Manager of AI Musician Xania Monet to Launch New Label With Create Music Group

Create Music Group (CMG), the diversified music company reportedly worth $1 billion, has announced a new multi-million dollar co-venture with Romel Murphy, who manages the AI artist Xania Monet. The collaboration is called dai + drm (pronounced “daydream”), and it will be a “hybrid AI and traditional” label and management firm.

How it works:

• dai + drm will use modern tools such as AI to help grow clients’ careers.

• The company is offering label services, management, consulting, and marketing for its artists and songwriters.

• All clients will earn royalties from master recordings and publishing.

• The dai + drm roster includes AI acts such as Solomon Ray and Nova Sole, alongside traditional artists Jenneske and Renee Harmoni.

Background:

• Xania Monet, the music and likeness of which were created by Telisha “Nikki” Jones, was the first AI artist to chart on a Billboard airplay chart.

• Jones created Monet’s well-known song, “How Was I Supposed to Know?” by using one of her poems as a prompt in the AI music creation platform, Suno.

• The song currently has 11.3 million streams on Spotify.

What they said:

• CMG CEO Jonathan Strauss: “Romel is an extremely bright entrepreneur. We look forward to seeing his record label flourish.”

• Murphy: “At every major shift in music, songwriters are often left out of the conversation. My goal is to make sure songwriters are at the forefront of AI in music, seated at the table, not getting crumbs, while maintaining ownership and long-term equity in their work.”