Not really indie musician related, but a warning that your material might be ripped off by unscrupulous AI “musicians”; from MBW:
Shady operators like Spotify are enabling outright IP theft. But since when
I “like” this lead up to this video of Miss Krystle:
Something in Spotify’s new update caught my eye
Hey Fam,
I was reviewing Spotify’s latest update the same way I
CD Baby, a music distributor that been around a while has an article on how to outlast this AI slop deluge.
https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-career/stand-out-amidst-ai-music-slop/?j=103081&sfmc_sub=39920923&
From BBC Tech Decoded:
THE DOWNLOAD
Is AI an 'unstoppable force' in music?
Songs by "synthetic" band the Velvet Sundown have been streamed millions of times. Credit: Velvet Sundown
CD Baby has published a music marketing guide , if you’re interested. Find it at https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/music-marketing/music-marketing-in-2026/?utm_source=email_EN&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EN_