Music Business Worldwide

Skibidi Toilet, TikTok's manipulated audio, and Deezer's 26m track purge: Talking Trends

March 18, 2024 Music Business Worldwide (MBW) Season 9 Episode 6
Music Business Worldwide
Skibidi Toilet, TikTok's manipulated audio, and Deezer's 26m track purge: Talking Trends
Show Notes

On this episode of Music Business Worldwide's Talking Trends (supported by Voly Entertainment): MBW founder, Tim Ingham, is joined by Los Angeles-based music biz seer, Charlie D'Atri, to discuss two recent headlines from the world of entertainment: 

(1) Deezer's decision to remove 26 million music tracks from its library of content; and (2) The amount of 'manipulated audio' that continues to thrive on TikTok today - even when it's a Universal Music Group recording being 'manipulated'. (Also discussed Skibidi Toilet – a cultural phenomenon driven by a 'manipulated' Timbaland track.)

People and companies mentioned on this Talking Trends podcast include: Deezer, Bob Roback, Ingrooves, Epidemic Sound, Calm, Amazon, Windham Hill Records, Universal Music Group, Endel, Oleg Stavinksy, Pex, TikTok, JP Morgan, YouTube, Rasty Turek, Neil Young, and more.

Music Business Worldwide's Podcasts are supported by Voly Entertainment (previously known as Voly Music).

Music Business Worldwide's Podcasts are supported by Voly Entertainment (previously known as Voly Music).