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There's a track doing the rounds online. It sounds like a lost Radiohead B-side, that specific cocktail of melancholy arpeggios, «Thom Yorke» falsetto, and a bass line that feels like it's slowly creeping up on you. People are sharing it. People are moved by it. And nobody made it. Not in the way we used to mean "made." Welcome to the simulacrum. Population: everyone Baudrillard Walks Into a Recording Studio Jean Baudrillard,…
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…
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 to…
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…
How to be an Artist in a Web3 World Web3, with its decentralized concepts and focus on creator ownership, has the potential to transform the music industry in numerous, powerful ways. First off, a short definition of what we mean by «Web3»: Web3 is an idea for a new iteration of the World Wide Web which incorporates concepts such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, and token-based economics. Some technologists and journalists…
We are in the midst of a war over content. In my days as an SEO specialist, «Content is King» was the pre-eminent axiom. This due to the fact that content really drove the whole search-engine eco-system, and that volume and quality of content were deciding factors in success with Search Engine Optimization. As Social Media and the whole influencer economy exploded, a new dimension, and complexity, emerged regarding content. «Content…
For close to a century, the music industry operated under a carefully controlled model where record labels held absolute power over music distribution. They owned the pressing plants, controlled radio airplay, and determined what music reached consumers through physical retail channels. This gatekeeping system generated enormous profits and allowed major labels to dictate terms to both artists and consumers. However, the late 1990s marked the beginning of a seismic shift…
Discovery Engine And Trends I have a confession to make, when I realized that rock stardom wasn’t in the stars for me, I took a «day job» as a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialist. Most of my working hours were spent trying to understand the workings of search-engine algorithms, what criteria bring a website to «the top» of the search results.Another «thing» that I’ve worked with quite a bit in my…
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