The Case of Keiko Yamada, Larry Clark, Carl Fischer Music and AI
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Published: April 28, 2025 21:43
With the rollback of DEI efforts by the Trump administration, I thought it would be timely to revisit the case of Keiko Yamada, a.k.a. Larry Clark, which attracted attention among music educators back in 2019. Using AI as my assistant, I gathered…
Is China leading the next music disruption?
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Published: April 8, 2025 22:08
Are AI-powered music-generating and streaming platforms from China part of the next disruption? If we consider 1995-2005 as the “resistance era” against streaming (i.e., major labels clinging to physical media profits through very creative methods, in…
Guiding Musical Conversation through Structured Improvisation
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Published: March 14, 2025 14:03
(For my students in 2025 Composing for Improvisers class at Bennington College) March 14, 2025 Kyoko Kitamura In this class, we approach Structured improvisation as one of many ways to create an environment where participants can engage in a musical…
Spotify’s cost of revenue trend
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Published: February 5, 2025 19:51
A new era has arrived, one in which Spotify becomes profitable. I pulled numbers from Spotify’s annual reports going back 10 years and one thing stood out yet again: the falling % of royalties to revenue. A note that Spotify doesn’t call it royalties,…