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 Fri, 30 May 2025 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/05/taylor-swift-masters-buyback-lessons-for-artists Taylor Swift's reported $360M masters buyback, and what it teaches artists who will never have $360M https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/05/taylor-swift-masters-buyback-lessons-for-artists Taylor Swift has bought back the master recordings of her first six albums from Shamrock Capital, for a price Billboard's sources put at around $360 million. Most artists can't buy their way out of a bad deal, so the useful lessons are in the contract clauses that made the six-year fight necessary. Fri, 30 May 2025 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsindustrymastersre-recordingcontracts