Making a Scene April 17 2024 Issue 466
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A Comprehensive Review of Songvest: A New Era in Music Investment
A Comprehensive Review of Songvest: A New Era in Music Investment
SongVest is a revolutionary platform ushering in a new era for music enthusiasts and songwriters alike. It provides a novel way for fans to invest in their favorite songs, allowing them to contribute to and participate in the financial success of the songs they love. For songwriters, it offers financial support and the chance to strengthen relationships with their fans. With its innovative business model and the myriad benefits it provides for both investors and songwriters, SongVest is carving out a promising niche for itself in the music royalties investment landscape. It is clear the music industry is moving towards a more streamlined “Direct Artist to Fan” business model and moving away from an industry that is glutted with middlemen.
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK

The Stetson Family

"Dollar in My Hand"

 


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The Brothers Brown with Bobby Rush

I got Nowhere Left to Go

Artist Interviews

Arnaud Dolmen, Leonardo Montana

Les Invisibles Part 1


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CD Reviews

How Musicians Can Harness AI-Enhanced Visual Content Creation Tools for Effective Music Promotion
How Musicians Can Harness AI-Enhanced Visual Content Creation Tools for Effective Music Promotion
In the ever-evolving landscape of the music industry, standing out amidst the noise requires more than just great tunes. Visual content has become a powerful tool for musicians to capture audience attention, convey their brand identity, and ultimately drive engagement with their music. With the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), musicians now have access to a wealth of innovative tools that revolutionize the process of creating visually compelling content. The reality that recorded music has lost it’s status of product, AI-enhanced visual content creation tools can help empower musicians to elevate their brand, effectively promote their music and do both economically in time and more importantly financially.
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INTERVIEW WITH A PRO

Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame Celebrates 20 Years!
Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame Celebrates 20 Years!
In May of 2003 I had returned from a trip to Atlanta where I had visited the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (now sadly gone), and It inspired me to try and discover the music history of Long Island. What I found astounded me! The wealth of music and history that was contained on Long Island was nothing less than staggering! At the time I was the publisher of “Long Island Entertainment” a free newspaper on the Long Island Music and Entertainment scene and in my monthly column I wrote an article about the need for Long Island to have it’s own Hall of Fame to Celebrate and preserve this history. From that Article I was approached by Norm Prusslin (Head of the Communication and Theater Arts department of SUNY University Stony Brook) where he offered space (as well as cookies and coffee) to hold meetings to help establish the organization. The meetings eventually moved to my living room in Smithtown NY and with a passionate board of directors we had within a year our 501(c)3 non for profit status and we were incorporated under the NY board of Education. From those humble beginnings we were able to create our first induction ceremony two years late with over 50 Inductees!!

Since that time The Long Island Music Hall of Fame has moved beyond my wildest dreams and is now 20 years old! Congratulations to the Board and all that worked so hard to make this dream a reality!
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AI and the Future of the Music Industry
AI and the Future of the Music Industry
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been rapidly advancing and integrating into our lives over recent years whether we see it or not. It is leaving an indelible mark on multiple industries and revolutionizing not only the way see the world around us, but opens up Technological advancements and possibilities that we could only imagined 20 years ago. For the Music Industry, AI has brought an ever expanding set of tools that which, in the hands of creative musicians, that will change how we Educate, Create, Record and Market music in the future.

The influence of AI on the music industry is multifaceted and continually progressing, opening up a realm of unlimited possibilities for the future. Let’s take a look into five specific areas where AI is playing a crucial role in shaping the future of the music industry: music creation, distribution, consumption and Marketing.

The Bottom line is the fact that AI is here! It will continue to advance and affect our lives in ways we can only imagine right now. If we are going to be able to guide it’s development in the future we CANNOT IGNORE AI, we need to understand the good and the bad this technology will bring to music industry, so we can as an industry find it’s proper place and usage as collaborative tools.
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DataMind Audio Unveils Virtual AI Instrument and Ethically Sourced “Artist Brains”
DataMind Audio Unveils Virtual AI Instrument and Ethically Sourced “Artist Brains”
Wildly creative music tech trailblazers team up with sound designers and music producers to set an ethical, green paradigm for AI in music.

While much of the AI-powered tech for music creation spits out replicas or facsimiles, DataMind Audio does something radically different. Founded by musicians for musicians, the UK-based startup is launching a first-of-its-kind virtual instrument, the Combobulator, a real-time generative AI instrument powered by custom models called Artist Brains, created in collaboration with a wide range of donor musicians who receive a 50% of the profits.
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