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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Spotify, CDs, Vinyl, Earnings & More

Episode 262 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

Bruce Houghton on 08/11/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Artist, Songwriter, Producer… or AI Music Designer?

After decades of investing in human talent, does the music industry really want to replace talented songwriters, artists and producers with an AI music designer to save money and speed up production? UMG seems to be saying yes, writes Bobby Owsinski.

Alana Bonilla on 08/07/2025 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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AI Generated Songs Exploit Deceased Artists [CHRIS CASTLE]

AI generated songs are being uploaded under the names of deceased artists without permission, and major platforms like Spotify and TikTok are letting it happen.

Alana Bonilla on 08/06/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music Meets Data: Cherie Hu on Next Era of Industry Intelligence

At the crossroads of where music meets data, Cherie HU and Water & Music are redefining industry analysis through AI data, investment trends, and startup innovation – all while questioning the cultural impact of shifting business incentives.

Alana Bonilla on 08/05/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: AI detection, Spotify boycott, More

Episode 261 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

Bruce Houghton on 08/04/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music Business News Last Week: Spotify, Dup Data, Apps & More

Catch up on what’s happening in the music business news last week from a new look at the state of Spotify, the songwriter’s changing role, duplicate data’s detriment to the. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 08/02/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Outside Lands Vibe Coded must use app for indie musiians

30+ vibe coded music apps unveiled at Outside Lands Festival

Outside Lands Music Festival’s buildathon and competition Outside LLMs has opened the public voting for it latest crop of AI-powered apps. These vibe coded music apps were each created in less than four hours using Lovable.dev.

Bruce Houghton on 08/01/2025 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Bobby Owsinski’s list of Music AI That Actually Delivers

AI is finally delivering real tools that make music creation faster and smarter. Check out Bobby Owsinki’s list of Music AI that actually delivers. Learn how these breakthroughs are changing how musicians write, produce, and innovate.

Alana Bonilla on 08/01/2025 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Why Duplicate Data is Costing Musicians & The Industry Millions

Millions in music royalties are getting lost or payments delayed, and the culprit is often as simple as duplicate data. Find out how messy metadata is quietly choking the music industry and what it will take to finally clean it up.

Alana Bonilla on 07/30/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: AI, Super Listeners, RAP Act, More

Episode 260 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart podcast Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

Bruce Houghton on 07/30/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify reports quarterly loss as users hit 696M, stock down 11%

Spotify offered a mixed report for Q2 2025. In response, Spotify [NYSE: SPOT] fell in pre-market trading Tuesday. Spotify paid subscribers grew by 8 million to 276 million in Q2 or 12% year on year. Total monthly active users grew 11% to 696 million year on year.

Bruce Houghton on 07/29/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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