Not many bands can brag that Mudhoney covered one of their songs on record. But Cheater Slicks, who have been no-so-quietly slinging garage-sludge tunes since the late 80s, reached immortality

  Photo Credit: Round Hill When two AI copyright lawsuits end, two more begin: Round Hill has fired off high-stakes infringement complaints – each involving sought damages that could “conceivably

Photo Credit: Tipalti Spitfire Audio, a UK-based creator of virtual instrument sample libraries was handling royalty payouts through manual, Excel-based processes. The processing time took weeks and the work was

Photo Credit: The Isley Brothers for Billboard, 1969 / Public Domain The Isley Brothers have finally settled their long-running legal battle over their trademark, though the details of the settlement

Photo Credit: Harvey Mason Jr. on the Broken Record podcast (YouTube) Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. issues a statement implying the Grammys may reconsider its new Asian Pop Music

Photo: MBW QUESTION: Can a culture be filled with music while musicians become economically disposable? The answer seems to be an overwhelming “yes”. In fact, that may be the defining

Denver, Colorado. Photo Credit: Bill Griepenstroh The Colorado Artist Company Act has gone into effect, and in keeping with its title, the law is designed to enable creatives to form

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Photo Credit: ENHYPEN MusicBank Fancam by mang2goon / CC by 3.0 A Japanese K-pop influencer died seemingly by suicide during a TikTok livestream in Seoul. Police received an emergency call