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 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-a-split-sheet https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-a-split-sheet A split sheet is a short written agreement that records who wrote a song and what percentage of it each writer owns. Here is what goes on one, when to sign it, and why missing or conflicting splits hold up royalties. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT We are the music makers format-referencesongwritingpublishingroyaltiessplits https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/co-writing-sessions-and-splits https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/co-writing-sessions-and-splits Most split disputes start in the session, not in the royalty statement. This guide covers the co-writing day itself: what to settle before you start, how to keep a running record while you write, and how to agree and sign song splits before anyone goes home. Laws checked against official texts on 25 Oct 2026. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers songwritingroyaltiesworkflowsrights https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/lyric-writing-basics https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/lyric-writing-basics The hook gets people in; the verses decide whether they stay. This guide picks up where our hooks and toplines guide stops: choosing what the song is about, building verses that move, making words sit naturally on the rhythm, rhyming without forcing it, and revising like an editor. Official sources checked on 25 Oct 2026. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers songwritingworkflowsvocals https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/writing-hooks-and-toplines https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/writing-hooks-and-toplines A topline is the melody and lyric sung over a finished or half-finished track, and the hook is the part of it people remember. This guide gives producers a repeatable method: mumble first, capture everything, find the rhythm before the words, test the hook against the chords, and settle splits before anyone forgets who wrote what. Official sources checked on 25 Oct 2026. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers songwritingworkflowsvocals https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/arrangement-basics-for-producers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/arrangement-basics-for-producers Arranging is how a loop becomes a song: splitting time into sections, deciding what plays in each, and making the changes between them count. This guide covers the basics as Ableton's own teaching material frames them, the DAW tools that make arranging faster, and our view that most unfinished tracks stall from too little contrast, not too few ideas. Sources read on 24 Oct 2026. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers productionsongwritingworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/chord-progressions-for-producers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/chord-progressions-for-producers You do not need notation to write chords. A triad is three notes you can count out on a piano roll, a progression is a short loop of them, and a few DAW tools will do the counting for you. This guide covers triads, the 1-5-6-4 loop, inversions and voicings, using Ableton Learning Music and the Ableton and FL Studio manuals, read on 24 Oct 2026. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers productionsongwritingmidiworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/scales-and-modes-for-producers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/scales-and-modes-for-producers A scale is a palette of notes and a mode is the same palette with a different home note. This guide shows how to find a key, build major and minor scales by counting semitones, hear what Dorian, Lydian and Mixolydian add, and use the scale tools in Ableton Live and Bitwig without letting them write for you. Sources are Ableton Learning Music, the Ableton Live manual and Bitwig release notes, read on 25 Oct 2026. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers productionsongwritingmidiworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/ai-co-producer-without-losing-your-sound https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/ai-co-producer-without-losing-your-sound An AI co-producer can get you past a blank session fast, and it can just as fast pull every track toward the same average. These are practical rules for keeping your own voice: decide what the tool is for before you open it, feed it your material, edit its output, and keep notes on who made what. The legal points come from the US Copyright Office and Spotify, read on 24 Oct 2026. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicworkflowssongwritingcopyright https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/2027-grammys-ai-rule-plain-english https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/2027-grammys-ai-rule-plain-english Grammy nominations land on 16 November. The rulebook lets AI material in, as long as the human part is "meaningful and more than de minimis" and fits the category. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr says a majority of a song must be human-written, which is a higher bar than the rulebook sets. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicgrammysawardssongwritinghuman-authorship https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/melodifestivalen-2027-4077-entries-no-ai-ban https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/melodifestivalen-2027-4077-entries-no-ai-ban SVT received a record 4,077 entries for Melodifestivalen 2027, suspects a growing share were made with AI, has no way to detect them and won't ban them. Its rules only demand that the lead artist sings live. Greece's broadcaster went the other way, with a written AI ban and a sworn declaration from every writer. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industryai-musiceurovisionsongwriting