AI Music Industry

The AI Music Briefing #6: Riffle is the Figma moment for songwriters

The AI Music Briefing for June 8–14, 2026: Warner buys Sureel AI, the musicians' union sues UMG and Warner, and Riffle brings Figma's canvas to songwriting.

AudioShake CEO Jessica Powell on the 2026 AIMS: AI Music Summit, where AI helped an ALS patient sing again

• AudioShake CEO Jessica Powell recapped the 2026 AIMS: AI Music Summit, where Berklee College of Music students protested AI music outside while a more nuanced debate played out inside
• Researcher Richard Cave used AudioShake and ElevenLabs to clone the singing voice of an ALS patient so he could perform with his band again
• On the CEO panel, the consensus was that users never ask for "AI" itself, they ask for tedious or impossible tasks to be solved

Behind every copyright is a human being: a publisher's case against the catalog-first mindset

• Angry Mob Music CEO Marc Caruso argued in a June 8, 2026 Hypebot op-ed that music publishing manages trust, not just copyrights
• He proposes one test for every negotiation, licensing deal, and policy call, does it make it easier or harder for a songwriter to make a living
• Caruso warns that the industry's focus on catalogs, scale, and platform economics creates distance from the people whose work it sells

The AI Music Briefing #5: Parkinson's took his guitar, so he used Suno

The AI Music Briefing for June 1–7, 2026: Suno's $9.1B damages math, a $65B Anthropic war chest, and a musician with Parkinson's who finished his album with AI.

BubbleUp CEO Coleman Sisson, 50 years in tech, says stop panicking about AI

• BubbleUp CEO Coleman Sisson argues musicians should treat AI as a tool, not a threat, in a guest column for Digital Music News.
• Sisson has spent 50 years working alongside technology, from 1981 PCs to the internet, the iPhone and now AI.
• He says the music industry survived microphones, drum machines, Pro Tools, CDs, downloads and streaming, and each one expanded access instead of replacing musicians.

Controlla CEO Rohan Paul predicts 5 billion people will love AI music by 2040

• Controlla CEO Rohan Paul predicts 5 billion people will embrace AI music by 2040, up from roughly 200 million who have tried it.
• He compares recorded music to mass-produced furniture, live shows to handmade furniture, and AI music to a custom piece built for your taste.
• His case rests on 90 to 95% of people enjoying music and 6 billion people having internet access.

RIŽIK's case for optimism: tame the machine, don't fear it

• LA artist RIŽIK, real name Hisham Dahud, argues music is heading for a correction back toward humanity, not away from it.
• His "Tame the Machine" philosophy centers performance on risk, presence, and real-time creation.
• He sees streaming turning music into a utility, not AI alone, as the deeper problem.

3 reasons ticketing apps won’t die from ChatGPT (and 3 reasons they’ll lose their grip on discovery)

Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, and StubHub all launched in ChatGPT by April 2026. Exclusive venue contracts protect apps, but AI-powered discovery is pulling fans a...

Drum machines, Auto-Tune, and AI: 3 times musicians declared music was over (and what happened next)

Drum machines faced bans in 1982. Auto-Tune was called cheating in 1998. AI gets the same treatment in 2026. Each panic created new genres instead.

AI-generated music: Art or Craft? Collingwood’s 1938 Answer:

Collingwood's 1938 art vs. craft framework classifies AI music as craft, not art. MIT and UCLA neuroscience research confirms listeners respond differently.

Uploading AI-generated music to streaming platforms in 2026: every major platform has different rules.

Spotify allows AI music with DDEX disclosure while Bandcamp bans it outright. → Full breakdown of AI music upload rules per streaming platform in 2026.

Is Sienna Rose AI? 7 smoking-gun clues that answer the question – from Deezer flags to missing tour dates:

Is Sienna Rose AI or real? ✓ Deezer flagged her catalog. ✓ 10 albums in 4 months. ✓ Zero tour history. → See the 7 clues that exposed her!