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I Said This Isn’t Art… Was I Wrong? | 52 Cues Podcast, 2025 Week 45
In this week’s episode of the 52 Cues Podcast, Dave revisits an idea he first shared back in 2021: the artisan mindset. With technology—and especially AI—reshaping creative industries, Dave asks if artisan thinking still holds up.
The PROs Say Yes to AI Music. Should You? | 52 Cues Podcast, 2025 Week 43
In this week’s episode of The 52 Cues Podcast, composer and educator Dave Kropf explores a major shift in the music licensing landscape. The three major North American PROs—ASCAP, BMI, and SOCAN—announced they’ll now accept partially AI-generated compositions for registration.
Give Your Cues an Edge That Beats AI | 52 Cues Podcast, 2025 Week 23
In this week’s episode of the 52 Cues Podcast, Dave tackles the growing presence of AI in the creative industries and offers a surprisingly simple — yet powerful — strategy for staying relevant: performance.
Composers, It’s Time to Leave SoundCloud | 52 Cues Podcast, 2025 Week 22
After 14 years and over a thousand tracks uploaded, Dave Kropf is rethinking his relationship with SoundCloud. In this week’s episode of the 52 Cues Podcast, he opens up about the emotional weight of potentially leaving a platform that has served as a time capsule of his production music journey.