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Feature / Artist ProfileIssue 005

Rob Montgomery found a way back to music.

After spinal surgery interrupted more than three decades of music-making, the artist behind slaveofspades began using Suno as a route back into the work.

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TuneCore reverses course on Suno

03

Suno v6 moves from generation toward production

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Five releases worth hearing now

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Through myMind single artwork by NAMAKE3.5

NAMAKE turns memory and gravity into cinematic dreamwave.

“Through myMind” builds a dark cosmic atmosphere, then earns its best moment when the repeated “flying” passage finally lifts it clear of the ground.

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THE HUMANIN THE LOOP
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Major FeatureIssue 001

Who gets to be called an artist?

Between the prompt and the finished record is a human making hundreds of decisions. We meet the new class of music makers asking listeners to judge the result—not the instrument.

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SUNO
V6

Suno v6 is more than a better song generator

Precise edits, multiple inputs and three different models push Suno away from one-shot creation and toward a production system.

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Platforms / 06

Apple Music will make “Made With AI” labels visible to listeners

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09

TuneCore’s Suno reversal changes the route to release

Five months after blocking music made with Suno’s earlier models, Believe and TuneCore are helping build—and distribute—the licensed version.

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  2. 02gravityHΛYZ AI
  3. 03How Was I Supposed to Know?Xania Monet
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