The Music Industry and AI: From Legal Battle to Commercial Opportunity

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the music industry. What initially looked like a direct threat to record labels, songwriters, performers and copyright owners is increasingly becoming something else: a commercial opportunity. The transition is revealing. The major record companies have spent the last few years challenging AI companies over the unauthorized use of copyrighted recordings and […]

From Vinyl to Bits

From Vinyl to Bits

A personal look back at four decades of gear, from the turntable to the laptop — and what stayed the same along the way. I started working in nightclubs as a DJ at a very young age, at a time when music was still entirely rooted in the analogue world. Vinyl, mixers, early electronic gear […]