This might be the fix for music’s fragmented rights, metadata, and royalty systems, and help companies pay creators faster with human oversight. — Edward Ginis / Co-Founder of OpenPlay

For over four decades, Wayne B. Olivieri has been living the rock & roll life—just a few feet from the spotlight. Now, in his own voice, he takes you inside the sweat-soaked clubs, the late-night recording sessions, the friendships forged in dive bars and broken in greenrooms, and the near-misses that haunt every musician who ever believed this could be the moment. Along the way, you'll hear about a 17-year friendship with Jon Bon Jovi that began when they were both nobodies—and somehow survived 15 years after Jon became one of the biggest rock stars on the planet. You'll get stories involving Springsteen, Bowie, Sinatra, Sebastian Bach, members of The Rascals, and a parade of legends who crossed Wayne's path in the New Jersey and New York music underground. The Undiscovered Showman isn't about making it. It's about what happens when you keep showing up anyway—the triumphs, the heartbreaks, and the stubborn, beautiful refusal to let go of the dream. — Jim Dogman / Gaumount & Bleudawg

First Round Voting for the 2027 Grammys opened Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, and runs through Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. Read our Grammy voting guide for everything Grammy voters need to know, including key dates and deadlines, voting guidelines, and much more. — NARAS

You can license a real person in minutes, not monthsZooly gives artists, managers and rights holders one place to license likeness, voice and music. Jonathan Griffit, CEO of Zooly, says "You set your terms once, every offer comes to you for approval, and the contract and the payment happen automatically". Zooly has run campaigns with the Chicago Bulls, Snoop Dogg, Wrexham AFC and SoftBank Japan, with 3,000+ rights holders on the platform. — Daniel Dogman / Gaumaunt & Bleudawg

Creator Nation will be led by Scott and Alexis Fisher, and seek to acquire and grow creator management firms and adjacent businesses. — By Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter

My contention is that most of the live opportunities musicians are offered would not survive a serious examination of what they cost and what they produce. Some lose money outright. Others appear to make money because the musician conveniently leaves their own labor out of the calculation. Then there are the supposed “stepping stones” that somehow never lead anywhere, except to another gig with the same lousy terms. — Michael Whalen / Digital Music News

The framework is based on a number of key licensing considerations including revenue allocations between master and publishing rights; payments for past use, training outputs and future exploitation; and mechanisms to establish trust and transparency. IMPF and IMPEL are now calling on CMOs and other licensors to support the principles to create a fair and sustainable future for the music industry. — Andre Paine / MusicWeek

Hosted by former Billboard Chartbeat Editor, Fred Bronson and Michael Ellis, former Director of Charts, each episode will use the charts as a jumping-off point for conversations that bring together music history, data, and firsthand stories from the artists, experts, and industry figures who made and documented that history. The debut episode features Thelma Houston and The Fleetwoods’ Gretchen Christopher in conversation with leading Billboard chart experts and can be streamed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. — Alicia Urrea / Billboard

Music shifts consciousness directly, without requiring belief or agreement. That is precisely why the choice to use it, and how, must belong to you. Musimorphic operates at the intersection of music, consciousness research, and human development to put that choice in your hands. Once that realization took hold of me, another quickly followed: who are the people out there with a genuine interest in how music might change their lives for good?Before I answer that, some background. — Bill Protzmann / Musimorphic

Join Ritch Esra & Erick Knight as they sit down with Anurag Rao India’s leading sync and licensing visionary, as he reveals the evolution of India’s music business—from managing top Bollywood stars to pioneering brand partnerships that are transforming music in advertising. Discover why relationships and regional diversity are the real keys to opportunity, how AI and copyright reform are changing the landscape, and what every independent artist needs to know right now. Featuring stories from MTV India’s heyday, the Bollywood vs Indie debate, and the rise of multilingual music in brand campaigns—this episode is essential for artists, music pros, and anyone passionate about the next global music powerhouse! — Ritch Esra / MUBUTV

ROSTR Venues is a new, free directory mapping over 33,000 global live music venues designed to make booking and tour routing easier. — Bruce Houghton / Hypebot

There’s no doubt that the Guitar Hero franchise impacted popular music. Many bands saw surges in sales after being featured in the game. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame claimed there was new interest in the museum from younger people after the games came out, but want to know is if Guitar Hero changed how we think about classic rock? — Chris Dalla Riva / Can't Get Much Higher

The Recording Industry Association of America and the National Music Publishers’ Association had filed a joint brief in the case, telling the court that training an AI model on copyrighted works to create a competing service or product “cannot qualify as fair use.” — Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide