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August 24, 2026  

Last week, three researchers from the University of Cambridge published a paper in Nature Machine Intelligence, in which they used AI to analyze the musical idiosyncrasies of 20 legendary jazz pianists. Why? I’m still…

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July 20, 2026

AI-generated music may be approaching market saturation, and the reason for that is simple: the novelty has worn off. What once looked like a disruptive breakthrough now, in many corners of the industry, looks like…

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May 11, 2026  

Some fears are irrational, but fear itself is not. In that first inaugural address, FDR was onto something: panic, softened to “fear” in his 1933 speech, was a greater obstacle to recovery from the Great…

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April 6, 2026  


Here are ten (quite) random musical thoughts and queries this week:  

Were Mel Tormé and Bob Wells commenting on ageism regarding the “kids” in their 1946 holiday classic recorded by Nat King Cole?  


Is it…

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January 12, 2026  

If, as a society, we continue to increase our likelihood of failure by perpetuating a toxic labeling effect, drawing on psychological concepts in which assigning a name to a behavior turns it into a self-fulfilling…

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December 15, 2025  

People start blogs for many personal, creative, and professional reasons, often driven by the desire to express themselves, share their experiences, or connect with like-minded communities. Some do it to discuss topics they care about…

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November 17, 2025  

Last Tuesday, November 11, 2025, a German court ruled that OpenAI's ChatGPT violated copyright law by using song lyrics without permission. The court ruled that OpenAI should have obtained licenses for German lyrics in GEMA…

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September 1, 2025

Suno, an AI music generator, is challenging copyright infringement claims from independent artists with a bold legal stance that will change the debate over AI music. The class action lawsuit, filed by aptly named…

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August 11, 2025

It’s been another enjoyable week of guitar tracking here at the studio, with an eclectic mix of songs and cues going out to clients, both old and new. I feel fortunate to still be able…

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August 4, 2025

Finally, on Wednesday, July 16th, 2025, in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing on the use of copyrighted works to train artificial…

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February 3, 2025

Technology has increasingly impacted the music business, leading to job displacement for professional musicians in more than a few ways. Historically, the industry has faced similar challenges. For example, one-fifth of the American Federation of…