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Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News

AI Music and Music Industry Educator, Jeff Snyder

Current, Interesting, Offbeat, Music Biz News Updates Curated from Various Sources.“The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle OnassisVideo Versions at https://www.youtube.com/@snydersmusicbiznewsFor 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

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10:22

Wild Free-Range AI Music Has Its Own PRO, Charts, Etc.

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/04/24

The 1st AI Music Chart (versus Billboard charts) The 1st Performing rights Organization (versus ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) The 1st AI Streaming platform (versus Spotify) Just three of the parallel music organizations in the rapidly expanding AI music industry. (This is not an endorsement of AI Music...just reporting what I see) "A new music industry is being built—with its own rules, its own economics, and its own definition of success. And for the first time in modern history… That industry doesn’t need

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9:59

DDEX Adds AI Info to Meta Data: Now The Required...

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/04/15

This is the 3rd and last podcast linking 3 music biz events that I believe marks a change in access to the music markets. Indie distributors and labels being swallowed by majors, major labels and Spotify now allies working together to create an answer to AI music (and market control), and DDEX becoming the required meta data required for access to the new music ecosystem. DDEX has added AI descriptions into the Meta data of song files. Spotify and the major labels have adopted DDEX as the sole

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9:48

Spotify and Labels Create New Music Ecosystem

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/04/15

Part 2 of 3: Once they competed, now they work together for the first time to create a new music ecosystem built around AI. Spotify, WMG, UMG, SONY Music, Believe, and Merlin joined forces in reaction to AI. The labels have licensed their music to Spotify to be used in Spotify's new AI tools being developed. All in theory to better serve musicians and copyright holders, except of course those who aren't paid royalties because their song didn't achieve 1,000 streams in 1 year (where do those

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7:47

AI AND THE ORANGE DOOR

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/04/01

A brilliant (my opinion) world-wide promotional campaign by Taylor Swift for 'Life of a Showgirl' became tainted as her fans began to notice videos with 'A bartender's hand passing through a napkin. A disappearing coat hanger. A carousel horse with two heads.' Sure signs of AI residue, and fans weren't/aren't happy. Will Smith, T Swift, and even Katy Perry, (at least their promo teams), are learning you can't fool the fans, and if you use AI for anything, quality control is imperative!!! Sources:

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9:56

CDBaby Now Owned By UMG: Are Indies Being Washed Out...

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/04/01

This is Part 1 of 3 podcasts of recent events that I believe are connected: 1. The Majors Swallow the Indies 2. Major Labels and Spotify's Agreement for Total Domination 3. New DDEX Standard for AI Influence in Music May Affect Music Uploads and Streaming Universal Music Group, and the other majors, are buying indie music companies at a rapid pace. CDBaby, once seen as an alternative distributor for indie musicians, is now part of the corporate system. What does this mean for artists, maybe you, who

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10:04

2026: The Year Autonomous Bots Compose Music W/O...

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/03/14

Agentic AI. "AI that doesn’t solely rely on human prompts nor require human oversight." Meta (Facebook) just bought the 1st all AI social media network, Moltbook. AI agents interact and talk to each other, even creating new religions for AI bots, humans aren't welcome. Agentic AI agents are already creating music (a brief example is at the end of the video), new genres, and they're uploading to Spotify on their own. They not only create music for human consumption, they create music for other bots

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10:41

Ticketmaster/Live Nation Blames Bots for the Taylor...

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/03/10

Ticket Scalpers for a Charles Dickens Reading Tour were called 'Sidewalk 'Men'.The term scalper was first used in a book about the railroad.The first bot scalper was used for U2's Vertigo Tour.Now Ticketmaster/Live Nation are in court (now settled) because of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour ticket fiasco, the first time AI was used to scalp tickets for resale. AI Scalping Bots have learned, and continue to learn, how to imitate humans. CHAPTAs aren't effective anymore, as AI Bots can even mimic

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12:02

Record Labels Raising Walls

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/02/27

While AI detection tech is improving, SONY announced it has the tech that can identify the original music in AI generated songs by percentages...“30% of the music used is by the Beatles and 10% is by Queen.” Should artists begin the celebration? It may be too late!The Internet is being divided up by the record labels into 'walled gardens,' charging tech companies to slip into the gardens and train AI on the music. It may be too late.A nonprofit company you probably haven't heard of, Common Crawl,

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9:12

Remembering When Live Thrived

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/02/21

A historical dive into the demise of live local music. (Note: This is not an endorsement of drinking) Looking back to the glory days when band's were prolific and there were plenty of venues to play in, packed with fanatical music lovers. Small local venues were a proving ground for emerging artists, where they could build a following from high school age, and expand the boundaries of music performance. Label A&R reps prowled local clubs looking to sign the next big band. Most live local acts

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9:46

I Asked Alexa to Create A Valentine Song for My Cat.

