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Prof Snyder's Music Biz News — 84 episodes

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Will New Voluntary AI Music Labeling Make A Difference?

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AI In The Classroom: The Future of Music Education

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Why Did 2 Live Crew Lose 'Me So Horny'

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Spotify Evolves from a Streaming Service into an AI Music-Creation Ecosystem.

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Ozzy Osbourne and the Beginning of the Deadbot Music Era

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The 988 Lifeline. More Than Most, Musicians Need to Know.

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Reanimated. Repackaged. Redeployed. By Agentic AI

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Another Shark in the Food Chain? The Big 4

9

Wild Free-Range AI Music Has Its Own PRO, Charts, Etc.

10

DDEX Adds AI Info to Meta Data: Now The Required Ticket Into The New Music Ecosystem

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Spotify and Labels Create New Music Ecosystem

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AI AND THE ORANGE DOOR

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CDBaby Now Owned By UMG: Are Indies Being Washed Out of Existence?

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2026: The Year Autonomous Bots Compose Music W/O Human Involvement?

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Ticketmaster/Live Nation Blames Bots for the Taylor Swift Ticket Fiasco: It's A Valid Point!

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Record Labels Raising Walls

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Remembering When Live Thrived

18

I Asked Alexa to Create A Valentine Song for My Cat.

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Let The Biggest Baddest Copyright Lawsuit Ever Begin!

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New AI Album Reveals the Cloned Voice Industry and Web of AI Companies.

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Bandcamp Bans AI. A Closer Look Behind The Curtain

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HITS ACT and the TAXMAN

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The New Music World Order Begins

24

SLOP - 2025 Merriam-Webster Word of the Year

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AI Music Creators Are Everywhere: They Are Not The Enemy

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Digital Dunkirk: MUSICIANS RETREATING, WONDERING HOW THEY WILL BE PAID.

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10 Misconceptions

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AI CREEP IN ASCAP, BMI, AND SOCAN

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" 'Absolute Betrayal': Udio Users Are Up in Arms About UMG Deal Terms."

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AI, Will Smith, Crowds, and Cats: It's Easy to Build Your Audience with AI

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Suno and Udio Rip Streams to Feed AI

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Udio Takes Lead in Record Label Lawsuit

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AI and Humans Get Along

34

Fear of an AI Planet

35

Composing 'Sonic Seasonings'

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Did AI Eat Your Lyrics, Sheet Music, Scores, Etc.? There might be $ in your future!

37

The Music Industry Is Splitting!

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Copyright Laundering

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Streamfarm Sweatshops: Cheating To The Top!

40

Dying for Dollars: Rock of the Aged

41

The New Major Trend In The Live Music Scene

42

Deadmau5's Feline Secret to Success and Well Being

43

Your Muse Is Calling...You Should Answer!

44

Is It Real or Is It Memorex (or AI)

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"For Many Artists, This Is Déjà Vu – And Not The Good Kind!"

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Will Music Kill AI, or Will AI Kill Music?

47

AI Killed The Radio Star!

48

Sinatra, Taylor, Fogerty, Swift Fight for Control, and The Dough ($)!

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Guinea Pigs Forced to Listen to Adele for 7 Days!!!

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Salt and Pepa Pushes UMG Real Good!

51

Music and the Dead Internet Theory

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Resistance is Futile!

53

Can Great Music Rise Above the Slop? [WARNING: May Be Depressing For Musicians]

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You Can Compose as you Decompose! Stem-Cell Research Leads to Post Mortem Composition

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Want To Vibe Like Imogen Heap?

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Landmark Case: The First AI Generated Work to be Granted Copyright Protection.

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Carey Versus A Copyright Troll?

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Carey Versus a Copyright Troll

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Carey Versus a Copyright Troll?

60

Jonesy's Cat-Shit Crazy News; Meet Horsegiirl

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AI IS EATING YOUR VOICE

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AI Is Eating Your Voice!

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Coming Era of Dead Musicians', Resurrected by AI, Making Money for the Living!

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The Competition Between Humans and AI, for Listeners, BEGINS !!!

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Universal Music Group Renews Agreement with Spotify Announcing STREAMING 2.0!

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Will You Pay $216 A Year To Be A SUPERFAN? Here Comes Streaming 2.0!

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Two Single Release AI Firsts: Randy Travis' Voice and a Beatles' Grammy

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Amazon Adds SUNO AI So Everybody Can Create Songs / Record Labels Use AI to Find The Next Big Artists / How is AI Used in Concerts? / 1000 Artists Release an Album Of Silence protesting AI, 'Is This What We Want?"

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What Up w/Aggressive PROs? • Copyright Office's AI Findings • AI Valentine Songs Help Your Love Life

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What Up w/Aggressive PROs? • Copyright Office's AI Findings • AI Valentine Songs Help Your Love Life

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Blu-Ray/Mini-Disc Dead / Tape Lives • R&R Photographers & Copyright Trolls • Deezer Detects AI • Early Ford AI

72

Save Your Music in DNA • When Sold-Out Isn't • Bundles Hurt Royalties • Did Bob Dylan Save Tik-Tok?

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Save Your Music in DNA • When Sold-Out Isn't • Bundles Hurt Royalties • Did Bob Dylan Save Tik-Tok?

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AI and You • Live Sound & Mental Health • Live Sound & Tik-Tok • Twitch Alt • Hit Song for Cannibals

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Spotify Ghosts Stuff Playlists •The Rise of D-n-B •New 1000 Stream Threshold•1st AI Song Performance

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EP 9 AI, Spotify, and Audiobooks • Artists Copyrights as Collateral • Make $ as a Fan • Big Ass Woofer!

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EP 7 Petition to Control AI•No Fakes Act•Chris Wallace in the Great Migration•Grammy Afterparty Shrinkage

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Ep 6 Tik-Tok Payola - AI Language Change - Industry's Slimey Behavior - Restaurant Playlists - Cat Envy

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EP 8 Dream Crushing Odds • AI Does Travis • Non-Human Makes Charts • Boogergate!

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Ep 5. AI Jingles - Connyct (College Kids Only) - AI 5th Beatle - Spotify Vids - Strap-on Recorder!

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Ep. 4 $4M Record - Tidal Trouble - UMG+AI - Tik-Tok Removes Songs - Abbey Road Mixer - 30 Year Xmas Song

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Ep 3. AI & Grammys-Timbaland & AI-End Of Streamers?-Chilis TikTok Goof-.music Available-Jazz Cat Attire

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Ep 2 Pay to Play Hendrix - Pay Limp Bizkit - Greenday's Mangled Dookie - Cassette Sales Up - EZ Grammy

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EP 1 Swift Guitar Smashed-Hard Drives Die-Floyd's $100M Loss-Can Songwriters Survive?-Gen Z Creators Rule