Brian Fauteux
@brianfauteux.bsky.social
Popular music and media studies professor at the University of Alberta. Co-host of WDWK on CJSR 88.5 FM. Polaris Prize jury. Alberta Music board.
Music in Orbit now available: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-in-orbit/paper
Music in Orbit now available: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-in-orbit/paper
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Brian Fauteux
@brianfauteux.bsky.social
· Nov 28
You can watch yesterday's Questions About Music talk on Music In Orbit on the series' YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/30JUwd5...
Joni Mitchell reposted our @ca.theconversation.com article about genAI in the Canadian music industry. Might as well cancel all my classes for the rest of the week.
September 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Joni Mitchell reposted our @ca.theconversation.com article about genAI in the Canadian music industry. Might as well cancel all my classes for the rest of the week.
Reposted by Brian Fauteux
"The majority of survey responses indicate a clear line between creativity and the type of music production encouraged by a platform like Suno."
We went a little bit longer on the SOCAN and Suno lawsuit for @theconversation.com, with some notes about the larger issues at play with respect to genAI and music in Canada and what sort of solutions we'd like to see:
theconversation.com/ai-music-law...
theconversation.com/ai-music-law...
AI music lawsuits raise questions about American companies and Canadian arts
A recent survey of working musicians in Canada points to a growing discontent about AI in music, and points to how we could gain a music industry that allows Canadian music to flourish.
theconversation.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
"The majority of survey responses indicate a clear line between creativity and the type of music production encouraged by a platform like Suno."
We went a little bit longer on the SOCAN and Suno lawsuit for @theconversation.com, with some notes about the larger issues at play with respect to genAI and music in Canada and what sort of solutions we'd like to see:
theconversation.com/ai-music-law...
theconversation.com/ai-music-law...
AI music lawsuits raise questions about American companies and Canadian arts
A recent survey of working musicians in Canada points to a growing discontent about AI in music, and points to how we could gain a music industry that allows Canadian music to flourish.
theconversation.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
We went a little bit longer on the SOCAN and Suno lawsuit for @theconversation.com, with some notes about the larger issues at play with respect to genAI and music in Canada and what sort of solutions we'd like to see:
theconversation.com/ai-music-law...
theconversation.com/ai-music-law...
Our public infrastructure in music project is ramping up (@cult_cap on twitter) and we've thus far completed a survey with musicians in Canada. There are lots of findings to share, but one initial result is that 87% of respondents view AI in music negatively:
ca.billboard.com/business/tec...
ca.billboard.com/business/tec...
University of Alberta Study Finds 87% of Canadian Musicians View Generative AI ‘Negatively’
The Western Canadian university surveyed 263 Canadian musicians about their thoughts on AI’s rampant rise and the use of streaming services as an artistic tool.
ca.billboard.com
August 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Our public infrastructure in music project is ramping up (@cult_cap on twitter) and we've thus far completed a survey with musicians in Canada. There are lots of findings to share, but one initial result is that 87% of respondents view AI in music negatively:
ca.billboard.com/business/tec...
ca.billboard.com/business/tec...
I joined Laura Stanley from the Big in Canada podcast to talk can con, Canadian popular music, and satellite radio. The episode dropped today:
tr.ee/8C-yRqGIUC
tr.ee/8C-yRqGIUC
August 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I joined Laura Stanley from the Big in Canada podcast to talk can con, Canadian popular music, and satellite radio. The episode dropped today:
tr.ee/8C-yRqGIUC
tr.ee/8C-yRqGIUC
Reposted by Brian Fauteux
ON THE RECORD
Polaris jurors get quotable on the Album Long List nominees.
Daphni - Butterfly... by @brianfauteux.bsky.social
Winner announced September 22 at Massey Hall in Toronto.
Tickets available now (link in bio)
Polaris jurors get quotable on the Album Long List nominees.
Daphni - Butterfly... by @brianfauteux.bsky.social
Winner announced September 22 at Massey Hall in Toronto.
Tickets available now (link in bio)
June 23, 2026 at 9:02 PM
ON THE RECORD
Polaris jurors get quotable on the Album Long List nominees.
