Welcome to Ric’s regular musings looking at the current music industry, its challenges and overall why and how Daft Springer’s web3 platform works so well for the independent music industry. Written by Daft Springer Chairman, Ric Yerbury.
There’s a lot of arguments going on as to the relative merit and value of AI-generated art in any form. Not least in music. The arguments range from it being a complete takeover of new content creation to the arguments that ultimately true art is only capable of being generated by humans. Mmm…….
Well it arrived at last, the summer that is! Timely as I had already borrowed a snippet from the legend that is Roy Ayers. As he said, “Everybody Loves the Sunshine”! He called his band Roy Ayers Ubiquity when he released that album in 1976. Ubiquity seemed very appropriate over here in the UK that…
I have been looking for an excuse to pay my homage to the wonderfully eclectic band, The National, from whom I borrowed this blog’s title. The rest of the chorus works quite well for our purposes here: The system only dreams in total darkness Why are you hiding from me? We’re in a different kind…
I had the absolute pleasure of finally getting to see my childhood heroes, Kraftwerk, at the Green Man Festival in 2022. As a keyboard player and wannabe electronic artist at the time this came out, it took me a while to really appreciate that ‘less is more’ in any popular music. In so many ways…
What a chance to restart our regular blogs with a Clash reference! Not least as it is revisiting my youth. Although I am not proposing bank robbery. It may be that it reflects what many artists feel when they experience ‘daylight robbery’! I fought the law and the law won. Umm Well, those who have…
Today, we delve into the intriguing world of revenue sharing in the music industry. As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a music company, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of fair and equitable revenue distribution. In this article, we will explore the significance of music contracts and show why traditional advances from music…
Welcome to Ric’s regular musings looking at the current music industry, its challenges and overall why and how Daft Springer’s web3 platform works so well for the independent music industry. Written by Daft Springer Chairman, Ric Yerbury.
Welcome to Ric’s regular musings looking at the current music industry, its challenges and overall why and how Daft Springer’s web3 platform works so well for the independent music industry. Written by Daft Springer Chairman, Ric Yerbury.
Welcome to Ric’s regular musings looking at the current music industry, its challenges and overall why and how Daft Springer’s web3 platform works so well for the independent music industry. Written by Daft Springer Chairman, Ric Yerbury.