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How the World’s Largest Music Festival Books Bands

This week on the New Music Business podcast features Bob Babisch, the Vice President of Entertainment for the glorious Summerfest. Following its 1968 debut, Summerfest has evolved into what is now recognized as “the World’s Largest Music Festival” and Milwaukee’s cornerstone summer celebration with approximately 800k people. Babisch manages tens of millions of dollars in the entertainment budget for Summerfest on an annual basis, and has worked with a plethora of artists over his 46 years in the music industry, from The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder to Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga and Kanye West.
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The Unauthorized AI Remix Became a Global Hit, How This Label Dealt With It

This week, Ari is joined by Adam Gross, the president of Ineffable Records, to discuss the unauthorized viral AI remix of Stick Figure’s song “Angels Above Me,” the legal challenges around it, and the ethical considerations of AI remixed music.
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