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Random music news for Saturday, October 21, 2023

This guy wants to build a house. He’s going to spend US$1 billion on it. Interest rates? What interest rates? The rich are not like you and me. Meanwhile, we can all enjoy music news for October, 21, 2023–for free, too.

  1. A new mobile ticketing platform is coming to Canada. Introducing Dice.
  2. Bruce Springsteen is going to have a university building named after him.
  3. Tommy Lee found a dildo buried on his new property. You ready that correctly.
  4. According to AI, the best place for a musician to live is…Liverpool.
  5. This AI program can apparently diagnose people for diabetes just by listening to a 10-second voice recording of the patient.
  6. And YouTube is said to be working on a new AI tool that will allow creators to use generate artists’ voices.
  7. Here’s more on the dumb, shortsighted vote to defund CHUO, the campus station at the University of Ottawa.
  8. Gen Z is a heavy user of streaming. This demo streamed 560 billion songs just on Spotify during the first half of 2023.
  9. Meanwhile, a streaming service called Marine Snow is offering equity to both artists and listeners.
  10. This rapper’s lawyer used AI to write a legal argument. It didn’t turn out well.
  11. A Sly Stone memoir? This should be interesting.
  12. Here’s an interview with super radio fan Toronto Mike’d.
  13. Expect to see more marketing from TikTok. Here’s what they plan to do.
  14. The originator of headbanging: discuss.
  15. The Creed reunion continues to get a big boost thanks to the Texas Rangers playoff run.
  16. Ronnie Woods of The Stones is selling this place in London. Fancy making an offer?

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Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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