Mike Scott

Waterboys singer. Rock'n'roller. Dandy. Freak flag flyer. Long pic = Galway Bay. Circle pic © Tom Sheehan. Insta:

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

wow -- CNN broadcast footage of an Arlington guard yelling at a group with Pete Hegseth to "MAINTAIN SILENCE ... PAY RESPECT!" after someone in his entourage started laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

@PatThomas1964 1972! No wonder Spooner couldn't remember the piano intro chords on Will The Circle when we asked him!

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

@ModernLepra I didn't see that one. Thankyou for sharing it.

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

Just heard that Danny Kelly has passed over. What a lovely man he was. Visual from Andy Pidge's bluesky feed. Travel on well Danny.

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

Why is there that unnecessary "n" in the 3rd word of the article's subtitle?

[Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp]

On the right, there's an emerging line that true MAGA has never been tried — that Trump betrayed his principles, and cost the GOP the midterms.

This isn't really true. But it tells us something important about the post-Trump right.

THREAD

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

Good https://t.co/JLJIr1IDh8

[Waterboys HQ @WaterboysMusic]

#TheWaterboys will return to MURCIA, SPAIN on Friday 5 June at Plaza De Toros. Tickets go on sale Thursday 12 November, 10am local time, at https://t.co/OFcjrGhtY8

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

Incredibly high "woffle" content in this NYT article. I could have edited it down for them to 6 words: Stephen Miller is a dangerous lunatic. https://t.co/Aim56RQeSh

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

@AlanBoyleMusic @WaterboysMusic 👍✌️

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

CNN calls it for Laubacher. Boebert out. https://t.co/K0216NeEd3

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The quickest way to end Russia’s war is to hold the positions and move to discussions. What is very important here is that we decided: stop where we are, it’s a ceasefire, and we go to the diplomatic track. It can last one month, two months, or one year. Or it can last longer than we expect today. But we end the hot stage and people stop dying. When you hold, you speak about the contact line, slow down the pace of mobilization; the economy begins to work. You are in discussions. Dialogue is better than guns. That's why the best way to end this war is to exchange guns for words.

Of course, you will have thousands of questions. How to stop? Where to stand? What is the mandate of the monitoring mission? What is demilitarized? What does it mean? What do we need for this? Europeans. Reconstruction. Where to get the money? Thousands of questions, but this is the format to stop the war – ceasefire. If Putin doesn't want a ceasefire and says, “No, I want a long plan, with different questions, both difficult, sensitive, and not. And then, when we sign this long plan, we will stop the war,” it simply means he doesn't want to stop the war.

From an interview with DR Nyheder. (3/3)

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

@Riddersporre @WaterboysMusic @The_Waterboys Thankyou

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

Wonderful article https://t.co/F19FIAjdnq

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

@KIA_artist That's not what's under discussion here.

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

Not "with the artist's permission"

[Jack @jackcoder0]

Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it.

Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.

The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.

Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.

This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.

A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.

“Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.”

Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

@fannzsh @GuillemTM Please complain to Spotify.

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

@fannzsh @GuillemTM Of course, but artists only managed to start signing deals that protected their writes in the 1980s. One of the pioneers was Steve Wonder who negotiated a powerful deal with Motown in 1976. Many acts followed and by the early 80s it was normal to sign well-researched contracts.

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

@fannzsh @GuillemTM Do you know this, or are you speculating? Most artists who've signed contracts since the 1980s insist on degrees of creative control which include approval of remixes.

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

My fellow Findhornian, Scottish singer/songwriter Shirley Barr, is crowdfunding for her debut album. She writes cool, unusual songs and I recommend her. Check it out and if you dig her, please consider supporting her https://t.co/2OymoLWfIN