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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 big pirate and I like to stealHe's a big pirate and he likes to stealI like to steal and I like to kill(Speed Racer - Devo)Slaves to Speed and Generative AI Tools We are being sold speed. In our consumerist society by and large, and specifically across the landscape…
The Synthetic Symphony - Market Report Get Embed Code The Synthetic Symphony A 2025 Market Analysis: How generative AI restructured the global music economy—from revenue flows to virtual artists. AI Market Expansion The AI music sector surged to $6.65B in 2025. Institutional investment in training data and synthetic IP has accelerated the market toward a projected $60B+ valuation by 2034. $6.65B 2024 Market2025 Market The Upload Flood Content volume reached…
Major Key Takeaways AI has moved from experimental to existential in the music industry.Licensing, not litigation, is now the dominant strategy for labels engaging with AI.The rapid growth of AI-generated content is straining streaming platforms and discovery models.Music creation is becoming more interactive, with fans empowered to remix and reinterpret licensed works.The future of music hinges on finding equilibrium between algorithmic scale and human expression. AI has moved from experimental…
On 11/11, 2025, the Munich Regional Court handed a judicial victory to the music community with a milestone ruling that sent shockwaves through the artificial intelligence industry. In a case brought by GEMA, Germany's largest music rights organization, the court ruled that OpenAI's ChatGPT violated copyright law by training its language models on protected song lyrics without permission. Specifically, GEMA pointed to nine song lyrics to make their case.This decision represents…
Art has always been under the influence by Artifice, in all senses of the word: as craftsmanship, as chicanery, and as sleight of hand. We’ve had the Monkees (authenticity under question as a «manufactured» band), Milli Vanilli (not actually singing on their hits), the whole boyband era and holograms, but we’re now seeing the first completely virtual/artificial artist, the Artificial Intelligence «artist» who is bringing a whole new level and…
The music industry is at a crossroads, and as in the legend of bluesman Robert Johnson, the deal is to sell or not to sell one’s «soul».The unsurprising «Devil» in our story is Artificial Intelligence. The music industry is, and will be, one of the industries that will be most impacted by AI, and by Generative AI, in particular. This is certain not the only form of AI that will…
Much has been said, written, and certainly moaned about AI and music, including in these pages! Let’s look at how to use AI in the service of creativity instead of laziness. I will not be mentioning any music-gen tools, simply because those are not for musicians. Making «music» from prompts is not exactly exciting for a musician, and it sure doesn’t make you one. They are a fun tool, if…
Unless you have lived under a rock with no WiFi connection and cell phone coverage, you are aware of the impact AI is having on the music business. With all the noise generated from generative AI, there’s been a lower volume setting regarding other aspects of AI-guided music production.You’ll find that AI pops up its jagged, algorithmic head in all corners of music production already. And, as generative AI for…
In the Sci-Fi movies of old us humans were regularly subject to being probed and analyzed by the aliens. Today, this job has been handed over to the algorithms. Our every digital move is being observed and processed in various ways with various underlying objectives. In any walk of life where understanding human motivation and behavior has a commercial and/or organizational benefit, the algorithms are working overtime! How The Digital Service…
The music industry has, historically, had an ambiguous relationship with technology. Ultimately, though, the industry has ended up capitalizing on the very technology the major players wanted to shut down, the gramophone, the cassette, the CD etc. Innovation in music technology has always equaled new business opportunities and growth in the music industry. That is, until «the MP3 revolution» kicked off a new era in music distribution and a redefinition…
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