In 24 hours we've tracked nearly 10,000 music influences and mapped how dozens of artist inspirations all crossover. Here’s Aphex Twin and Björk. App:

Can AI distribute your music to Spotify? Yep! I built an agent that: ✷ uploads your music to spotify ✷ creates a rollout plan ✷ finds playlists ✷ makes your epk please try it in beta now 🙏 ->

The biggest music industry deals of 2026 (so far!) We tracked $17 billion+ in deals this year. Some monster highlights: • BMG + Concord merged to create the "fourth major" • Distrokid sold to private equity CVC Capital • Suno raised another $400m

How does AI music get to Spotify? Though distributors! But every single one has a different rule on how it handles AI music. We mapped out the strictest -> permissive. Strict 🔴 • CDBaby - not allowed (even partially generated) • Tunecore - 100% AI not allowed. Creative use is okay. • AWAL - Fully generated not allowed. Human review for creative uses. Allowed (with disclosure) 🟠 • Distrokid - Now requires a mandatory disclosure. • Too Lost - Disclosure and proof of commercial use. • Soundcloud - Disclosure and proof docs. • OneRPM - Disclosure and explanation of how AI was used. Allowed (with limited distribution) 🟠 • Amuse - AI music cannot be delivered to Meta or YouTube Content ID. • United Masters - No delivery to TikTok or Meta. Permitted 🟢 • Ditto - Permits whatever rules the DSPs set. • ONCE - AI music allowed with an extra surcharge that goes to an artist fund.

Soundcloud just launched a new feature. -> Release songs exclusively to people that follow you. There's a big shift this year in how artists are releasing music. The inner circle fans get to hear it first. Streaming second.

maybe the biggest opportunity for artists is building something big and grand and visionary or even mysterious right now. everyone else is still chasing clips and viral shorts that don't stick like they did 3 years ago.

Live tours face a huge challenge this summer. Some artists are already changing their plans. And if global tensions continue, it could send ripple effects through the touring industry. -------- If you've ever been on tour you know that every dollar matters. Airline tickets. Petrol. Buying lunch on the road. How many t-shirts you sell. When those things get more expensive, it can tip the whole tour into the red. And it's starting to squeeze for artists already this year. --------- This week, we mapped out how geo-political tension can ripple through the music industry. Wave 1 - initial price shock • oil, energy, and agriculture price shock higher. • jet fuel price doubles. • airline tickets, petrol creep higher. Wave 2 - artist tour budget squeeze • spring and summer tours are mostly locked in, but they'll feel more expensive than budgeted once on the road. • festival fly-ins and last minute bookings are costly. • gas, petrol, van costs and per-diems are squeezed. • some small tours are cancelled or re-routed. Wave 3 - venue costs rise • energy and utility bills are more expensive to renew. • food and drink prices rise. • artists start to demand higher guarantees from venues. • fans begin to limit their discretionary spending (on tickets, travel, drinks, merch). • smaller venues get cut from the tour plans. Wave 4 - higher ticket prices and consolidation • baseline touring costs are now structurally higher. • ticket costs get hiked • more megastar artist residencies + "luxury" ticketing. • grassroots venues struggle + indie artists can't make it work. -------- Obvious disclaimer here I'm not a geopolitics expert and hopefully tensions ease soon. However, this is already impacting some artists, and it's useful to map out how this type of thing can send ripple effects through the industry.