We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/ditto-over-55-artists-use-ai-most Ditto survey: 74% of over-55 independent artists use AI, three times the rate of 18–24s https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/ditto-over-55-artists-use-ai-most Ditto Music's survey of 5,039 self-releasing artists found AI use rising with age, from 24% of 18–24s to 74% of over-55s. In the raw data, many of those older users are recent starters, which suggests AI is filling the engineer they never had. But the sample is Ditto's own customers, and Ditto sells AI mastering. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowsindependent-artistsai-adoptionmixing