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Music Appreciation

msongs

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6. the 20 something music ppl I know still believe they will make it on spotify...but not if spotify has to pay them. that

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 05:56 PM

Jul 2025

is the whole point, fill spotify with nothing but fake music that costs them nothing to promote and real musicians be damned. the jump from auto tune to fake AI is a short one

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Rick Beato - So It Begins...Is This A Real Band Or AI? - UPDATE, July 5 [View all] highplainsdem Jul 2025 OP

Watched It Just Last Night ProfessorGAC Jul 2025 #1

Spotify's own recommendations of that AI music have to be the main reason for all those listeners. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #2

Look at this comment I found on YouTube: highplainsdem Jul 2025 #3

Seems You Have It Pegged ProfessorGAC Jul 2025 #4

IMO what Spotify is doing is fraud. Of course this type of AI, generative AI, is mostly used for fraud of highplainsdem Jul 2025 #5

the 20 something music ppl I know still believe they will make it on spotify...but not if spotify has to pay them. that msongs Jul 2025 #6

Spotify is definitely hurting artists. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #7

I need to link to two other threads I posted today, about what Spotify is doing and the sudden appearance highplainsdem Jul 2025 #8

July 3 update - The spokesperson was NOT a spokesperson, and the "band" says they're "not here to dispel mystery" highplainsdem Jul 3 #9

July 5 update - VS's Spotify page now admits the music's AI-generated, supposedly an "artistic provocation" highplainsdem Jul 5 #10