Dylan McDonald

Well, that's the big question.

So Suno and its competitor, Udio, have really found a business in allowing people to type in prompts and get songs in return.

And so now the big question is, is this competition for the traditional record labels?

Probably.

Is this a tool for artists, human artists?

Probably.

And what does this actually mean for the business?

And so this deal is kind of a landmark moment in that entire dialogue.

People like to compare it to the Napster moment where this could really be a paradigm shift in how people create music, how they consume music, where they consume music, where they create music.

So it gives a lot of comparisons.

And I think unlike that moment where the record labels in Napster were really at odds for years and it basically cratered the entire music business, they want to start making partnerships and actually have a hand in this business.

Artists are using these tools in the studios.

I go to the studios and I say, do you use AI?

And they're like, yeah, we do.

But at the same time, I think they don't want wholly AI-generated songs to come in and take market share away from human-created works.

I mean, this is the thing, is that business is shifting so much.

Streaming brought the industry back from piracy, but it also meant that now so many people can upload their music.

They don't need to go through a distributor to be in retail stores.

It means they have to tour.

It means they need to create merch.