Daphni - Butterfly... by @brianfauteux.bsky.social
Winner announced September 22 at Massey Hall in Toronto.
Tickets available now (link in bio)
Polaris jurors get quotable on the Album Long List nominees.
Daphni - Butterfly... by @brianfauteux.bsky.social
Winner announced September 22 at Massey Hall in Toronto.
Tickets available now (link in bio)
Reposted by Brian Fauteux
🏆Help select the winners for our 2026 volunteer awards!
Including:
🏅Best new show
🏅Best host
🏅Favourite show
Take 5 minutes to fill out the Listener Survey form to tell us what YOU love, hate and are lukewarm on.
Submission deadline: July 10, 2026
forms.gle/BFvYrf1uw68U...
Including:
🏅Best new show
🏅Best host
🏅Favourite show
Take 5 minutes to fill out the Listener Survey form to tell us what YOU love, hate and are lukewarm on.
Submission deadline: July 10, 2026
forms.gle/BFvYrf1uw68U...
CJSR Listener Survey 2026
You listen to us all year long...now it's time to turn the tables!
We want to hear from YOU about what, on CJSR, you love, hate and are lukewarm on.
We TRULY want to hear your feedback...so we can ...
forms.gle
June 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
🏆Help select the winners for our 2026 volunteer awards!
Including:
🏅Best new show
🏅Best host
🏅Favourite show
Take 5 minutes to fill out the Listener Survey form to tell us what YOU love, hate and are lukewarm on.
Submission deadline: July 10, 2026
forms.gle/BFvYrf1uw68U...
Including:
🏅Best new show
🏅Best host
🏅Favourite show
Take 5 minutes to fill out the Listener Survey form to tell us what YOU love, hate and are lukewarm on.
Submission deadline: July 10, 2026
forms.gle/BFvYrf1uw68U...
Reposted by Brian Fauteux
Pleased to see this out in the world. Perhaps of value for those teaching media industries courses this fall.
All efforts made to be current but, of course, there have been two or three further upheavals since this article went through final revisions last month. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
All efforts made to be current but, of course, there have been two or three further upheavals since this article went through final revisions last month. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Canadian Media Industries Policy in the Streaming Era
Abstract. The traditional structure of the Canadian media industries has been upended by technological, political, and global economic forces in the 2020s.
academic.oup.com
June 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Pleased to see this out in the world. Perhaps of value for those teaching media industries courses this fall.
All efforts made to be current but, of course, there have been two or three further upheavals since this article went through final revisions last month. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
All efforts made to be current but, of course, there have been two or three further upheavals since this article went through final revisions last month. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Two game sevens that have almost caused a heart attack but we live to see another day. I owe Alex Newhook my life
May 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Two game sevens that have almost caused a heart attack but we live to see another day. I owe Alex Newhook my life
Reposted by Brian Fauteux
We're doing a project on public infrastructure for music in Canada and doing a final call for musicians to participate in a survey on musicmaking at this particular moment. If you'd like to do this, please email me at: [email protected]. Or pls share with others who may be!
May 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
We're doing a project on public infrastructure for music in Canada and doing a final call for musicians to participate in a survey on musicmaking at this particular moment. If you'd like to do this, please email me at: [email protected]. Or pls share with others who may be!
We're doing a project on public infrastructure for music in Canada and doing a final call for musicians to participate in a survey on musicmaking at this particular moment. If you'd like to do this, please email me at: [email protected]. Or pls share with others who may be!
May 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
We're doing a project on public infrastructure for music in Canada and doing a final call for musicians to participate in a survey on musicmaking at this particular moment. If you'd like to do this, please email me at: [email protected]. Or pls share with others who may be!
It's the spring sale at UC Press and books are all 40 percent off with the code SPRING40. This includes Music In Orbit, of course, as well as a number of excellent recent books on similar topics. Worth a look, probably.
www.ucpress.edu/books/music-...
www.ucpress.edu/books/music-...
May 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
It's the spring sale at UC Press and books are all 40 percent off with the code SPRING40. This includes Music In Orbit, of course, as well as a number of excellent recent books on similar topics. Worth a look, probably.
www.ucpress.edu/books/music-...
www.ucpress.edu/books/music-...
