About this episode

Troy Carter discusses the impact of Suno on the music industry during an interview at SXSW.

I sat down with Troy Carter during SXSW in Austin. We talked about Suno role in music, where record labels stand today, artist management, catalog sales, estates, we covered it all! The conversation was hosted by Chaka Mahone at his company, DAWA, 4-day event titled Vision 8291, in collaboration with Venice Music, where Troy is the co-founder and CEO. CHAPTERS 03:30 Stayed Ahead of AI News 08:37 Why Suno Matters 14:38 AI and Fair Use 24:25 Art vs. Content 29:43 Investing in Music Rights 31:26 Prince and Michael Jackson estates SPONSORS Chartmetric: Listen in for our Stat of the Week TRAPITAL Where technology shapes culture. New episodes and memos every week. Sign up here for free.

People in this episode

Host: Chaka Mahone

Guest: Troy Carter

Topics covered

• music industry
• AI in music
• artist management
• record labels
• music rights
• catalog sales

Keywords

• Suno
• music rights
• AI
• artist management
• record labels
• catalog sales
• SXSW

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DAWA, Venice Music

Books & works: Prince, Michael Jackson

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