+1 for Qobuz. Seems like an ethical company. They pay artists 4x Spotify rates too.
Comment on How do you avoid AI music?
Wfh@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Are you using Spotify ?
Because they are mainly known for 2 things:
- they are nazi cunts who platform nazi cunts and play ads for nazi cunts
- they flood their library with slop as a way to funnel money to themselves rather than to legitimate artists.
I’m not aware of a streaming service completely free of slop, but I know some like Qobuz are actively detecting and removing it.
postman@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m not, I’m using YouTube music which isn’t much better. I’m still looking for another platform to use but so far I need multiple to get all the music I like in one place.
Though I’ve considered buying CDs again and ripping them for local storage…
III@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same boat here. YouTube music and AI songs being more common. For right now if I hear someone new I check to see if they had an album before 2025… This method won’t be viable for much longer.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you!
eezeebee@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Can you elaborate on that first point please?
Wfh@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
They ran ICE ads and only stopped because the campaign ended, not because of massive backlash: theguardian.com/…/spotify-no-longer-running-ice-r…
They hosted and donated to the orange shitstain while disproportionately targeting “controversial” black artists: themarysue.com/spotify-supporting-donald-trump-is…
They pay hundreds of millions to nazi propagandists for the exclusive rights to spread their hate: apnews.com/…/joe-rogan-spotify-deal-76fa0e2c9d4b1…
The CEO stepped down to make AI weapons with Peter thiel : latimes.com/…/spotifys-ceo-owns-an-ai-weapons-com…
eezeebee@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Thank you for the info!
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Bamdcamp took a stand against blatant slop but will allow artists to use some generative methods in their music.
fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Tbf some generative methods are cool and foster creativity, like modular synthesis.
Wfh@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
There’s nothing wrong about using randomness to get your creative juices flowing. People have been using card decks, dice, Euclidean rhythms, sample and hold and so on for a long time (Andrew Huang has a lot of examples of tracks where the main instrument, theme and genre are randomly picked). I guess sanitized, corporate slop could be used the same way, as long as the artist is fully in control of the creative process. For me the line stops where slop is used as is, with no human creative input.