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, 23 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/arooj-aftab-two-payment-rule-ai-training Arooj Aftab's two-payment rule: pay artists when AI trains on them, and every time it uses what it learned https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/arooj-aftab-two-payment-rule-ai-training The Grammy-winning singer says musicians are owed twice, once for training and again for every new track an AI makes from what it learned. That goes further than the union statement she was resharing, and further than CISAC's president, but one collective licence in Sweden already pays at both points. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsai-musicai-traininglicensingumaw