Random music news for Tuesday, January 23, 2024

How much screen time to you put in each week? It all depends on which country you’re in, I guess. (According to Apple, I put in 17 hours and 18 minutes PER DAY last week. That’s disturbing.) Moving to music news for January 23, 2024…

1. Streaming is a brutal game. Just ask Spotify.
2. Apple Music says they’ll pay artists 10% if they make their music available in spatial audio.
3. I wholeheartedly agree with this: “The crumbling of music media is a disaster for the music industry” (VIa Bobby)
4. There’s a new AI music generator that might be a little too good. Here’s a little more on what they’re doing.
5. And I can’t say I’m real happy about AI taking over for humans in this job.
6. Rush fans: It’s done. Get over it. There can be no Rush without Neil.
7. The Jam Master Jay murder trial is finally set to begin. The Run-DMC DJ was shot in his recording studio in 2002.
8. Will there be a musicians union strike over streaming? Maybe in the US.
9. The story of Jason Newsted’s final show with Metallica. (Via Rick J)
10. Are these the worst earworm songs ever? Science says so. (Rick again)
11. A good list: The ten most dangerous bands/artists in rock.
12. A radio station for the war zone in Ukraine: Rage Radio.
13. This a problem with streaming playforms: Manipulated songs. (Rick again)
14. On that topic, there’s a lot of money to be made for companies that can detect streaming fraud–like this one.
15. Musicians who drink onstage: A part of the job that’s also dangerous.
16. Nice gig if you can get it, huh, Travis?

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