NOTES ABOUT MUSIC

An Interactive Guide to AI Music Policy

June 15, 2026

AI Music Policies 2026 - Interactive Industry Deep Dive | NoteForNote notefornote insights Metrics Key Takeaways Platform Matrix Compliance Auditor Timeline Go…

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AI Music Policies: How Major Players Are Responding to Generative AI

June 15, 2026

Major Key Takeaways What is the current state of AI music policy across streaming platforms?Spotify focuses on blocking unauthorized AI voice clones,…

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16 MIN READ

How Different Types of Artificial Intelligence Could Affect the Music Industry

June 3, 2026

Major Key Takeaways What is the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the music industry?Types of AI affecting music:Narrow AI performs specific, predefined…

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13 MIN READ

An Artist’s Survival Guide: How Musicians Face the Age of AI

May 27, 2026

Music AI, Music Industry

Major Key takeaways Q: What legal battles has AI in music triggered?The RIAA sued Suno and Udio in 2024 for training on…

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10 MIN READ

Behind the Veil: How Fake Marketing Campaigns Are Reshaping the Music Industry

May 5, 2026

A marketing company just admitted to manufacturing virality for major artists. What does it mean for fans, and for the artists who…

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AI Music Market Numbers 2026

April 14, 2026

The Generative AI Music Market 2025–2035 | notefornote notefornote Industry Whitepaper · April 2026 · Generative AI Series The Generative AI Music…

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15 MIN READ

AI Music Industry 2026 – A Strategic Analysis

April 8, 2026

AI Music Industry 2026: Strategic Analysis AI MUSIC 2026 NoteForNote.io Industry Deep Dive The State of AI Music 2026 Strategic analysis of…

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2 MIN READ

AI Pulling the Strings in Live Music Performance

April 7, 2026

Major Key Takeaways Q: Is AI being used in live performances?A: AI is used across the board in live music performances, from…

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9 MIN READ

How AI Artists Are Blowing Up (on) Streaming Platforms

April 6, 2026

Music AI, Music Industry

Major Key Takeaways AI artists exploit streaming algorithms through high-frequency releases (every 3–7 days), keyword-stuffed metadata, and AI avatar influencers that funnel…

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Let’s Get Physical: A Case for Physical Music Formats

April 2, 2026

Culture, Music Industry, MusicTech

Why are physical music formats sales (vinyl, CDs and cassette tapes) increasing, who is buying, and why and how to invest in the physical?

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10 MIN READ

The Ghost in the Machine: AI Music and the Age of the Simulacrum

March 23, 2026

There's a track doing the rounds online. It sounds like a lost Radiohead B-side, that specific cocktail of melancholy arpeggios, «Thom Yorke»…

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Generative AI and the Fading Out Of Creative Struggle

February 3, 2026

I'm speed racer and I drive real fastHe's speed racer and he drives real fastI drive real fast, I'm gonna lastI'm a…

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14 MIN READ

AI Music Industry 2025

January 12, 2026

The Synthetic Symphony - Market Report Get Embed Code The Synthetic Symphony A 2025 Market Analysis: How generative AI restructured the global…

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MusicTech 2026: A New Day Rising: The AI Crossroads

January 8, 2026

Major Key Takeaways AI has moved from experimental to existential in the music industry.Licensing, not litigation, is now the dominant strategy for…

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12 MIN READ

EMA vs. OpenAI: Europe’s First Major AI Copyright Ruling and What It Means for Artists

November 18, 2025

On 11/11, 2025, the Munich Regional Court handed a judicial victory to the music community with a milestone ruling that sent shockwaves…

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Will AI Artists Replace Humans? The Smart Money Is Banking On It

November 10, 2025

Art has always been under the influence by Artifice, in all senses of the word: as craftsmanship, as chicanery, and as sleight…

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Web3’s Transformative Potential for the Music Industry

October 29, 2025

Music Industry, MusicTech, Web3

How to be an Artist in a Web3 World Web3, with its decentralized concepts and focus on creator ownership, has the potential…

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12 MIN READ

The Content Wars: A Mexican Standoff

September 12, 2025

We are in the midst of a war over content. In my days as an SEO specialist, «Content is King» was the …

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The Digital Music Revolution: How the Record Industry Lost Control of Music Distribution

August 11, 2025

For close to a century, the music industry operated under a carefully controlled model where record labels held absolute power over music…

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11 MIN READ

The Rhythm of the Algorithms – Top Five Music Marketing Platforms

June 21, 2025

Discovery Engine And Trends I have a confession to make, when I realized that rock stardom wasn’t in the stars for me, I…

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9 MIN READ

Creativity on the Line in the Age of AI

February 27, 2025

The music industry is at a crossroads, and as in the legend of bluesman Robert Johnson, the deal is to sell or…

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MUSIC NFTs – How to buy, sell or make.

February 25, 2025

Music Industry, MusicTech, Web3

Whether your reaction to the term »Music NFT» is WTF? or LOL! This introduction will hopefully clarify a few aspects of the…

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Music Industry, MusicTech

2025 – The Year in MusicTech to the Sound of AI, Blockchain and Web3?

January 13, 2025

When I was learning the guitar by mishearing guitar riffs and chord progressions and watching the occasional VHS instructional video, Gen-AI, Blockchain, Web3…

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Music Industry, MusicTech

Streaming Fraud – What is it, and How Big is it?

December 1, 2024

The music industry has never been short of semi-legal and illegal schemes and shady operators. Every aspect and every era of the…

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Music Industry, MusicTech

Interactive Album Experiences

November 18, 2024

The concept of interactive album experiences, I would argue, was born out of the necessity to make the CD a more attractive…

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6 MIN READ

AI Tools for Musicians

October 23, 2024

Music AI, MusicTech

Much has been said, written, and certainly moaned about AI and music, including in these pages! Let’s look at how to use…

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6 MIN READ

How AI-Assisted Songwriting Will Affect the Music Business

October 7, 2024

Unless you have lived under a rock with no WiFi connection and cell phone coverage, you are aware of the impact AI…

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Developments in Spatial Audio and Immersive Music

September 30, 2024

Metaverse, Music Industry, MusicTech

At notefornote an exercise that we constantly do is to contemplate the next steps for technology in the music industry. General audio…

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Deterritorializing sound - Deleuze & Guattari

Deterritorializing Sound/Art – The Value of Music in the Streaming Era

September 16, 2024

Parental Advisory; this post may contain academic content!To try and understand the changes that affect artists in the music industry, I’ll try…

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4 MIN READ

21st Century Payola? The Spotify Discovery Mode

September 11, 2024

Can artists pay their way to more visibility and status on digital platforms? We’re not talking about paid marketing but features like…

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3 MIN READ

Does the Music Industry Need Patrons?- Music NFTs and a New Dawn

August 29, 2024

Music Industry, Web3

Patronage has been a driving force behind musical creativity and innovation throughout history, ensuring that artists historically have been free to focus…

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How To Choose The Right Digital Platform To Promote Your Music

August 25, 2024

As an independent artist, a recurring question is, where do I publish, post, and promote my music? It is the most essential…

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11 MIN READ

How AI Shapes Music Discovery & Consumption

August 15, 2024

Music AI, MusicTech

In the Sci-Fi movies of old us humans were regularly subject to being probed and analyzed by the aliens. Today, this job…

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The Death of the Rock Star – The Role of the Artist in the Virtual World

July 30, 2024