The AI music panic doesn't match the math. The global music industry generated $105 billion in 2023. AI music accounts for about 1.5% of actual streams. For the median independent artist, the competitive pressure from AI works out to roughly $45 a year. The existential threat framing is wrong — and the creators who understand that have a significant advantage over the ones who don't.
In this episode:
The manifesto — what the actual numbers say about AI and the music industry, why $101 billion of it doesn't care what tool you used, and how to make decisions from data instead of headlines.
The system — most AI music creators are leaving real royalties on the table right now, and it has nothing to do with AI. Four separate royalty streams. Most creators only set up one. Here's what the other three are and how to claim them.
Plus a clip from my conversation with Roy Brennan — a Red Lab Access member from the UK who described Suno as crack cocaine and meant it as a compliment. Roy talks about the moment Suno stopped being a toy and started being a tool, and the single thing that changed everything for him.
The full Roy Brennan interview is available now as Episode 3 of Red Lab Conversations. Link in the show notes.
Red Lab Access — the complete system for serious AI music creators. Books, research, Blueprints, community, and everything we add in the future. One price, lifetime access.
The JG BeatsLab Newsletter. One email a week, Thursdays. Studio work, Red Lab research, and methodology in real time. Free signup on the homepage at jgbeatslab.com.
Red Lab Conversations is produced by JG BeatsLab LLC, an AI music education company building the methodology, research, and community for serious creators working in Lane 2.
Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör
Josh. Innehållet i podden är skapat av Josh och inte av,
eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.
