Self host + jellyfin is an easy response. I haven't seen an ad or paid to stream my music in 15 years. Vote with your wallet.
I've for Plex + PlexAmp for music , does jellyfin have a good mobile app for audio?
AI Slop is taking over Spotify
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Re: AI Slop is taking over Spotify
#52Most people love making AI music by throwing a 5-word prompt at Suno and being in awe at "their" creation. However, it is also a fact that the vast majority of people can't care less to listen to their friends' and family's Sunos, as they were not involved in the process and therefore can't vibe to the random soul-less soup. Please keep your slop for yourself.
To be honest I’ve been having the opposite experience. There are lots of cool niche playlists on YouTube that cater to specific ideas. Like “40’s gangster jazz”, or “studying in the Hogwarts library”, etc It’s the majority of what I listen to lately and it’s been pretty good. On a related note, I was working with someone recently and he put on a jazz playlist he found on YouTube. We both enjoyed the music and neither…
I find it less offensive on YouTube honestly. Those playlists you mention specifically are like a novelty that you can explore for fun.
But on Spotify when it gets shoved onto your playlists without warning..
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Here’s another: https://suno.com/s/v3LuDD9SjVPohVB7
I listened to both and they both sounded soul-less.
Depends on what you mean by souless. According to the textbook definition, as someone who’s been into music production for more than 20 years in one capacity or another, and that has listened to innumerable songs across every genre imaginable, agree to disgree.
Not to your liking sure, maybe you think it even sucks. But souless nah
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Lots of people love making them, almost nobody likes listen to them so you are the audience of the app you use to create it, not a creator.
Given parent’s handle I think you’re on to something.
My parents gave me a wonderful gift: a loophole for my narcissism
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#55I love making AI music. Sometimes I freestyle rap over instrumentals that I’ve created with AI, record myself and then use that recording to create an AI song. Some of the songs I really love, like this one: https://suno.com/s/o4oyu5Eq7nMdQyzK There’d be more to say - but of course, creating songs without regard to their quality or your input in them is slop that shouldn’t be shared.
Lots of people love making them, almost nobody likes listen to them so you are the audience of the app you use to create it, not a creator.
I wrote an article on this: https://narcissus.medium.com/i-could-be-addicted-to-my-own-a...
Basically, what we’re seeing is the personalization of media.
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Lots of people love making them, almost nobody likes listen to them so you are the audience of the app you use to create it, not a creator.
As a tool, it could be useful as a starting point (a way to get your creativity going), but the sound is completely wrong. Early Udio generated songs when run through a stem splitter were horrible to listen to and you could hear how it was just generating the frequencies with none of the texture—like a simulation of the frequencies an instrument would produce. At the very least they should be re-recorded with real in…
I think it’s useful in a number of ways.
The sound is amazing if you’re doing it right. I produce music using the old fashioned way, with a DAW, and have done for decades, and there are some songs that I’ve made with AI that I go to again and again because they sound great.
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Lots of people love making them, almost nobody likes listen to them so you are the audience of the app you use to create it, not a creator.
And theres nothing wrong with that. The issue is people like Altman thinking creativity et al is just a formulaic mish-mash of what exists and is not as difficult. Like yeah ok mate....
Fully agree on that. You have to pour your creative spirit into it in one way or another.
My favorite AI songs are those that have been created with human intervention and creativity, not just button mashing
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I listened to both and they both sounded soul-less.
Depends on what you mean by souless. According to the textbook definition, as someone who’s been into music production for more than 20 years in one capacity or another, and that has listened to innumerable songs across every genre imaginable, agree to disgree. Not to your liking sure, maybe you think it even sucks. But souless nah
I did not feel anything when listening to the song. The purpose of music is to move oneself, particularly emotionally.
As an example to represent the point - this is known to put many on the verge of tears/in a stream of tears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxNbZLh0PaA&list=RDWxNbZLh0P...
Re: AI Slop is taking over Spotify
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lots of people love making them, almost nobody likes listen to them so you are the audience of the app you use to create it, not a creator.
I wrote an article on this: https://narcissus.medium.com/i-could-be-addicted-to-my-own-a... Basically, what we’re seeing is the personalization of media.
Now create a HN clone where the Aai audience enjoys your content.