Now, through The Unheard ’80s Project, Radman has used AI-assisted production to complete 41 songs from that earlier body of work. The technology serves not as a replacement for songwriting, but as a means of realizing it. The result raises timely questions about creativity, authorship, access, and whether AI can help give long-unheard music a legitimate second life. — AI Music Newsletter

The justices used a rare maneuver to uphold a ruling for songwriter Cyril Vetter that major music companies have warned will cause "chaos" for the industry. — Michael Whalen / Digital Music News

The problems with corporate music are exactly the same. Indie creators are doing amazing work right now, but almost all of it is happening on Bandcamp, TikTok, YouTube, and other open platforms. Live music is also rebounding. But the major labels are playing almost no role in this revival. — Ted Gioia / The Honest Broker

AI can support music creation, but transparency about human involvement is essential to preserving the meaningful artist–fan connection. — John Lister / Rap Fame

We all want to offload our most tedious tasks. But what might we lose in the process? — Adam Clark Estes / Vox

Join Ritch Esra & Eric Knight from MUBUTV as they sit down with Live Nation's David O'Connor to discuss the future of live music. Learn what talent scouts look for, how Live Nation’s Ones to Watch is changing the game, and what the biggest misconceptions about partnering with Live Nation are, which business skills every artist must master! He also discusses how to build a brand that resonates on AND off the stage and the secrets to making a lasting impression in the attention economy — Ritch Esra / MUBUTV

“Nothing really scares me,” Grainge, now in his 16th year as chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, says with casual confidence. “I’ve done this before several times already. This is just another transformation. We’re having this conversation because of the power of music. Seen it, done it, got the T-shirt. Nothing we can’t deal with if we fight to protect what human beings create.” — Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), which represent publishers and songwriters in the proceeding, want services to pay the greatest of 20% of revenue, 40% of what they pay record labels, USD $2.40 per subscriber a month, or $0.004 per play. The current headline rate is 15.3% of service revenue, rising to 15.35% in 2027. A 20% rate would be 4.65 percentage points above the 2027 level. Spotify, Apple, Google, and Pandora want the 2027 rates, including the 15.35% headline rate, kept in place from 2028 to 2032. Amazon wants the headline rate cut to 13.4%. — Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide

Brightlights is centered around a central artist and event compatibility assessment, The Brightlights Score (BLS). The platform is designed to consolidate the fragmented data surrounding a live music booking into actionable intelligence. Rather than relying solely on instinct or manually piecing together information from multiple sources, users can evaluate the potential of a show through a single dashboard before committing to a lineup. The platform gives venue operators and promoters the tools to answer a critical question: which artists should we book, where, and when? — Stacy Simons Santo / Celebrity Access

When asked what would improve their professional lives, 43% said better playlist and discovery tools on streaming services and 41% said higher streaming-royalty rates, with a big drop-off to the third-most popular response: better education/resources. The survey covered artists in 112 countries, although the US (1,180), UK (1,003) and South Africa (929) accounted for nearly two thirds of the respondents. — Stuart Dredge / Music :) ally

Ye, the disgraced rapper formerly known as Kanye West, attempted to strike references to his past antisemitic statements and behavior as well as German artist Alice Merton’s family connections to the Holocaust from the copyright lawsuit she filed against him last year. — Ashley King / Digital Music News