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ScratchCat

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15. To paraphrase Steven Van Zandt

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:57 PM

8 hrs ago

"The music business and Vegas have something in common: They were both better when they were run by the mob".

If you haven't read his book, its a must.

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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 10 hrs ago OP

Rick Beato Starbeach 10 hrs ago #1

Apple Music has screwed with their playlists PJMcK 10 hrs ago #2

That's a setting you can turn off, BTW. kysrsoze 10 hrs ago #4

WOW! PJMcK 9 hrs ago #10

Obligatory Jeff Goldblum GIF hatrack 10 hrs ago #5

That sounds horrible. I hate the alternate nightcore or sped up versions of songs that TikTok twits highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #6

I've listened to Rick for years now. Conjuay 10 hrs ago #3

I've posted a few dozen of Rick's videos in the Music Appreciation forum (which I host) in the last highplainsdem 9 hrs ago #7

It's worse than that . . . pop music has essentially been lobotomized hatrack 9 hrs ago #8

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

In the 70s people were bitchin about BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #11

No, the copyrights haven't expired, and won't for a long time. See this: highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #12

If everything becomes AI, PatSeg 8 hrs ago #13

That's how AI companies are selling generative AI to businesses - as a replacement for workers. highplainsdem 8 hrs ago #14

Yeah and eventually PatSeg 8 hrs ago #16

To paraphrase Steven Van Zandt ScratchCat 8 hrs ago #15