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IS THIS FAIR?
Right. I usually prefer spreading music, poetry, laughter, love and the occasional glorious nonsense. 😈
But today, I’m making an exception.
Pour yourself something nice and hear me out.
Spotify has labelled The Whiskey Rebellions an “AI Persona”.
“So what? Surely good music is still good music?”
One would hope so.
But according to Spotify’s policy, AI Personas are excluded from certain editorial and algorithmic recommendations by default unless listeners have already engaged with them.
For independent artists, discovery is everything. Someone enjoys a song; the algorithm introduces it to someone new.
A lovely arrangement. Until your music is removed from the conversation.
Immediately after our classification, our streams fell almost 50%.
Overnight.
The songs hadn’t changed. Neither had our production or ambitions. Only the classification.
We cannot prove how much of the decline it caused. But the timing is hard to ignore.
Spotify says it wants to combat deception, impersonation and spam. Quite right. Nobody should be misled.
But we’ve never hidden our digital avatars. They’re characters in an artistic world, not an attempt to deceive anyone.
Behind The Whiskey Rebellions are thousands of hours of writing, arranging, producing and refining. AI is part of our creative toolbox, not a replacement for imagination or judgement.
And here’s the curious part: Spotify says the badge concerns an artist’s public identity, not how the music was made.
Even human-created music can face restrictions because of its visual persona.
Think about that.
We’re judging music — an art form experienced through the ears — by whether the face on the cover is considered sufficiently real.
It’s rather like an election where everyone may vote, provided the candidates have been approved beforehand.
Democracy, with a selective guest list.
Yes, Spotify offers appeals for disputed “Likely AI Persona” labels. But my question is bigger:
Why should an artist’s visual identity determine whether their music gets discovered?
Imagine KISS having to remove their makeup before their records could be recommended.
Or David Bowie having to explain which version of himself was real.
Art has always played with identity. Masks, costumes, characters, alter egos.
And sometimes a red-haired troublemaker with big boobs and far too many tattoos is simply the best way to tell a story. 😉
I respect Spotify’s efforts to fight fraud. But is restricting discovery on the basis of a visual persona really fair?
Surely listeners deserve a say.
If they listen, save, share and love the music, shouldn’t that count?
To everyone who has followed us, shared our songs, added them to playlists or turned up the volume on a miserable Monday:
Thank you.
You matter more than any algorithm ever could.
Want to help independent artists? Keep listening. Follow them. Save their songs. Share their music and playlists.
Let music travel the old-fashioned way.
From one human being to another.
I’m still an incurable optimist. And perhaps a slightly unreasonable rebel.
We’re still writing. Still creating. Still laughing.
And we’re certainly not going anywhere.
After all, we’re called The Whiskey Rebellions.
It would be terribly embarrassing to surrender at the first sign of a fight.
With love, a little mischief, and absolutely no intention of behaving.
Sarah ❤️🤘
The Whiskey Rebellions