A not so secret venue. Is there power in a union? And hug those copyrights!

Let's get sloppy. Music slop, viral slop, and congratulations, Axegrinders.

Two Unlimited Supply Axegrinders get a deal done!   Names in the pod today:   Deezer Benji Rogers Jorge Brea Symphonic Tunecore Sureel AI Drew Thurlow Warner Music Group Tamay Aykut Andrew Hutchinson TikTok YouTube Ashley King   LINKS Episode Link: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply [https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply] Deezer's Latest AI flood report https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/90000-ai-tracks-flood-deezer-daily-passing-half-of-new-music-uploads-for-the-first-time/ [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/90000-ai-tracks-flood-deezer-daily-passing-half-of-new-music-uploads-for-the-first-time/] SurreelXSymphonic https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/wmgs-sureel-teams-up-with-symphonic-to-let-distro-u-artists-track-ai-use-of-their-music/ [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/wmgs-sureel-teams-up-with-symphonic-to-let-distro-companys-artists-track-ai-use-of-their-music/] Social Slop Overload 1 https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/tiktok-starts-testing-ai-deepfake-detection-tech/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/tiktok-starts-testing-ai-deepfake-detection-tech/] Social Slop Overload 2 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/can-social-media-platforms-survive-the-flood-of-ai-content/824914/ [https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/can-social-media-platforms-survive-the-flood-of-ai-content/824914/] Lydia's V30 https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos [https://www.youtube.com/@lydiavalentino/videos]  Support us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e [https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e] Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #podcast

The Thundering Hordes list, what they do, and the vibe wave is here.

"Vibecoding" is the "Web Surfing" of the 20s   Names in the pod today:   Madison Square Garden Udio Sony Music YouTube Spotify Anthropic Neil Mohan Lynn Gonzalez Elizabeth Moody Eliot Resnik Gary Gilbert Chris Castle Rachel Scharf Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam MIT Kirsten Korosec   Links in Comments...   LINKS Episode: https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply [https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply] The Billboard Thundering Horde List https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-music-lawyers-2026-billboard-list/ [https://www.billboard.com/pro/top-music-lawyers-2026-billboard-list/] Sony twist the Udio arm harder https://www.billboard.com/pro/sony-new-ai-music-copyright-lawsuit-udio-why/ [https://www.billboard.com/pro/sony-new-ai-music-copyright-lawsuit-udio-why/] Udio Has some leverage of its own, though https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anthropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/ [https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anthropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/] Madison Spy Garden https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/madison-spy-garden-ny-legislators-involved/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/20/madison-spy-garden-ny-legislators-involved/] YouTube fires up AI search https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/gemini/articles/youtube-ai-powered-search-rolling-005656148.html [https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/gemini/articles/youtube-ai-powered-search-rolling-005656148.html] So Does Spotify https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-premium-users-can-now-talk-to-the-app-to-choose-music-and-learn-about-what-theyre-playing/ [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-premium-users-can-now-talk-to-the-app-to-choose-music-and-learn-about-what-theyre-playing/]   Follow us on Substack https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply [https://substack.com/@unlimitedsupply] Support Unlimited Supply Here https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply [https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply] Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

Ensh**tification coming home to roost, thundering hordes stand down, and Drew Thurlow has an axe to grind.

Even Fox news couldn't ignore the halftime show blowback...   Names in Today's Pod: Drew Thurlow Joel Gouveia Ted Gioia Ben Sisario Fox News (yep!) Lorde Ben Sisario X   LINKS: EPISODE: https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply [https://lnk.to/unlimitedsupply] Even Fox News Copped to World Cup Final Enshittification https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/first-world-cup-halftime-show-draws-mixed-reactions-shakira-justin-bieber-bts-madonna-performances [https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/first-world-cup-halftime-show-draws-mixed-reactions-shakira-justin-bieber-bts-madonna-performances] The death of Audience Capture? Maybe... https://substack.com/inbox/post/207450495 [https://substack.com/inbox/post/207450495] A vote for Qobuz over the enshittified incumbent https://substack.com/inbox/post/205285016 [https://substack.com/inbox/post/205285016] A Right bollocking from Lorde https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/17/elon-musk-x-music-publishers-lawsuits-over/?mc_cid=409a77248d&mc_eid=e6e936dd58 [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/17/elon-musk-x-music-publishers-lawsuits-over/?mc_cid=409a77248d&mc_eid=e6e936dd58]    Thundering hordes stand down https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/arts/music/x-music-lawsuits.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/arts/music/x-music-lawsuits.html] Drew's AI Labeling Axe to Grind https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-labels-songs-why-proposal-flawed/ [https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-music-labels-songs-why-proposal-flawed/]   Birthdays this week (and a few from last week) Joe Sivick Sam Josh Kahn Paul Adams Greg Linn Tom Pernikoff   Follow Unlimited Supply on Substack: https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/ [https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/] Support Us directly! https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e [https://ko-fi.com/s/fd04bea40e] Today's Music Business headlines in minutes. #musicbusiness #podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC The only daily Music Industry Podcast. Listen and Follow!!

