーケンス、楽器パート、歌詞に渡って当てはまる。』

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Adam Dash Welp even more to unpack with Suno, the specific examples they give are actually insane

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I love MBW's Inspiring Women series, written by my very inspiring friend Rhian Jones. This month's interview with Downtown Music Publishing's President Emily Stephenson is a great read, I love hearing about Emily's journey and vision for the business. musicbusinessworldwide.com/majors-and-ind…

>>Weverse boss Joon Choi: ‘The potential for growth in the superfan business is limitless.’ musicbusinessworldwide.com/weverse-boss-j… by Murray Stassen (via MBW)

We're thrilled to share this news w/ our community! Since we began operations 3 years ago, The Mechanical Licensing Collective has now distributed over $2 billion in total royalties! Many thanks to MBW, PRS for Music, IMPF, ICMP, SOCAN & #boamusic
Details: go.themlc.com/MBW2billion

Only 1 of the Top 20 best-selling albums globally last year WASN’T by a K-Pop act musicbusinessworldwide.com/seventeen-tayl…