My conversation with Dr. Judith Klassen, Curator at the Canadian Museum of History, is now online on the Questions About Music YouTube page.
"What is Canadian? Popular Music and National Identity"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQh...
"What is Canadian? Popular Music and National Identity"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQh...
QAM: Judith Klassen - What is Canadian? Popular Music and National Identity
YouTube video by Questions About Music at the University of Alberta
www.youtube.com
April 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM
My conversation with Dr. Judith Klassen, Curator at the Canadian Museum of History, is now online on the Questions About Music YouTube page.
"What is Canadian? Popular Music and National Identity"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQh...
"What is Canadian? Popular Music and National Identity"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQh...
Kicking off in about 20 minutes:
www.youtube.com/live/CtQhM0I...
www.youtube.com/live/CtQhM0I...
April 23, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Kicking off in about 20 minutes:
www.youtube.com/live/CtQhM0I...
www.youtube.com/live/CtQhM0I...
Tomorrow, the next talk in the Questions About Music series is taking place. I'll be speaking with Dr. Judith Klassen, curator at the Canadian Museum of History, about the challenges of curating popular music. In-person and live streamed at 4pm MT:
www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
What is Canadian? Popular Music and National Identity | Judith Klassen
www.ualberta.ca
April 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Tomorrow, the next talk in the Questions About Music series is taking place. I'll be speaking with Dr. Judith Klassen, curator at the Canadian Museum of History, about the challenges of curating popular music. In-person and live streamed at 4pm MT:
www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
www.ualberta.ca/en/music/con...
I'll be on CKUA speaking to Grant Stovel about International Songwriter's Day and Music In Orbit in about ten minutes. Might even pick a song to play.
April 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I'll be on CKUA speaking to Grant Stovel about International Songwriter's Day and Music In Orbit in about ten minutes. Might even pick a song to play.
It feels good to finally be fully into the public infrastructure for music project. A survey is being/about to be sent to about 2000 musicians in Canada. If that's you, please consider filling it out, I promise it will be used for good ❤️
April 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
It feels good to finally be fully into the public infrastructure for music project. A survey is being/about to be sent to about 2000 musicians in Canada. If that's you, please consider filling it out, I promise it will be used for good ❤️
UC Press is selling books by donation this year at SCMS which is cool and I grabbed a copy of Music Streaming Around the World. Worth a look if you like #deals
March 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
UC Press is selling books by donation this year at SCMS which is cool and I grabbed a copy of Music Streaming Around the World. Worth a look if you like #deals
This is taking place in about an hour (central time)
March 27, 2026 at 12:52 PM
This is taking place in about an hour (central time)
Team Venezuela let's go
March 18, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Team Venezuela let's go
Our five year old gets to skip school today to Irish dance in bars and schools across the city
March 17, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Our five year old gets to skip school today to Irish dance in bars and schools across the city
One year since Music In Orbit came out, and I feel like you get to do a year anniversary post and then have to shut up about it forever. Still available via UC Press and locally at Audreys. Below are a few select posts and interviews I've done about the book since it has come out
March 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
One year since Music In Orbit came out, and I feel like you get to do a year anniversary post and then have to shut up about it forever. Still available via UC Press and locally at Audreys. Below are a few select posts and interviews I've done about the book since it has come out
The public sphere is a little more structurally transformed today
March 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The public sphere is a little more structurally transformed today
Even the CEO is tired of Bluesky
EXCLUSIVE: Jay Graber stepping down as CEO of Bluesky www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
www.wired.com
March 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Even the CEO is tired of Bluesky
I had figured out how to find solid blocks of writing when the kids were pretty young, but, like often home sick and stuff. I'm finding it hard to figure this out for this new phase of after-work and weekend activities. I'm thinking big things like, "maybe a white board?"
February 24, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I had figured out how to find solid blocks of writing when the kids were pretty young, but, like often home sick and stuff. I'm finding it hard to figure this out for this new phase of after-work and weekend activities. I'm thinking big things like, "maybe a white board?"