Jake Cramer

MFR lover of music.

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

@EarthGang Detroit!!!

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

Hey @MLB we should seriously talk about @tigers pitcher @TarikSkubal being the AL MVP!!!

[MLB @MLB]

THOSE GRITTY TIGS 😤

The @Tigers are headed to the #Postseason for the first time in ten years. #CLINCHED

[Detroit Tigers @tigers]

THESE GRITTY TIGS ARE POSTSEASON BOUND!

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

“Was Now Playing” from this past week.

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

@99vinyl Truly ridiculous

[FLYLO @flyinglotus]

Don’t let anyone con u into believing there are rules to art and creativity. Do everything.

[Joey @gothamhiphop]

Many arena tours are being cancelled or suffering from low ticket sales. Why is that?

Music touring executive Akin Aliu says that one major reason is because streaming numbers do not ≠ ticket buyers:

“There’s a real disconnect between how we interpret the data [on] streaming…and what that means in terms of actual ticket buyers...Your monthly listeners or number of streams doesn’t always dictate what you are able to sell hard ticket-wise.

For instance, if you look at Freddie Gibbs on Spotify, he’s got maybe 2M or 3M monthly listeners but can do 5,000 tickets in a handful of markets around the country and that’s someone with no radio hit.

When we talk about touring, the metrics that people use to determine what’s a successful artist on the recording side, isn’t 1:1 with what makes a successful artist on the touring side. That’s a whole different skill…that you have to build intentionally.”

[Rob Abelow @AbelowRob]

BREAKING: All 3 major labels are suing AI music generators Suno & Udio.

The RIAA is coordinating the lawsuits on behalf of Sony, Warner & UMG.

Hammer, dropped.

Here's the details:

Today, two federal copyright infringement lawsuits were filed:

1. against Suno in the District of Massachusetts
2. against Udio in the Southern District of New York

Why?

It's been clear to anyone with ears that Suno & Udio have trained on copyrighted material for their AI models, with zero transparency, plan to compensate, or seek licenses.

The RIAA calls it "mass infringement of copyrighted sound recordings copied and exploited without permission by two multi-million dollar music generation services. AI companies, like all other enterprises, must abide by the laws that protect human creativity and ingenuity. There is nothing that exempts AI companies from playing by the rules."

And there ARE ways to do this & play by the rules:

1. Train only on licensed catalog
2. Compensate artists & songwriters
3. Full transparency

It just takes a little longer & requires actually caring about creatives.

Just last week JenAI dropped their fully licensed & transparent genAI model. And voice-cloning companies like VoiceSwap & SoundLabs are doing the same.

Music isn't anti-AI.
It's anti-theft.

As the RIAA states:

"The music community has embraced AI and we are already partnering and collaborating with responsible developers to build sustainable AI tools centered on human creativity that put artists and songwriters in charge."

So, how does the RIAA know Suno & Udio use copyright materials?

They cite 4 examples:

1. Suno's lead investor all but admitted it with this statement: "if Suno had deals with labels when this company got started, I probably wouldn't have invested in it. I think they needed to make this product without the constraints."

(smart)

2. Udio execs said their AI was trained on "a larger amount of publicly-available and high quality music" that was "obtained from the internet" and was the "best quality music that's out there"...

(I mean...come on)

3. They left producer tags on their output.

4. Users have generated obvious sound-a-likes.

WHO WILL WIN?

It all comes down to fair use.

Either way, we'll finally have an answer on the legality of generative AI music training in the US.

I hope it's an answer that protects artists & songwriters.

We can do this in a way where more than 1 or 3 AI tech companies win.

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

@HipHopGoldenAge Also a major one…Black Thought

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

@HipHopGoldenAge The two I’m looking for, Danny Brown and Schoolboy Q

[Alchemist Type Beat @Alchemist]

Make all major record companies illegal !!!! Free the artist .

[Curtiss King 🏁🛠 @CurtissKing]

It’s been 6 months since I removed my music from all music streaming platforms

I’ve independently released 3 new albums direct to consumer since then

Here’s where we are today👇🏽

Bandcamp: $4,471
Even: $4,087.66
Website: $3,082
Total = $11,640.66

Equivalent to 3.4 m streams

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

@DiscussingFilm He will be the next wolverine!!!

[The Break Looper @brainorchestra_]

This whole situation reminds me why I will continue to push physical media & owning music & eventually dismiss the use of DSPs (besides singles)

This also just proves how quickly your work & PAYMENT can disappear with 0 explanations as well

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

BREAKING: The Department of Justice has officially filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation and will seek to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

“We allege that Live Nation relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control over the live events industry in the United States at the cost of fans, artists, smaller promoters, and venue operators,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “The result is that fans pay more in fees, artists have fewer opportunities to play concerts, smaller promoters get squeezed out, and venues have fewer real choices for ticketing services. It is time to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster.”

[GaTa @GaTaGED]

Who wants the GaTa spin-off? 50k likes and 10k repost I’ll get yall the show! Let’s see the numbers!

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

@localmusichoeee Damn that’s wild

[Jake Cramer @JacobMCramer]

@moremiddle8 Unfortunately I agree. After their first three…maybe four…it hasn’t been the same with them. I’m still waiting for the explosive sound that got with those first albums