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- 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.
- 05 Nov
AI Music News 05 NovDisney is testing AI lyric videos with OpenArt, starting with 'Go the Distance' from Hercules
- Disney is testing the AI startup OpenArt to storyboard lyric videos, starting with "Go the Distance" from the 1997 film Hercules.
- The deal was announced on November 3, 2026, at the Disney Accelerator Demo Day in Burbank, where all 5 companies in this year's cohort are AI firms.
- OpenArt builds a storyboard preview from a song's lyrics, mood and emotional tone, and Disney says its teams can now test concepts in hours rather than weeks.
- 05 Nov
AI Music News 05 NovThe NO FAKES Act loses 3 of its 4 lead Senate sponsors as Democrats win Congress in the 2026 midterms
- Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate in the November 3, 2026 midterms, with at least 54 Senate seats according to CBS News projections.
- Marsha Blackburn won the Tennessee governor's race and Amy Klobuchar won Minnesota's, so both leave the Senate in January, as does Thom Tillis, who did not run again.
- That leaves Chris Coons as the only one of the NO FAKES Act's 4 lead Senate sponsors who will still be a senator in 2027.
- 05 Nov
AI Music News 05 NovToni Braxton joins the Tiny Desk AI trend with her sisters, and fans want a real NPR set
- Toni Braxton posted a 15-second AI edit on Instagram on November 3, 2026 that puts her and her family into Charlie Wilson's NPR Tiny Desk performance of "Outstanding."
- The edit keeps Wilson's original vocals, and Braxton has never played a real Tiny Desk, so fans in her comments asked NPR to book her.
- The trend started on October 18, 2026 with a TikTok of losing college football coaches in Wilson's band, which showed 4.2 million plays on November 5.
- 05 Nov
AI Music News 05 NovKenyan gospel duo Wapendwa Muziki say they paid KSh 40,000 for Suno, and that it only makes their demos
- Kenyan gospel duo Wapendwa Muziki sang a melody into Suno and turned it into a demo live on Obinna Show Live, a livestream on Obinna TV Extra's YouTube channel on November 2, 2026.
- Mesh said he had paid a lot for Suno, like 40K, which Mpasho reported as a KSh 40,000 yearly subscription, about $308.
- After a backlash, the couple said they write the lyrics, the melody and the progression themselves and only use Suno to make a demo for their producer.
- 05 Nov
Tool News & Updates 05 NovCubase 16 splits songs into 6 stems and sings your typed lyrics with Yamaha's Omnivocal Basic
- Steinberg released Cubase 16 on November 4, 2026, in 3 editions: Cubase Pro 16 at $599.99, Artist at $299.99 and Elements at $99.99.
- Omnivocal Basic, built on Yamaha's NX vocal synthesis engine, sings lyrics you type under MIDI notes in the Key Editor, and it comes with 2 voicebanks.
- Omnivocal Basic and the new Key Editor Lyrics are in all 3 editions of Cubase 16.
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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.
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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'
Disney is testing AI lyric videos with OpenArt, starting with 'Go the Distance' from Hercules
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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?
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