Building Blocks
Brodie ConleyExploring the systems that shape how music is produced, distributed, and consumed, and the many forms of value it creates.
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Udio's 'Starstruck' and the emerging political economy of generative AI music licensing
The past few weeks have brought a wave of new reporting and announcements that offer a clearer picture of how the relationship between the music industry and generative AI companies is unfolding.
Two weeks back, Cherie Hu of Water & Music...
Notes on Financialization: A series!
Grateful, as always, to for inviting me to publish with the collective, and for continuing to make space for my critical, sometimes slightly unhinged🫣, analysis of where the music industry is headed.
I’ve got an essay out today introduc...
A (working) framework for building collective power in music
Yesterday, , the Director of the Bandier Music Business Program at Syracuse University, published a very solid op-ed over on Music Business Worldwide, arguing that it’s high time for artists to pull together and organize into a union.
You...
A typology of approaches for addressing trend simulation
Last week, I laid out several approaches to addressing trend simulation, and considered the moral and practical strengths and weaknesses of each.
I’m happy with that essay. But it is dense!
The central argument is that practices like tren...
How to solve a problem like trend simulation
A few weeks ago, prompted by a Variety article, I wrote a short note about ‘clipping’ in music marketing. This is a practice where songs are seeded into short-form videos through paid networks of meme, fan, and influencer-style accounts to...
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