Andy Edwards
@andyedwardsster.bsky.social
Music business executive. Artist advisor. Cyclist. Autistic and ADHD. Antiracist.
www.andyedwards.net
www.andyedwards.net
I'm here for this.
1,000+ musicians including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Yusuf Islam/ Cat Stevens are jointly releasing this album today. It’s an album of recordings of empty studios, which is what we’ll get if the government’s plans for AI go ahead.
1,000+ musicians including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Yusuf Islam/ Cat Stevens are jointly releasing this album today. It’s an album of recordings of empty studios, which is what we’ll get if the government’s plans for AI go ahead.
February 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm here for this.
1,000+ musicians including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Yusuf Islam/ Cat Stevens are jointly releasing this album today. It’s an album of recordings of empty studios, which is what we’ll get if the government’s plans for AI go ahead.
1,000+ musicians including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Yusuf Islam/ Cat Stevens are jointly releasing this album today. It’s an album of recordings of empty studios, which is what we’ll get if the government’s plans for AI go ahead.
I find this Icky. Joan Didion thought carefully about the words she published. Notes help us play with our thoughts in private. I cannot believe she would have approved of this.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
Literary gold … or betrayal of trust? Joan Didion journal opens ethical minefield
Soon we can all read the late author’s private notes about her therapy. But should we?
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I find this Icky. Joan Didion thought carefully about the words she published. Notes help us play with our thoughts in private. I cannot believe she would have approved of this.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
100% this.
Then these dingbats in the Bookseller – www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub... – who don't care about writing or books, have realised that if you say 'AI' to the right people at this particular historical moment, they will hand you £16million in funding.
November 26, 2024 at 6:08 PM
100% this.
One of my various hats is producing and writing UK Music’s annual economic report, This Is Music, which demonstrates the music industry’s contribution to the UK economy and is published today.
Music contributed £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2023
Please have a read: lnkd.in/eB8Kkfrt
Music contributed £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2023
Please have a read: lnkd.in/eB8Kkfrt
November 20, 2024 at 9:26 AM
One of my various hats is producing and writing UK Music’s annual economic report, This Is Music, which demonstrates the music industry’s contribution to the UK economy and is published today.
Music contributed £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2023
Please have a read: lnkd.in/eB8Kkfrt
Music contributed £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2023
Please have a read: lnkd.in/eB8Kkfrt
We are all still figuring out how to licence AI.
This is an interesting example of keeping the deal and the approvals process relatively simple from the perspective of the creator. It is a a yes/ no option.
This is an interesting example of keeping the deal and the approvals process relatively simple from the perspective of the creator. It is a a yes/ no option.
HarperCollins lets authors opt in to its AI licensing deals
Author and comedian Daniel Kibblesmith isn’t impressed with book publisher HarperCollins’ new licensing deal with an unnamed AI company. “Abominable,” was his one-word verdict in a post on Bluesky sharing details of an email about the…
Author and comedian Daniel Kibblesmith isn’t impressed with book publisher HarperCollins’ new licensing deal with an unnamed AI company. “Abominable,” was his one-word verdict in a post on Bluesky sharing details of an email about the…
HarperCollins lets authors opt in to its AI licensing deals
Author and comedian Daniel Kibblesmith isn’t impressed with book publisher HarperCollins’ new licensing deal with an unnamed AI company. “Abominable,” was his one-word verdict in a post on Bluesky sharing details of an email about the deal from his agent. However, when viewed in the context of the debate within the music industry about rightsholders and musicians, the publisher’s approach has some positive aspects.
musically.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:59 AM
We are all still figuring out how to licence AI.
This is an interesting example of keeping the deal and the approvals process relatively simple from the perspective of the creator. It is a a yes/ no option.
This is an interesting example of keeping the deal and the approvals process relatively simple from the perspective of the creator. It is a a yes/ no option.
In 2021, I wrote about my autism diagnosis, a little over a year after being diagnosed with ADHD.
The music industry is slowly improving its understanding of neurodiversity but there is a long way to go.
www.musicweek.com/opinion/read...
The music industry is slowly improving its understanding of neurodiversity but there is a long way to go.
www.musicweek.com/opinion/read...
Autism, ADHD the music business and me: Andy Edwards on neurodiversity and industry inclusion
Andy Edwards is a music business executive, director of research for UK Music and an artist advisor and consultant. Here, he writes about his experience of autism and ADHD, and calls on the music indu...
www.musicweek.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:30 PM
In 2021, I wrote about my autism diagnosis, a little over a year after being diagnosed with ADHD.
The music industry is slowly improving its understanding of neurodiversity but there is a long way to go.
www.musicweek.com/opinion/read...
The music industry is slowly improving its understanding of neurodiversity but there is a long way to go.
www.musicweek.com/opinion/read...
Revisiting some former posts from that other platform ...
In 2020, I went public with my ADHD diagnosis. Since then, so many people have come up to me in person and told me they sought a diagnosis after reading it (I lost count after 20).
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/adhd-the-mus...
In 2020, I went public with my ADHD diagnosis. Since then, so many people have come up to me in person and told me they sought a diagnosis after reading it (I lost count after 20).
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/adhd-the-mus...
ADHD, the music business, and me - Music Business Worldwide
Artist manager and UK Music exec Andy Edwards discusses his diagnosis and how it fits with his professional world…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
November 17, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Revisiting some former posts from that other platform ...
In 2020, I went public with my ADHD diagnosis. Since then, so many people have come up to me in person and told me they sought a diagnosis after reading it (I lost count after 20).
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/adhd-the-mus...
In 2020, I went public with my ADHD diagnosis. Since then, so many people have come up to me in person and told me they sought a diagnosis after reading it (I lost count after 20).
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/adhd-the-mus...