AI Music and Music Industry Educator, Jeff Snyder

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Current, Interesting, Offbeat, Music Biz News Updates Curated from Various Sources. “The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis Video Versions at https://www.youtube.com/@snydersmusicbiznews For 27+ years as a Music Professor teaching Music Business and Recording classes, as well as being a professional musician, one of my favorite classes was Intro to Music Business. Each week we discussed current news in the music industry that I found interesting and worth discussing. Now retired, I still try to stay current on what's happening, and have decided to sh...

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AI Music and Music Industry Educator, Jeff Snyder

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EP 7 Petition to Control AI•No Fakes Act•Chris Wallace in the Great Migration•Grammy Afterparty Shrinkage 27.12.2024 15:35

Ep 7 https://youtu.be/7IHbGRvRemM 25,000 + of artists and 3 major labels sign petition to limit use of AI. The government tries to contain AI with the No Fakes Act and treat it like copyright, will it work? 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? Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: Th...

Ep 6 Tik-Tok Payola - AI Language Change - Industry's Slimey Behavior - Restaurant Playlists - Cat Envy 27.12.2024 17:49

Episode - 6 https://youtu.be/E4S5IfEtzIM Link to articles: https://snydersmusicbiznews.blogspot.com/2024/11/snyders-music-biz-news-links-episode-6.html - Like the old days of radio, labels pay creators for song placement in social media content - Brenda Lee's 60-year old Xmas classic song is now in Spanish via AI. How to release a song in any language - Jelly Roll gets educated, welcome to the mus...

EP 8 Dream Crushing Odds • AI Does Travis • Non-Human Makes Charts • Boogergate! 27.12.2024 18:14

Ep 8 https://youtu.be/4xc4lB-k4rE Reality V. Dreams? What are the odds of your tune becoming a hit? How many releases are you competing with a day? Randy Travis's new release has him singing, but he can't...sing. A 100% AI generated song, including artwork, makes the charts in Germany. How long before AI bumps humans off the charts in the US? Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: Boogergate. Did Jellyroll...

Ep 5. AI Jingles - Connyct (College Kids Only) - AI 5th Beatle - Spotify Vids - Strap-on Recorder! 26.12.2024 15:35

Audio from Episode 5 https://youtu.be/iSiDHHM_jJc - Art of the Jingle Almost Gone - Will AI bump human Jingles? - Connyct and WMG use FB tactic to attract new exclusive college user base and compete with Tik-Tok - Beatles and AI make history with Grammy nominated song - Spotify repeats old strategy with Spotify music videos not available in the US and Canada...yet - Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: S...

Ep. 4 $4M Record - Tidal Trouble - UMG+AI - Tik-Tok Removes Songs - Abbey Road Mixer - 30 Year Xmas Song 26.12.2024 21:17

Audio from Episode 4. https://youtu.be/El44EEqCFfs - Can you name the $4,000,000 Record sold by the US government? Remember Pharma Bro? - HQ Audio streamer Tidal cuts back - Universal Music Group and AI be friends - Music on Tik-Tok disappears. Music on Distrokid or CD Baby? You might feel a sudden emptiness - Buy the Abbey Road mixer and you can have the most famous studio in the world - Jonesy's...

Ep 3. AI & Grammys-Timbaland & AI-End Of Streamers?-Chilis TikTok Goof-.music Available-Jazz Cat Attire 26.12.2024 17:03

Audio from Episode 3 https://youtu.be/Kot-wwBGkJw - Can music generated by AI be nominated for Grammys? Maybe split with humans? - Timbaland Says Don't Be Afraid of AI, but labels wave their fingers - Are we at the beginning of the end of music streaming platforms? - Chilis forgets copyright law and is used by UMG for Tik-Tok ads - New .Music Suffix Available - Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Halloween Ou...

Ep 2 Pay to Play Hendrix - Pay Limp Bizkit - Greenday's Mangled Dookie - Cassette Sales Up - EZ Grammy 26.12.2024 13:30

Episode 2 Audio from https://youtu.be/IIUwTavhQVw You have to buy the Hendrix demo tape before you listen to it. It's one of many very cool items up for auction in London - Limp Bizkit says they've never been paid royalties. Label Disagrees...of course - Green Day purposely mangles their album Dookie with songs covered by Billy Bass and more - The connection between the today's rise of cassettes,...

EP 1 Swift Guitar Smashed-Hard Drives Die-Floyd's $100M Loss-Can Songwriters Survive?-Gen Z Creators Rule 26.12.2024 12:32

Audio from Episode 1 - https://youtu.be/_E8GIweIhek Taylor Swift signed guitar (maybe) was purchased at auction, and the winner destroyed it on stage with a hammer to make a statement - Hard drives WILL fail. Plan now because ain't no saving once it's gone... - Roger Waters' statements cost Pink Floyd $100M. It's OK they still were paid $400M for their catalog - Times are getting tough for Country...