Bill Werde, Director of the Bandier Music Business Program at Syracuse University, argues that 2026 is the year artists should finally unionize – wielding joint leverage to improve things for anyone who’s ever stood in front of a mic…
Deviate Digital founder Sammy Andrews digs deep into how the business globally is actually using AI – and detects that the conversation is finally evolving beyond linear arguments over rights…
Darius Van Arman explores the threat of AI to the music-making community and how independents can best position themselves against the inevitable and rising tide of AI…
Columnist Sammy Andrews dives back into the AI-verse, concentrating on the tsunami of AI covers flooding DPSs and social media platforms. It’s time, she concludes, that we stopped circling the issue and started collecting the money…
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The following MBW op/ed comes from Paul Knowles, the co-founder of Dune, an app-based engagement platform that lets music fans buy a ‘stake’ in their favourite artists
As the PRS Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary, CEO Joe Frankland looks at what has been achieved so far, explains how the Foundation supports music creators at every level and highlights the importance of partnerships across the industry…