Risk shifting, living artists aren't dead yet, and I demand justice! (or a settlement).

Kreayshawn 600,000, Breaking Rust 14,000...   Names in the pod today: Jamie Marconette Luminate Murray Stassen Tim Ingham Suno Recognition Music Sony Music Publishing   Links in Comments...   LINKS: Episode: https://unlimitedsupply.substackt.com [https://unlimitedsupply.substack.com/] or https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply [https://lnk.to/UnlimitedSupply] Luminate's Half-Year report is Christmas in July https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7483188728920891392/ [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7483188728920891392/] https://luminatedata.com/reports/midyear-music-ftv-report-2026 [https://luminatedata.com/reports/midyear-music-ftv-report-2026] Suno IPO Impending? MMMMayybe... https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-is-building-toward-ipo-readiness/ [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-is-building-toward-ipo-readiness/] Suno's Smoking scraping gun... https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/ [https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/] The end of the Hipgnosis-ene Epoch https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/done-deal-sony-music-publishing-completes-acquisition-of-recognition-music-groups-catalog/ [https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/done-deal-sony-music-publishing-completes-acquisition-of-recognition-music-groups-catalog/]   Song(s) of the week: Fabienne Delsol -- "I Have Known Love" The Rolling Stones -- "Rough And Twisted"   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lagnkDIqhhoeTPzfdbDRh?si=167dcf3362df45f8] Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune? [https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/cae8e2c2d2e941f184d856c31b86dba3sune?ref=dm_sh_ijCUFAJXNQQS0AV9suVVQiMJ6] Support us directly! Introducing our merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop [https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop] Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast

#571 Don't mess with the GOAT. Don't mess with the platypus. And ticketing reform in Washington?

A clash between a relentless unstoppable force, and the greatest of all time.   Names In Today's Pod: Donald Passman Don Rose Anthropic Paul Resnikoff Dylan Smith Gee Davy AIM Anthony Albanese J R Lind Gideon Gottfried Pitchfork Music Festival Jay-Z (No umlaut) Zohran Mamdani   LINKS:   Don't Mess with the GOAT https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/anthropic-pisses-off-music-industry-attorney-donald-passman/] Jay-Z and Mayor Z together again https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/jay-z-fans-no-refunds-yankee-stadium-chaos/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/jay-z-fans-no-refunds-yankee-stadium-chaos/] Washington (DC) ticket reform!! https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/dc-approves-ticketing-reform-with-price-cap/ [https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/dc-approves-ticketing-reform-with-price-cap/] Another UK fest bites the dust... https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/uk-concert-series-hertiage-live-canceled-over-high-costs-low-ticket-sales/ [https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/15/uk-concert-series-hertiage-live-canceled-over-high-costs-low-ticket-sales/] ...But the Government is its best friend https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/uk-music-industry-turn-it-up-plan/ [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/14/uk-music-industry-turn-it-up-plan/] Don't mess witht he platypus... https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/15/australia-ai-law [https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/07/15/australia-ai-law/] Stick a pitchfork in it https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/13/pitchfork-festival-sues-co-founder-over-misappropriated-money/ [https://news.pollstar.com/2026/07/13/pitchfork-festival-sues-co-founder-over-misappropriated-money/]   Buy our  merch! https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop [https://ko-fi.com/unlimitedsupply/shop] #musicindustry #musictech #Podcast Copyright © 2026 Nodisc LLC