the TrueFans AMP — POSTED Issue 86

Author

PAUL SAUNDERS
June 07, 2025

“AI as a tool in music-making is fine, but it's always going to be the humanity in music that makes people want to listen to it.”
— Jacob Collier

• Give Me 45 Minutes, and You’ll Know Which Stage Your Music Career Is In from Terence Fisher on YouTube— Are you wondering which stage your music career is in? In this video, we'll take you on a journey to identify the exact phase you're in, and what you need to do to move forward…

• In the Age of the Algorithm, Roots Music Is Rising Gift Article from the New York Times— Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre.

• A survival guide for musicians in the age of AI from TED .com— Artificial intelligence can write a song in seconds, but does that mean human songwriters will become obsolete? Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. doesn’t think so. A songwriter himself, he offers a four-step “survival guide” for human creators to endure the age of AI…

In partnership with Mike Goodrich, Your Inner Singer

for Singer Songwriters: Confidence Comes from Competence

Mike Goodrich has helped 1000's of singers and more than 100 voice teachers in his 30+ year career. Working with individual stars like Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Andy Garcia, and 2 Time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster… Industry leaders such as SONY, MCA, MGM and DreamWorks… And coaching Broadway clients from Hamilton, The Rocky Horror Show, Phantom, Rent, Les Miz, Annie and many more… Mike has impacted individual careers and theatrical productions all around the world. He’s been a featured speaker at the Learning Annex in Los Angeles and a regular contributor to BackStage in both New York and Los Angeles with his Vocalease column. Michael was also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California.

Mike is the innovative coach-creator of the Inner Singer and the leading-edge vocal improvement process MTP— Mindset, Technique and Performance, that is transforming how voice learning is taught. He’s the creator of numerous courses and coaching programs, and the highly acclaimed Inner Singer podcast.

Mike offers a variety of courses in addition to his sought-after one-on-one private coaching sessions. You can learn about them here mikegoodrich.com and be sure to sign up for his newsletter.  

And be sure to plug into Mike’s Inner Singer Podcastsdelivered every week on Monday. Each episode focuses on developing and strengthening your conscious and unconscious beliefs, programming, patterns and habits into ones that support and accelerate all your singing skills and competencies.  

... and here's the more...

• Another great issue of the TrueFans AMP™

• Darkly Fascinating… How Common is Drug and Alcohol Abuse Among Music Stars? from statsignificant .com— Music stars have one of the shortest lifespans of any profession, with an expectancy comparable to boxers, military figures, and race car drivers. A Statistical Analysis How often do famous musicians battle addiction?

• What is a letter of direction and why do you need one? from Xposure Music
One of the simplest, yet most powerful, legal tools in your toolbox is something called a Letter of Direction, often referred to as a LOD.

• I'm Recommending These 10 New Albums from Ted Gioia’s honest-broker .com— Here are some highlights from my recent listening. Ted said, "I listen to new music every morning, and again late at night. It’s a blissful adventure, because I never know what I’m going to find.”

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And PLEASE, if you've got any Singer Songwriter friends, pass the AMP on, because... It’s Time... for a Change. Big Time. Past Time...