Prof Snyder's Music Biz News

• SONY announced that it will no longer produce recordable Blu-Ray and Mini-Discs. Recording studios still using Mini-Disc should load up now on blank media.
• Rock and Roll Photogs are ripped off more than most and file copyright lawsuits. But some seem to have made the lawsuits their primary revenue leading judges to call them copyright trolls.
• Streamer Deezer created AI detection tools to find and isolate full AI generated music and support human generated music. They found that 10,000 fully AI generated songs were being uploaded every day. But while AI laden Spotify stock value soars, Deezers plummets.
• Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick is what the late 60s AI entity looked like. Meet Freddie Ford.

Video at https://youtu.be/5O5mszx61BU

Source links at https://snydersmusicbiznews.blogspot.com/2025/01/snyders-music-biz-news-p-13.html

00:01 - Intro

00:10 - Artificial Intelligence may rely on organics to exist. Creating strands of DNA to store data will become the new way AI will preserve and use data - forever.

06:28- Papering the House. There are companies that can be called to 'paper the house', the filling of empty seats to create the false impression of a 'sold-out' concert or event.

9:21- Bundling. Why Apple only seems to pay more for streams than Spotify, and another reason artists/songwriters, and others will now make even less per stream - bundles.

16:37 - Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: Did Bob Dylan save Tik-Tok???

00:01- Intro

00:10 - Artificial Intelligence may rely on organics to exist. Creating strands of DNA to store data will become the new way AI will preserve and use data - forever.

06:28- Papering the House. There are companies that can be called to 'paper the house', the filling of empty seats to create the false impression of a 'sold-out' concert or event.

9:21- Bundling. Why Apple only seems to pay more for streams than Spotify, and another reason artists/songwriters, and others will now make even less per stream - bundles.

16:37 - Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick: Did Bob Dylan save Tik-Tok???

IntroYoutube has little known settings with options to allow AI to use your content for training, and to what extent.

Some disturbing data about mental health issues in the live event industries, and the difficulty in addressing them

For the past 2 years, the Live Event industries have increasingly come to rely on Tik-Tok for marketing...how would a Tik-Tok ban affect them?

Rappers, like Drake, are using Twitch to create viral songs and viewer engagement. Possibly another alternative for Tik-Tok?

Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick reveals how to find inspiration, and desperation, to write a song that is both a hit and banned, obscene but catchy. Poor Timothy!

intro - Daisy

Is Spotify creating and/or purchasing music and promoting fake artists, with bios, to stuff in playlists to avoid paying royalties? How does this affect 'real' musicians hoping to get into playlists to make a living from royalties and streams?

Are you listening to 'Ghost Musicians'? How can 1 song be credited with 100s of titles and composers? Do people care who composes their workout or background music?

Spotify will now only pay royalties for a song streamed at least 1,000 times in 12 months. With the promotion of a glut of music created by AI and production houses to compete with, what are the odds of actually making $ from your song, or even being noticed?

Spotify announces and promotes a 94% increase in Drums and Bass genre streams. Is Spotify adding and promoting DnB to the list of AI created long-form genres that people only passively pay attention to for background or workout music, adding to existing jazz, classical, etc. genres?

Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy Pick is a look back at the first AI performed song...Daisy

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!