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This Week on AiDIY: A Four Hour Tribute and Two Years of Featured Artists
A four hour tribute to Detour Soundscape, two years of 5 Featured Artists, and BenStar on why Suno still needs your ear.
"Your Move, Sony": Suno Pushes Chips to the Center: "All In Mofo's" (not a quote)
Hey everyone, it’s Matt from AIDIY, the AI music guy. I’ve always said that Music Is For Everyone , but as of today, we are officially in a battle over who actually gets to keep the music they create. We’ve got some massive news. If you’ve been following the industry, you know we’ve been in a state of "Fair Use" limbo for nearly two years while the major record labels, Sony, Universal, and Warner, sued the giants of the space, Suno and Udio. But within the last 24 hours, the game changed...
Aussie 80’s Rock – This Week’s Live Music ChallengeAussie 80’s Rock – This Week’s Live Music Challenge
If you’ve been thinking about jumping into one of the weekly challenges, this would be a good week to do it. This Sunday night (US time), we’re going full Aussie 80’s rock. Big riffs. Big choruses. Pub rock energy that feels raw but somehow massive at the same time. Think Cold Chisel. INXS. Midnight Oil. AC/DC. That era where songs felt lived in. Loud. Slightly rough around the edges. Built to be sung back at the stage. Every week I set a genre or creative constraint. You make something...
Bandcamp Has Drawn a Line on AI Music If You Use AI, You Need to Read This
This isn’t a rumor.This isn’t Reddit speculation.And this isn’t a “wait and see” situation. Bandcamp has formally updated its policy to exclude music generated wholly or substantially by AI , and they’ve given themselves broad discretion to remove tracks they suspect fall into that category. I'll be releasing a video about all of this tomorrow. If you create music using AI even as part of a broader, human-led workflow this affects you right now . I don’t usually write posts like this. I’m...
🎸 80’s Glam Rock Challenge – Next Week’s Watch Party
Nothing screams “bad boy who looks like trouble” quite like growing your hair out, blow-drying it to within an inch of its life, and finishing the look with cherry-red lipstick. And somehow… it worked. That’s the energy we’re bringing to next week’s watch party , because the new creative challenge is: 👉 80’s Glam Rock What This Is This week’s challenge is all about confidence, spectacle, and committing fully to the bit . 80’s glam rock wasn’t subtle. It wasn’t ironic. And it definitely...
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