EP 9 https://youtu.be/O_xuVgd-tEQ

• Spotify is moving into Audiobooks. Will this expand consumer demand and maybe more work for studios? But...Book Publishers Both Fear and Embrace AI in Writing, Translating, and Recording Audiobooks. Quantity over quality in the audiobook world, like music?
• Used to be that an artist with 100 loyal fans, could make $100,000 a year if each fan bought $100 a year in records, merch, etc. But now super fans don't buy from the artists, but rather pay for subscriptions to streaming services. So creating a loyal fanbase, except for a couple artists like T Swifty, is almost impossible...but...Professional Fans are creating income by creating secondary ancillary markets off of the primary creator!
• After Young Thug is released from incarceration, AEG renews its suit for $5 Million because he breached a tour agreement. He used his song catalog as collateral for the advance, but sold off his catalog to undisclosed buyers. So AEG is now looking for where the copyrights are.
• Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick is a Big-Ass Subwoofer!

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: The sacred Grammys are cutting costs and nominees have to pay to party with Beyonce? Is the industry beginning to melt or is it just evolving?

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 music industry!

- A rising field creating playlists for restaurants, with music to match the cuisine

- Jonesy is jealous of Bieber's (and other's) cats!

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 really pick and consume a booger?

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: Strap-on Remote Cassette Recorder!

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 Cat-Shit Crazy: 30 years of Mariah Carey's song...sigh...

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 Outfit Pick

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, players, and the 2010 Lexus?

- How to improve your chances to be nominated for a Grammy

- Jones Cat-Shit Crazy Political Endorsement

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 Songwriters: As experienced by country writer Hugh Prestwood - Gen Zers don't just listen, they engage. Rise of the Content Creators

- Jonesy Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: High Def Listening Device!