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Long readsIssue 005

Features

Reported essays and arguments about authorship, identity and what listeners value when the tools change.

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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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02Discovery

Spotify is building two discovery lanes

Fresh Finds Forward accelerates emerging independent artists while AI Personas begin outside the recommendation system.

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03The week’s argument

AI-generated and AI-assisted music are not the same thing

A clearer vocabulary makes room for sharper criticism—and for the human decisions a one-word label can hide.

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04Issue 001

The human in the loop

AI can produce a recording in seconds. Making one worth hearing still demands judgment, restraint and an idea.

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