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Conjuay

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3. I've listened to Rick for years now.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:18 AM

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Always insightful, but I never expected to see him on DU.
And I have to agree most people have no idea who (or what) they are listening to.

People spend years of hard work and effort developing their craft, only to have it sampled, modified, and stolen.

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Music producer Rick Beato: I'm Sick Of This AI SH*T (This is about Spotify promoting AI slop music) [View all] highplainsdem Friday OP

Rick Beato Starbeach Friday #1

Apple Music has screwed with their playlists PJMcK Friday #2

That's a setting you can turn off, BTW. kysrsoze Friday #4

WOW! PJMcK Friday #10

Obligatory Jeff Goldblum GIF hatrack Friday #5

That sounds horrible. I hate the alternate nightcore or sped up versions of songs that TikTok twits highplainsdem Friday #6

I've listened to Rick for years now. Conjuay Friday #3

I've posted a few dozen of Rick's videos in the Music Appreciation forum (which I host) in the last highplainsdem Friday #7

It's worse than that . . . pop music has essentially been lobotomized hatrack Friday #8

And a lot of those songs are written by committees, not reflecting one or two people's experiences highplainsdem Friday #9

In the 70s people were bitchin about BidenRocks Friday #11

No, the copyrights haven't expired, and won't for a long time. See this: highplainsdem Friday #12

If everything becomes AI, PatSeg Friday #13

That's how AI companies are selling generative AI to businesses - as a replacement for workers. highplainsdem Friday #14

Yeah and eventually PatSeg Friday #16

To paraphrase Steven Van Zandt ScratchCat Friday #15