A2IM Hosting Its Annual Indie Event in New York
June 10 through the 13 this year will be A2IM’s three day Indie Week Conference, held in New York City. A2IM is the American Association of Independent Music, helping independent labels, indie artists, and associates. They rely completely on dues,…
Yes, You Can Really Go to Jail for Using Bots and Fake Streams.
Law: Crackdown On Fake Streaming Accounts Just last month, a man in Denmark was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison for using bots to inflate his streaming numbers on music platforms. The charges included data fraud and copyright…
Kiko Loureiro Is Hosting A Guitar Experience Weekend
It’s finally happening— Kiko Loureiro is hosting a boot-camp-like guitar experience weekend in Helsinki, Finland the first weekend in June this year. Yes I know, my American friends; that’s a pricey trip to the end of the world, but before…
Why Concerts Are Becoming Unaffordable For Most People
David C Lowery, a working musician of over 40 years and senior lecturer at the University of Georgia wrote an article back in 2016 about the financial logistics of touring. He’s got extensive experience in quantitative finance and entrepreneurship in…
Understanding AI—Really.
The main opposition to AI in general is the fact that generative AI takes without permission. In experimenting with our new artificial intelligence technology, a lot of people have leaned towards its darker uses. Of course our curiosity and human…