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/02/12

I ask anti-AI musicians if they had ever had actually checked out what it's capable of, most say no. So I decided to demonstrate how over 70+ million Alexa subscribers can now ask Alexa to write a song, by just talking to an Alexa enabled speaker. You'll hear the conversation between me and Alexa as we discussed creating a Valentine song for my cat, Jonesy. Listen to the song. Do you think it's AI slop? Personally, I think it's scary good. (It also created the artwork). When Amazon announced the new

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9:46

Let The Biggest Baddest Copyright Lawsuit Ever Begin!

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/02/12

After music publishers lost the 1st round against Anthropic and Claude last year, they're back with a vengeance! Anthropic failed to reveal it had used BitTorrent to download millions of lyrics, songbooks, etc. Even though they did inform the book publishers who had also sued and won 1.5 Billion dollars. The judge wouldn't let them bring that into the case though. They had sued for a paltry $75 Million before. This time it's a whopping $3+ Billion dollars! Anthropic is now worth $350 Billion

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8:35

New AI Album Reveals the Cloned Voice Industry and...

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/01/30

ElevenLabs and Spotify just released an album, The 11 Album featuring Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel, and others all using AI in some way. "This is the first known direct deal between Spotify and an AI company to easily and directly distribute AI songs on the streaming platform" ...and it won't be the last. This led to my learning more about ElevenLabs (created 2023), the large cloned voice market, and the surprising web of AI partners: ElevenLabs is known for cloning voices of celebrities that can be

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9:21

Bandcamp Bans AI. A Closer Look Behind The Curtain

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/01/19

Bandcamp is be promoted as the first major music company to ban AI music. While Humans rejoice, there's more here than meets the eye. I do a deep-dive into Bandcamp's recent history, Songtradr - its owner, questions about the new policy, and what the CEO actually thinks about AI and music (you'll be surprised)!

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7:48

HITS ACT and the TAXMAN

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/01/13

This is for anyone who records music, and is looking for a tax write-off. The HITS (Help Independent Tracks Succeed) Act was passed last summer (2025), but it hasn't been publicized like No Tax on Tips. (Side note...the tips you get at gigs don't count!). This Act allows you to write-off any recording costs, up to $150,000, you may have had in 2025, but only 2025. So if you need a tax write-off, start digging for those receipts! Be sure your recording friends are aware and share this podcast...the

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6:54

The New Music World Order Begins

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2026/01/05

Music historians will note that 2025 was the year of another major change in music production and composition. The official beginning of musical 'slop.' When Artificial Intelligence began to elbow its way into music (and every other thing), and replaced songwriters playing guitars, with music designers writing prompts.2026 will probably be the year when the shift in the Matrix will settle, and the new music world order is established.So much happened that looking back at the totality of it all, can

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9:54

SLOP - 2025 Merriam-Webster Word of the Year

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2025/12/24

Merriam-Webster made the word 'slop' the 2025 Word of the Year. It refers to AI music as being garbage, but "Every Media Revolution Breeds Rubbish and Art." EDM, Rap, Hillbilly, Rock, Bubblegum, all have been considered to be trash...the slop of the day. 97% of people can't differentiate what is and isn't AI generated. One writer wrote that while 90% of AI music is garbage, but 10% is 'tolerable.' Hasn't that always been the case with popular music? Before AI, only 5% of released music broke even,

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12:12

AI Music Creators Are Everywhere: They Are Not The Enemy

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2025/12/08

A snapshot, using data, comparing the worlds of traditional musicians and AI designers. The number of people using AI music tools is immense, far outnumbering traditional musicians by millions. 3 types of Music Creators: Traditional MusiciansAI Music DesignersHybrids There is a lot of tension between trad musicians and AI designers. But, though probably a lot of traditional musicians like myself will disagree, I've come to realize that those using AI to create music for the first time in their

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10:07

Digital Dunkirk: MUSICIANS RETREATING, WONDERING HOW...

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2025/11/29

The frequency of music companies + AI announcements is increasing exponentially, daily. It's overwhelming and almost impossible to keep up. The Big Question: How will musicians be paid?! These are my guesses, hypotheticals, and conjectures based on what I've read. We're starting to get hints how the pennies might trickle down. The labels say don't worry kid, we'll take care of you.The only certainty being labels are excited and beginning to "envision how they’ll get their beaks wet" "But as for the

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12:23

10 Misconceptions

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2025/11/28

Here are 10 misconceptions I've read in comments across social media. These are my observations and opinions. You can jump to the part you'd be interested in. 00:00 Intro 00:30 There are established laws, passed by Congress, that regulates ai. 01:29 The government of the US cares about artists and musicians and is working on laws regulating AI and copyrights. 03:34 What is stated in the copyright office reports is permanent and binding. 04:19 The law states that only human created parts of a song

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8:38

AI CREEP IN ASCAP, BMI, AND SOCAN

Prof Snyder"s Music Biz News ·

2025/11/11

AI Creep: "AI has now slipped into everyday life and we seem less guarded about its use" Performance Rights Organizations, ASCAP, BMI, and SECAN have updated their policies to accept “compositions partially generated.” They will now register and pay royalties for partially AI-generated music, provided it involves a human-led creative process. Composers are trusted to voluntarily reveal how much AI was used during composing the music. Everyday, we wake up to learn AI has silently become a part of the

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