The Double Helix

AI Music Rights & Licensing: Building the Permission Layer (with Grimes, Apple & Blockchain in the Mix) What happens when AI can create infinite music but artists can't track i nfinite uses ? In this panel, Abbi Press , Global Lead of Business Affairs at Uber and lifelong musician, hosts a deep dive into AI in the music industry, from copyright and consent to metadata and money. She’s joined by Da...

Producer Tushar Apte (4B+ streams, BTS, Benson Boone, Demi Lovato) shares insights from testing every major AI music tool over 2+ years. His verdict: while AI excels at removing production grunt work, human taste—that ineffable sense of what works culturally and emotionally right now—remains irreplaceable. Key Topics: [00:01:09] Why "you cannot generate taste" [00:03:15] AI turns producers back in...

Composing the Double Helix: The Podcast Theme Abbi Press shares the studio story behind The Double Helix theme—two melodies in contrary motion with a tiny offset (the “rungs”), plucked piano (human) × arpeggiator (machine), Moog-warmth underneath. A crash-and-reopen revealed a piano-roll spiral that looks like DNA. We talk about why sonic identity matters (see The Daily / Song Exploder), and how w...

Double Take: From Portola’s VIP Fence to AI’s Velvet Rope In this Double Take episode of The Double Helix , Abbi Press explores how the rise of VIP culture at festivals mirrors the fences being built around AI tools. She shares her experience at Portola — from the thrill of being shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers at the front, to finding the same spot fenced off for VIPs a few hours later. That...

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Midjourney for unauthorized use of Superman, Batman, and Scooby-Doo. But the case is bigger than one superhero — it’s a showdown between Hollywood and AI, and it raises a key question: what happens when Superman’s copyright runs out? We explore what this case means for copyright and trademark protections in the age of generative AI — and why it matters for creators,...

The Double Helix kicks off with a special panel: “AI at the Crossroads: Creativity, Compliance, and Business Affairs” Hosted by Abbi Press (Global Lead Business Affairs Manager at Uber & independent musician), this conversation brings together leaders at the intersection of creativity, compliance, and emerging technology. Speakers: Dustin Callif — President, Tool of North America Anastasia Arten —...