All posts tagged: technology

Posted on Aug 4, 2025 at 09:08 by scott truitt

The idea that software is suddenly easy now because of AI is a fallacy at best or a ruse at worst. Especially when it comes to streaming music. And I say that as someone who is consistently in awe of what AI can do for software development. Presuming your product or service requires the legal rights to use music, which it absolutely should, the heavy lifting is all on securing complex agreements in multiple territories with an almost infinite number of parties or costly upfront payments for gl

Posted on Jul 12, 2025 at 23:00 by scott truitt

My experience in the music industry is slim, but I have studied the tech industry from the inside and out for 30 years. And I can say the following sentence with complete confidence: This moment is as good as it will ever be in the current system. It will only worsen from here, as it has since the needs of platform companies became more important than those of independent artists, labels, and fans. Spotify, YouTube, and the others will not suddenly come to their senses and decide to pay more

Posted on Jul 2, 2025 at 05:43 by scott truitt

Modern music has always had someone or something—labels, agents, lawyers, managers, publicists, distributors, and more—between artists and fans. Many are thoughtful and transformative. Some are dreadful and destructive. However, even the worst of all is no match for today’s dominant intermediaries, social and streaming companies. They emerged over the last decade with weaponised technology, unprecedented reach, and brazen leaders willing to do anything for power and profit. And they are destro

Posted on Apr 24, 2025 at 23:00 by scott truitt

The online spaces we use to be with our friends and family, know what’s happening in the world, hear music from our favourite artists, do business, and more no longer serve these fundamental needs. People crave authenticity, connection, and genuine community with other humans. Instead, they receive an increasing feed of engagement bait, time sinks, algorithmic gruel, and AI slop. Look around, and you’ll see it everywhere. Even here on LinkedIn. Same with Spotify. Meta is the worst. It’s even d