Stories by Sofia
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ReleasesTrack Two Is a Decision
August 19, 2026Album sequencing has its own mechanics — pacing across a whole listen, key and tempo relationships between adjacent tracks, the...
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TrendingWhat AI Voice Cloning Actually Threatens in Music Rights
July 26, 2026Composition copyright, recording copyright and rights in a person's voice are three different things. Why a synthetic vocal that...
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TrendingHow Sync Licensing Became a Real Career Path
July 25, 2026Sync needs both the composition and the master cleared. Why one-stop control, clean paperwork and instrumental versions win...
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ArtistsThe Band Agreement Nobody Signs Until It's Too Late
July 11, 2026A band is a business partnership whether or not anyone writes it down. Songwriting splits, touring money, merchandise and the...
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LiveTwo Hours, No Wasted Songs: How Arena Acts Actually Build a Setlist
July 5, 2026Setlist.fm data and production designer Baz Halpin explain how arena tours sequence two hours of music around lighting cues,...
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ReleasesInside the Analog Synth Revival Reshaping Electronic Music Studios
June 8, 2026Expired patents let Behringer sell a three hundred dollar Minimoog clone next to Moog's four thousand dollar original, and...
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ArtistsThe Session Musician Economy: Who Plays and What They Get Paid
May 17, 2026Who plays on the records you stream, real AFM union scale rates, named Nashville A-Team players, and how home studios reshaped...
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TrendingVinyl Passed a Billion Dollars in 2025, and the Pressing Plants Still Can't Catch Up
April 22, 2026RIAA figures show US vinyl revenue topped a billion dollars in 2025, but pressing plant backlogs of six to nine months expose a...