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AI Music News 06 NovNile Rodgers defends the AI-made video for The Christmas Song: 'The AI did what we told it to do'
- Nile Rodgers is making an AI video for a new version of The Christmas Song, his 2020 charity collaboration with Rebecca Ferguson.
- After fans criticized the clips and stills on Instagram, Rodgers defended the video on November 5, 2026: 'The AI did what we told it to do.'
- Rodgers says a traditional film would have cost about $100,000.
- 06 Nov
Tool News & Updates 06 NovElevenLabs joins DDEX as a full member while the group finishes its Generative AI Declaration standard
- DDEX announced on November 5, 2026 that ElevenLabs has joined as a full member, and called it the first AI company to do so.
- DDEX writes the shared data formats labels, distributors and streaming services use to exchange release and sales information.
- Voice-Swap joined as a Full Member on September 24, 2026, and described itself as the first dedicated AI voice company in DDEX's standards work.
- 06 Nov
Tool News & Updates 06 NovElevenMusic now publishes AI songs straight to SoundCloud, with 3 free months of Pro for Artist Pro users
- ElevenMusic and SoundCloud announced a direct publishing integration on November 5, 2026, so you can send a song from ElevenMusic to SoundCloud without exporting a file.
- SoundCloud is the first platform outside ElevenMusic to get direct publishing.
- Tracks published this way carry a disclosure naming ElevenMusic as their source, and they fall under SoundCloud's existing content policies.
- 06 Nov
Tool News & Updates 06 NovSplice launches Create, a full DAW with an AI assistant called Rheo, in Mac beta with exports from $9.99 a month
- Splice released Splice Create, its first DAW, on November 5, 2026, as a free beta for macOS 12 and later, with Windows and web versions coming.
- Exporting a song needs a paid plan: Create Pro at an introductory $9.99 a month, or an existing Splice Creator or Creator+ subscription.
- An AI assistant called Rheo takes voice or text requests, with an Assist mode that does the task and a Point mode that shows you how.
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Music Intelligence 06 NovWarner Chappell CEO Guy Moot says don't demonise AI: license it, because 'average music' is what's in trouble
- Guy Moot, chairman and CEO of Warner Chappell Music, told the Press Association on November 5, 2026 that the industry must be 'careful not to demonise' AI.
- Moot says licensing sets a precedent that AI companies pay for music, and that without it they could 'go rogue'.
- He says he hasn't seen 'huge AI hits yet', and that analysts who see Warner Music Group at risk from AI are 'misreading the opportunity'.
- 05 Nov
AI Music News 05 NovColoured Tears made 23 Twice a Man covers by hand. SubmitHub flagged all 23, and 7 of the 1980s originals
- Hamburg musician André Grafert, who records as Coloured Tears, released 23 handmade Twice a Man covers across 2 tribute albums on June 26, 2026.
- Ines Weidemann of International Artist Marketing ran all 23 covers through SubmitHub, which rated every one of them as potentially AI-generated.
- SubmitHub also flagged 7 of Twice a Man's original 1980s recordings as possible AI or hybrid.
- 05 Nov
AI Music News 05 NovJudge Lee drops the direct infringement claim against Dario Amodei, saying 'every CEO for any small startup would be liable'
- On November 4, 2026, Judge Eumi K. Lee dismissed the direct copyright infringement claim against Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei in the music publishers' 2026 case, with leave to amend.
- Amodei can still face the contributory infringement claim, which his motion did not challenge.
- Judge Lee tentatively denied Anthropic's own motion to dismiss from the bench, then asked for more briefing after hearing Anthropic's lawyer.
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I'm Christopher Wieduwilt. Founder of The AI Musicpreneur.
Christopher Wieduwilt
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I've been a musician for over 25 years — metal bands in Germany, a solo singer-songwriter project that toured the US coast to coast, 500,000+ plays on Myspace. Then Myspace crashed and I lost my entire fanbase overnight.
After that I worked inside the music industry for years on the business side: managing artists, working for record labels, organising concerts and festivals. Watched the same mistakes repeat on newer platforms.
In 2023, generative music AI started reshaping everything: production, promotion, rights, revenue. I started covering AI in music production in August 2023, before Suno's public launch. 200+ stories since.
Today the site is read by 20,000 music professionals every month — Grammy-winning engineers, artists, and people inside Warner Music, AWAL, Believe, Songtradr, and UnitedMasters.
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Nile Rodgers defends the AI-made video for The Christmas Song: 'The AI did what we told it to do'
Coloured Tears made 23 Twice a Man covers by hand. SubmitHub flagged all 23, and 7 of the 1980s originals
Judge Lee drops the direct infringement claim against Dario Amodei, saying 'every CEO for any small startup would be liable'
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Frequently asked
Frequently asked questions
What is AI music and how does it work?
My article on What is AI music covers this in full: how AI models are trained on audio, what generation tools can and can't do, and where the copyright questions stand.
Will AI replace musicians?
The short answer is no, but the longer answer matters more. Will AI replace musicians breaks down what AI can produce, what it can't, and where human artists still have ground that's hard to take.
Is AI music copyrighted?
Practice is shifting. The US Copyright Office has ruled that purely AI-generated output doesn't qualify for copyright protection. Is AI music copyrighted covers the current legal position, the active lawsuits, and what this means for artists using AI tools in their work.
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How do AI music tools compare to traditional music production software?
Traditional DAWs give you full control with a steep learning curve. AI tools give you fast results with less manual work, but trade off some control. Most professional workflows now combine both: AI tools for ideation, stem separation, and mastering; the DAW for arrangement and final production decisions.
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