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hlthe2b

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1. Well, my solution--listen to nothing produced after about 2022 (or for me, far earlier than that).

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 04:32 PM

Nov 2025

Unless it is a live symphony or similar, I'm done with new releases. If it isn't damned AI, it is autotune or digital mixes of digital audio from performers who have never or will never interact with each other. That isn't music, IMO.

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AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads [View all] Coventina Nov 2025 OP

Well, my solution--listen to nothing produced after about 2022 (or for me, far earlier than that). hlthe2b Nov 2025 #1

Thus consigning every young artist to the dustbin. Coventina Nov 2025 #3

Well, then feel free to support him. hlthe2b Nov 2025 #7

"What is this shit?" - me, literally when last night flvegan Nov 2025 #2

Is that you, Grandpa Simpson? Coventina Nov 2025 #4

I loved it (sarcasm) when Spotify started playing a "cover band" playing 'Dust ON the Wind' hlthe2b Nov 2025 #8

That was by the band Kansas City, iirc. flvegan Nov 2025 #11

Snarf... hlthe2b Nov 2025 #13

That was Velvet Sundown and their AI songs, lots of them, were added to a popular Spotify playlist for Vietnam-era music highplainsdem Nov 2025 #14

Keep in mind that AI was almost certainly responsible for the number of plays to get these songs to top the charts Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #5

Topping my ass! They're jamming that shit into our play lists to save royalties. TheBlackAdder Nov 2025 #6

The young'uns in my life make fun of me because I pay the same to a single Patreon account Scrivener7 Nov 2025 #10

It's largely bots, but Rick Beato pointed out someone apparently spent a few thousand dollars to highplainsdem Nov 2025 #15

I'm assuming AI-derivations will be present in music, film, literature, etc. Torchlight Nov 2025 #9

One day soon we'll show up at a concert with Musk and Bezos robots singing AI tunes. bluesbassman Nov 2025 #12

Fuck Breaking Rust and any other AI music! Initech Nov 2025 #16

"...the outfit Breaking Rust..." LudwigPastorius Nov 2025 #17

When are artists going to sue KT2000 Nov 2025 #18

Fuck this shit being shoved down our throats. Oneironaut Nov 2025 #19

What is this Spotify? hunter Nov 2025 #20

Same here. I've never used Spotify, although I know of its existence. Coventina Nov 2025 #22

If It Makes You Feel Better... ProfessorGAC Nov 2025 #21