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 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/no-fakes-act-cruz-delay https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/no-fakes-act-cruz-delay Ted Cruz objected when Marsha Blackburn asked the Senate to pass the NO FAKES Act by unanimous consent on 30 Sep, so the first federal right over your own voice and likeness now waits for a short post-election session. Until then, a cloned singer's options depend on which state they live in. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsno-fakes-actvoice-cloningpolicy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/04/randy-travis-ai-voice-consent-where-that-came-from https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/04/randy-travis-ai-voice-consent-where-that-came-from A model trained on Randy Travis's own vocal stems turned another singer's demo into "Where That Came From", his first new song in over a decade. Eleven months later Travis backed the NO FAKES Act against voice theft. The line between the two is consent and control, and the Travis case shows it has to cover the human singer underneath as well as the star on the label. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aiartist-rightsvoice-cloningno-fakes-act https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2024/05/fka-twigs-ai-twin-senate-testimony-artist-control https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2024/05/fka-twigs-ai-twin-senate-testimony-artist-control At a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the draft NO FAKES Act on 30 April 2024, FKA twigs said she had spent a year building an AI version of herself that speaks in her voice, and argued the line between a useful tool and a theft is whether the artist controls it. Her label's CEO, sitting beside her, argued the new right should be transferable. That tension is the real story. Wed, 01 May 2024 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aiartist-rightsvoice-cloningno-fakes-actpolicy