Music Tectonics

Host Dimitri Vietze interviews Ian Henderson, founder of MashApp, about the third phase of music disruption driven by AI and interactivity.

Dimitri Vitsa interviews Neil Sheehan about Vocana's user-centric payment model for independent artists and the challenges of social features in streaming.

An interview with Joshua Stone about building infrastructure for direct-to-fan digital media sales and the future of music ownership beyond streaming.

Host Dimitri Vitsa interviews Mike Pelchinski, Chief Strategy and Impact Officer at VoiceSwap, about building ethical AI voice models with artist licensing and royalties.

["Dimitri Vitsa uses a Music Tectonics keynote from the Algorithms Conference to argue that music tech has repeatedly redrawn what counts as an instrument, from reed flutes and harpsichords to autotune and DJing.", "He grounds that history in T-Pain's trash-found keyboard in Tallahassee, Tom Tom Club's 'Genius of Love,' Mariah Carey's 'Fantasy,' and Lotto's 'Big Energy,' all of which show how artists repurpose existing sounds.", "The news segment with Tristra Newyear turns to Bill Ackman's Universal Music Group bid, Michael Ovitz, Tencent, and a French fund, then to Suno, Udio, and Cobalt as the licensing fight over AI music.", "He closes by comparing Harry Styles's phone-bricking concert idea, Shakira's 400,000-person Mexico City show, and Blanco Brown's response to an AI copycat track before warning that music is only 'up for grabs' if people let it be."]

Music Tectonics opens with Dimitri Vitsa, Trista Neuer-Jäger, and Eleanor Rust comparing OpenAI’s Sora shutdown, Warner Music Group’s Revelator acquisition, Instagram-Luminate’s report on streaming revenue, and PassPass fan activations before shifting to Hanna G’s interview.

Dom McLennan says an early STEM school, complimentary IBM ThinkPads, and SoundClick forums made the computer his main music instrument.

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Dimitri Vitsa interviews Bjorn Lindvall about the broken music supply chain and how generative AI licensing deals could force an infrastructure upgrade.

Music Tectonics host Dimitri Vitsa opens with co-host Tristra analyzing Tim Ingham's finding that Suno's annualized revenue per subscriber implies roughly $150/month — which Ingham argues implies fraud-scale AI music generation — alongside WMG CEO Robert Kyncl's data showing fans spend $5 per hour when gaming versus $0.25 per hour on recorded music.

Music Tectonics host Dimitri Vitsa, founder and CEO of Rock Paper Scissors marketing firm, interviews Spencer Klein — chair of Morrison Forster's Global M&A Group — about the Pop House acquisition of the KISS catalog, brand, and IP.

Joshua Stone discusses how direct-to-fan commerce can help artists make real money and own their digital music, contrasting with streaming's limitations.

Darryl Ballantyne, CEO of LyricFind, discusses how startups can create new revenue streams and contribute to the growth of the music industry.

A practical guide to marketing musical instruments featuring insights from former Artifon CMO Adam McHeffey.