Problem:
Music sampling is a growing art, but it’s extremely difficult: The past and the future of music sampling | Accusonus Blog. Could it be automated?
Solution Notes:
Original Inspiration Tweet deleted, but it demonstrated an amazing Kanye West sample (arguable one of the best sampling producers of our time).
How do you find samples? Could a program be used (GPT3?) to merge automatically?
Monetization: royalties from sample spotter algorithm music sales.
Market size? In May 2020, Goldman Sachs estimated the entire music industry’s revenue (live, recorded, and publishing) to increase from $62 billion in 2017 to $131 billion in 2030, representing a 6% CAGR. The 2030 estimate was an increase on its original prediction of $104 billion, made in October 2016. (Source: The State of the Music Industry in 2020 | Toptal)
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Contributed by: Michael Bervell (Billion Dollar Startup Ideas)