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Encouraging your fans to create their own version of your songs (or just use it in some way), is a huge part of breaking through in the current music market. Have you seen this work for your music or label catalog?

PRS is suing Live Nation in the UK High Court, accusing the live music giant of underreporting VIP ticket revenues, which could shortchange songwriters. The case could set a major precedent for premium ticket licensing in the live music industry completemusicupdate.com/prs-files-laws…

The social media-powered “catalog resurgence” is breathing fresh life into music catalogs, boosting streams, ticket sales & leading artists to modify live sets. UGC has become a powerful driver of engagement, revenue, and brand longevity. nytimes.com/2024/10/31/art…

Interesting to read about 'China's Copyright Evolution' in the IMX conference re-cap. According to CAVCA's Guo Kun, China's 2021 copyright law revisions, which introduced new rights for public performance royalties on master recordings have opened "significant revenue streams,” especially for international rights holders navigating China’s distinctive market. chinaimx.com/imx-2024-day-2…

Global royalty collections rise 7.6% to a new high of 11.75 billion euros, as reported in CISAC's annual report billboard.com/pro/cisac-repo…

How does user-generated content differ across music genres? In a recent report in which we analyzed millions of videos on YouTube, we looked at the different types of UGC that fans from each of the main musical genres create. Here are some of our findings: 🎸 Rock is the most cover-friendly genre, with covers making up 41% of total rock UGC. 🎶 Pop follows closely with covers making up 40% of total UGC, while for country it’s 34%. 🎤 On the flip side, hip-hop dominates the remix scene, with 33% of its views coming from remixes, compared to just 23% for rock. For more UGC insights, head to: songsleuth.io/culture/unlock…

YouTube's GenAI creation push continues, with Google DeepMind's video-generating model Veo soon to be integrated into its YouTube Shorts service to create backgrounds and standalone clips musically.com/2024/09/19/you…

The music industry is undergoing a transformative shift, driven by the rise of user-generated content (UGC). Once a byproduct of culture, UGC has rapidly become the culture itself, upending the status quo in which streaming services were the primary means by which people discovered and engaged with their favorite artists. In this article, we explore some of the shifts and new trends that are emerging around UGC, including: ✅ Creation as the new consumption ✅ UGC overtaking music streaming services as the primary driver of music discovery for Gen Z ✅ UGC as a cost-effective way to circulate catalog ✅ UGC's increasing prevalence in artist marketing campaigns ✅ What Kendrick v Drake taught us about UGC as the new status symbol songsleuth.io/culture/the-go…

We’re delighted to be expanding our relationships within the music industry to work with forward-thinking digital rights management companies and performing rights organisations, Regalías Digitales for a full deal and @ICE_services_ for a commercial trial billboard.com/pro/suki-water…

ICYMI - we're partnering with Regalías Digitales to identify undiscovered UGC online and ensure that their rightsholders are receiving the money they're rightfully owed. Read all about it in @CMU completemusicupdate.com/one-liners-mus…

Additionally, we have entered into a 12-month commercial trial with @ICE_Services_ , the world’s first integrated music copyright, licensing and processing hub. Our commercial trial will ensure that ICE Core Society & Publisher partners can now explore the returns from the industry-leading UGC identification services which only we are able to provide, helping to identify additional works not currently included in platforms’ usage reporting 2(2)

We have two exciting announcements to make today 📣 We're partnering with the independent digital rights management & royalty collection company Regalías Digitales to identify undetected user-generated live music content and maximize collections for all rightsholders across their portfolio. The partnership will see us deploy our UGSeeker product - an AI and machine learning platform that scans online platforms to find undiscovered UGC - for their artists, songwriters and publishers 1(2) songsleuth.io/culture/song-s…

The definitive 'song of the summer' might be out, but songs as pop culture moments are most definitely in. From Kendrick's 'Not Like Us' to Tinashe's 'Nasty' and, of course, the ubiquitousness of pretty much anything from BRAT. midiaresearch.com/blog/song-of-t…

Fan culture now drives pop culture. YouTube released its fandom report, and it shows we need to re-shape how we think about and engage fans. Here's some key stats & my takeaways: The most interesting stat? 8% of Gen Z fans now consider themselves Professional Fans—meaning they earn from it. Add that to the 65% of Gen Z who consider themselves creators. Looks like we've got ourselves a new fan funnel. → Casual Fans consume → Big Fans spend → Super Fans participate → Professional Fans earn Fans are no longer passive consumers. They're active creators. In fact, 66% of Gen Z Americans often spend MORE time engaging with fan-made content than the original material! → Memes → Fan art → Fancams → Explainers → Fan remixes → Video essays → Reaction videos This means your product is a starting point in a conversation, not the final word. Drake & Kendrick dropped 9 tracks during their feud, but fans uploaded 250,000+ pieces of related content, racking up over 3.5 billion views. Fan culture now drives popular culture. It creates trends & attracts audiences. You can no longer rely on a top-down approach. You must build up from your biggest fans. Get them involved. Let them re-create. Be responsive. Give fans a lane for their own self-expression. They're your best way to grow.

Billboard weigh up Taylor Swift's next move after Donald Trump posted a false, AI-generated endorsement from her and her fans. A curious move from the Trump election campaign, or a blatant bid for some publicity? #recipient_hashed=1396f7106de0e1d08269775f75764481530182fbba7e08994bb04a715eecd6b2&recipient_salt=ff82d00ac6539b83c81020061876d4fe53157649424aae69c7c3a530aaa44203" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">billboard.com/pro/can-taylor…

Midia Research (@midiaresearch): Global music publishing revenues grew 12% to $10.1B in 2023, with streaming set to drive growth to $16.8B by 2031. musically.com/2024/08/16/rep… #musically #musicnews #readmore

Social media platforms are out, YouTube is in. So say Gen Alpha (specifically, 21,000 UK-based 7 - 14 year olds), who voted YouTube as the 'coolest' brand in Beano Brains' annual survey, followed by Netflix, McDonalds and Nintendo. marketing-beat.co.uk/2024/08/14/you…

DistroKid has signed a massive deal with Roblox, enabling their artists to make their music available to the gaming giant's 80M daily active users. The catch? The artists don't stand to collect a penny in royalties musicbusinessworldwide.com/roblox-strikes…

UK songwriters accuse PRS of creating “unreasonable and unnecessary hurdles” around direct licensing deals, and argue that PRS is no longer operating under its original founding principles #MusicRights #Songwriters completemusicupdate.com/songwriters-op…

Has the AI bubble burst? There have been some rumblings in the media that there has been “too much spend, too little benefit” on generative AI edition.cnn.com/2024/08/02/tec…