Last year, major labels sued AI music startups for “copying artists' life's work”, claiming “artists will always be central” to their mission.
Now, they're licensing their entire catalogs to those AI firms and reportedly developing “AI artists” that can even tour the world in the form of holograms, as they’re cheaper and easier to manage than a bunch of egocentric drug addicts.
The music industry, such a charming place.
At least 18% of the music uploaded to streaming services each day is AI-generated. You’ve probably listened to plenty of it without even realizing.
Major labels turned music so much into a product that it’s already the first form of art quietly replaced by AI, and most people haven’t even noticed.
One reason I prefer Apple Music over Spotify (besides the huge win in audio quality) is the editorial touch. Most albums still come with little write-ups, like mini music journalism pieces. As a music fan, that context makes the listening experience way richer.
Nothing pisses me off more than people scamming musicians. Preying on artists who’d do anything just to get heard is as low as it gets. Every artist I know who got scammed works a 9-to-5, makes zero money from their music, and still pours everything into it.
How much of a piece of shit do you have to be to look at that and think “yeah, easy target”?
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