Bobby Owsinski

Premios Juventud celebrated 20 years in a big way on Thursday night. All the Latin music stars came out for the award show that encouraged everyone to embrace who they are. Here’s five of our favorite moments from the epic event, which aired live from Puerto Rico on Univision. Shakira Wins Big Shakira was the most-awarded person of the night with eight wins, including for her kiss-off anthem “BZRP Music […]

Last week Warner Music Group and TikTok agreed to a multi-year licensing deal that might be the start of artists finally seeing real money in their bank accounts from the short-form video app. The agreement allows creators to freely use WMG music on their videos without needing a license. There are two things about this agreement that are interesting. Firstly, will this mean that both Sony and Universal will follow […]

 Home Bobby’s Site Online Courses Inner Circle Podcast Music Production Blog Home / Inner Circle Podcast / Engineer Pete Min, Threads vs. Twitter, And Music Retail In Trouble Again On My Latest Podcast July 20, 2023 in Inner Circle Podcast by Bobby Owsinski On my latest podcast episode:  Engineer, producer and avid gear collector Pete Min talks about doing jingles, buying vintage gear, hot-rodding guitars in the 90’s, his […]

Just a heads up that I’m presenting a free 3 day Ai Music Workshop starting this Monday July 17th at 4PM Eastern. Day 2 is on July 18th, and Day 3 is on July 19th, both at 4PM Eastern as well. Click here to register for the Workshop (you only have to register once for all 3 days). If you’re a musician, songwriter, artist, band, engineer, producer, studio owner or […]

On my latest podcast episode: Music licensing service Lickd founder and CEO Paul Sampson is this week’s guest, and we’ll talk about the problem that creators can have with YouTube’s Content ID and music licenses, the nuances of music in the metaverse, how AI will affect production music, and much more. Spotify indie DIY successes are actually down from last year, along with some other royalty numbers. And guitar collectible […]

YouTube announced that you might be seeing AI-generated quizzes after watching a video soon. The experimental feature in its mobile app is designed to help its users find out more about topics of interest presented in their videos, as well as help YouTube better measure how much a viewer understands the content in a video. Here’s how YouTube explains it. “If you’re a viewer in the experiment, you may see […]

If you were a Twitter user and stopped using it either because of the reduced functionality, or the owner, or the changes to your feed, it looks like there may now be a major alternative and it’s called Threads. Yes, there are numerous Twitter knockoffs out there already, but what makes Threads attractive is not only the look and feel, but the fact that it comes from Facebook parent Meta, […]

On my latest podcast episode: Music tech consultant Vicki Nauman gives us a brief look back at the beginnings of digital music, some insights into Web 3 and the opportunities for music, why the metaverse is going to be more than just gaming and social activities, how AI plays into the creator future, and much more. Caremakers are leaning towards ditching car radios altogether, but Congress has other ideas. And […]

We all know about copyright and how it’s there to protect your creative work. Of course, it’s a lot more involved than that, especially in these digital days where the law hasn’t been updated since 1998. That said copyright has a cousin and it’s called copyleft. Yes, really, no joke, it’s a real thing and it’s something that you’ve probably used in the past without even being aware. The Copyleft […]