Bandcamp Bans AI Music

Bandcamp recently announced, "music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp." But what does that mean, and how will they enforce it? We dive in. In good news, we share a fundraising effort by Fender and Habitat for Humanity to raise money for housing in LA by auctioning custom guitars made from trees affected by last year's fires. Then we discuss a new global initiative by Universal Music Group to empower music education. Is it a good thing, or just another corporate cashgrab?Stay to the end for this week's Take It Or Leave It advice, which has to do with doomscrolling.LinksKeeping Bandcamp HumanAI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckageby Cory Doctorow for The Guardian Fender Is Turning Fire-Damaged Trees Into Custom Guitars To Help Rebuild Altadena After The Eaton Fire – Here’s How by Sarah Nash for Secret Los Angeles GiveButter - Altadena Telecaster Universal Music Group Launches 'Sound generation' Education Pilot in the UKby Rafaela Fornitani for Music Business Worldwide Send us Fan MailSubscribe on YouTubeRecorded ourselves at Secret Spot DTLACameron Ljungkull Augustus Watkins Cocaine Opera - Music PR | Artist & Label Services