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, 22 May 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/udio-starstruck-licensed-walled-garden https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/udio-starstruck-licensed-walled-garden Udio's licensed app Starstruck will let fans cover, reimagine, remix or write new songs, but only as a named, opted-in artist, with royalties paid on every creation and nothing allowed to leave the app. It is AI as fan merchandise rather than an artist's tool, and the opt-in usually runs through the label or publisher, not the artist. Fri, 22 May 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aiai-musicudiolicensingwalled-garden