Random music news for Saturday, August 30, 2025

Here’s the next big tech thing: BCI. That stands for “brain-computer interface.” Cool or creepy? Music news for August 30, 2025, is definitely cool.

1. Want to be an artist manager but don’t know the first thing about it? There’s now an academic course for that. Take a look at Holodigm Academy. (Via Paul)
2. People are still talking about the two Oasis shows in Toronto. See?
3. And check out this new Toronto-based Oasis cover band. You may recognize a few names.
4. Like I’ve been saying for weeks, 2025 has no Song of the Summer.
5. Nevertheless, Spotify says they have the answer to the Song of the Summer thing.
6. Still with Spotify, their latest marketing campaign focuses on fan rituals.
7. For the last time, people, Ticketmaster does NOT set the price of a concert ticket. Only the artist can do that.
8. Apple Music’s six radio stations are now available on TuneIn.
9. Are you a guitarist? Drool over this “secret stash” collection.
10. Beatoven as a generative-AI music model called Maestro that is “fully licensed and fairly trained.”
11. Archeologists have just discovered a “punk rock dinosaur.” I wouldn’t want to mess with this thing.
12. If you’re following the whole Diddy saga, this has been quietly happening.
13. There’s trouble in Wiggles land.
14. Just a thought: Taylor Swift is worth US$1.6 billion. Travis Kelce is at about US$90. Now imagine the pre-nup…
15. Another thought: Tay-Tay hysteria over her new album will arrive at almost the same time as the annual invasion of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.” Oh, dear.

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BONUS: And back to guitars: Can nu-metalcore guitarist Zak Cox of Uncured play a $20 guitar bought on Temu? Let’s find out.