Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog https://music3point0.com/ Producer and best selling author Bobby Owsinski's look at the new music industry and how social media plays a part in it. Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:34:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://music3point0.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-New-logo-icon-32x32.jpg Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog https://music3point0.com/ 32 32 Session Vocalist Darlene Koldenhoven Tells How She Charted Without A Manager Or Label On My Latest Podcast https://music3point0.com/2026/07/02/session-vocalist-darlene-koldenhoven-tells-how-she-charted-without-a-manager-or-agent-on-my-latest-podcast/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://music3point0.com/?p=8827 Darlene Koldenhoven - Episode 631On this week’s podcast episode, session vocalist Darlene Koldenhoven tells us how her music hit #4 on the Billboard classical crossover chart with no manager or label. The common assumption that a major-label infrastructure is required to chart is exactly what her story dismantles, and she walks through the specific decisions that produced number-one worldwide […]

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]]> With All The AI Slop, Is TikTok Even Worth Being On Anymore? https://music3point0.com/2026/06/25/with-all-the-ai-slop-is-tiktok-even-worth-being-on-anymore/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://music3point0.com/?p=8822 TikTok AI SlopWe’re all getting tired of the AI slop that’s being handed to us, and it’s even worse when you have to compete with it. One platform where it’s particularly egregious is TikTok, and a new report from Kapwing outlines the problem in detail. We’ll talk about what we’re seeing first, and then I’ll address how […]

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]]> Why Chasing Algorithms Is Killing Your Music Career With Keith Jopling On My Latest Podcast https://music3point0.com/2026/06/25/why-chasing-algorithms-is-killing-your-music-career-with-keith-jopling-on-my-latest-podcast/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://music3point0.com/?p=8819 Keith Jopling - Episode 630On this week’s podcast episode, I speak with Keith Jopling about what separates artists who last from those who burn out chasing the wrong metrics. Keith spent 25 years inside the business, including time at Spotify, before interviewing 80 artists and bands to write Riding the Rollercoaster. The creative director model he extracted from that […]

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]]> If You Upload To YouTube You Give Consent For AI Training https://music3point0.com/2026/06/19/if-you-upload-to-youtube-you-give-consent-for-ai-training/ https://music3point0.com/2026/06/19/if-you-upload-to-youtube-you-give-consent-for-ai-training/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://music3point0.com/?p=8816 Lyria 3 AI trainingAs if artists and bands don’t have enough competition already, AI-generated music has ratcheted the level up to a point that no one could’ve predicted a few years ago. Then the record labels and publishers turn around and sell out their artists by making deals with AI music platforms without the artist’s permission (and not […]

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]]> https://music3point0.com/2026/06/19/if-you-upload-to-youtube-you-give-consent-for-ai-training/feed/ 1 Erasing Leakage But Keeping The Drummer’s Performance DNA With Dr. Bill Evans On My Latest Podcast https://music3point0.com/2026/06/18/erasing-leakage-but-keeping-the-drummers-performance-dna-with-dr-bill-evans-on-my-latest-podcast/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://music3point0.com/?p=8810 Dr. Bill Evans - Episode 629On this week’s podcast episode, I speak with Dr. Bill Evans, audio scientist, producer, educator, and inventor of the Performance Restoration methodology. Bill believes that drum recording has always involved a painful tradeoff, but it doesn’t have to. Most engineers accept mic bleed as an unavoidable character of a drum sound, questioning whether removing it […]

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]]> How Female Producers Regain Control With Xylo Aria On My Latest Podcast https://music3point0.com/2026/06/11/how-female-producers-regain-control-with-xylo-aria-on-my-latest-podcast/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:03:00 +0000 https://music3point0.com/?p=8805 Xylo Aria - Episode 628Female artists who hire producers risk losing creative control before a single song is released. On this week’s podcast episode, Xylo Aria, founder of Music Production for Women (MPW), tells us how she learned this the hard way, by paying for sessions where male producers overrode her vision, leaving her with music she never put […]

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]]> Elliot Easton Talks The Cars, Guitars, And Interesting Tours On My Latest Podcast https://music3point0.com/2026/06/04/elliot-easton-talks-the-cars-guitars-and-interesting-tours-on-my-latest-podcast/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://music3point0.com/?p=8801 Elliot Easton - Episode 627On this week’s podcast episode, Elliot Easton, guitarist for The Cars and Creedence Clearwater Revisited, takes us through his journey with the band and beyond. Easton looks back at The Cars’ origins, from getting a label deal the old fashioned way, to connecting with famed producer Roy Thomas Baker, to recording the band’s initial albums, […]

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