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Daily Alchemy: Can we make this controversy good?

23d ago

“Should major labels be allowed to keep 88% of masters revenue, as Dea Matrona warned?”

  • ↳onIs popular music getting worse?: The Storyby
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    AlyCat·...
    I really do believe it has gotten worse. Industry plants, cash grabs, deals with labels that have ways to rob the artists blind via the fine print, AI.. I have heard time and time again that people’s attention spans are shorter. I disagree....
    music
    personal-reflection
    music-industry
  • ↳onPayola is killing indie artistsbyRRich Allen Music
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    JayCrib·...

    You mean like the old fashion payola: give the DJ / Program Director Money, Gifts, Drugs to play a certain record on the radio? Or are you speaking about something else?

    music-industry
    media-ethics
    radio-broadcasting
  • ↳onIP is a boomer concept in the age of abundanceby
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    Hannah Aline Taylor·...
    If the AI knows who to replicate, it knows who to compensate. Spotify compensates the artists who put their music on spotify. AI companies are sitting on piles of cash, directly replicating art via specific consumer demand, and it would be very simple to provide compensation to...
    music-industry
    intellectual-property
    ai-ethics
  • ↳onbenefits of not valuing paying more for quality services?byRrenee
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    renee·...
    It’s kind of like how the music industry had to find new stability when there was free access to songs (Napster, Youtube…) and there was a need to find a new way to relate to marketing and sales. It feels like that. Where’s the new ground here? That’s the ouch....
    economics
    technology
    music-industry
  • ↳onThe Open Question June 10: what's the best thing AI has done for you (or someone you know)?by
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    FrankieBoy·...
    I am a big fan on AI.  I use it extensively for both personal and professional enquiries.  It has replaced Google search.  On a personal basis, I plan travel for a small group of travelers.  It has provided phenomenal data on flights, hotels, restaurants etc....
    artificial-intelligence
    personal-reflection
    music-industry
  • ↳onYeah, we are gonna be alright but it’s gonna take moreby
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    Nytelyte The Bright Burner·...
    There are quality MCs out there, keeping the skills alive. Like its been mentioned tho, the bar is so low and the market is so flooded, "casual" listeners dont have the same standards as those immersed in the culture....
    music-industry
    contemporary-music
    hip-hop-culture
  • ↳onI want this tech for musicby
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    annabeth·...
    Like what Rick Rubin does. As far as I know he has never written or recorded a song of his own, but he has been a key part of the creation and recording process of an incredibly wide range of genres and a stunning number of the best albums of their time....
    collaborative-platforms
    music-production
    music-industry
  • ↳onI want this tech for musicby
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    Your exact link didn’t work for me, so I went to the main landing page. It’s not super clear to me what this is, like an Etsy for music recordings?

    digital-distribution
    e-commerce-platforms
    music-industry
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