VOICE coach advice of the week: KELLY CLARKSON suggests TAYLOR SWIFT "re-record all the songs that U don’t own the masters on exactly how U did them but put brand new art." Clarkson's Saturday afternoon tweet viralled its way around the web over the weekend and became the latest talking point in the war between Swift, her old label, BIG MACHINE, and the man who has agreed to buy it, SCOOTER BRAUN. Can she effectively reclaim ownership of her first six albums and outmaneuver Braun, who controls the masters, by remaking them from scratch? Would an artist who once told Big Machine founder SCOTT BORCHETTA she'd rather "bet on the future" than "bet on my past" even want to do that? VARIETY poured some cold water on the first question, suggesting that "most major-label contracts specifically stipulate re-recording restrictions, disallowing any such re-records for years after the artist’s deal expires." (Is that true? What about live records? Can a label stop an artist from putting her own songs on a live album? Can it tell her the live versions can't copy the original versions? Those are actual questions. I don't know the answers.) As for the other question, what's the last time you went on SPOTIFY, found a "re-recorded" version of a favorite song or album, and said to yourself, "That sounds like a good idea"? What's the last time you intentionally hit the play button on one of those? Kudos to Kelly Clarkson for looking out for a younger artist. Kudos in advance to Taylor Swift for saying, I'm going to assume, "Thanks, but"... Seconding this. There is no aesthetic reason why rock radio shouldn't be playing the hell out of this song. (Then again, I can't think of any aesthetic reason why rock radio shouldn't be playing the hell out of this song, so listen to me at your own peril)... Concern over A$AP ROCKY's continuing detention in Sweden has reached the highest levels of the US State Department, aka Secretary of State MIKE POMPEO... British music biz declares climate emergency... Voir dire question of the week: Did you ever have a MYSPACE page?... RIP JERRY LAWSON, RUSSELL SMITH, GARY LEMEL and LAUREN VALENCIA.