To.Be.Music

Your favorite artist isn’t real. Your playlist’s pimped out. And the new boss brought contracts instead of a gun. What's going on in the music industry? Vol. 12 is up now. 🔗 tobewritesmusic.substack.com/p/this-town-ai… #BotBands #SyntheticSongwriting #GhostNotesAndErrorCodes

AI is on stage. Chatbots are cracking jokes. Holograms are headlining. And yes, the audience is clapping. Read here: 🔗open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #GhostNotesAndErrorCodes #AIonStage #StreamingTheSimulation

🎛️ Vol. 10 is live: The Mixdown Massacre AI mixes our songs in seconds. It’s loud, shiny, clean. Also: deeply dead inside. This week: what we gain, what we lose, and whether the plugin wins. 🔗open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #GhostNotesAndErrorCodes #AIinMusic #MixdownMassacre

Music by bots. Streamed by bots. Reviewed by bots. All so you can cry into your pad thai without engaging a single neuron. Vol. 9 is about that:🔗 open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #GhostNotesAndErrorCodes #SpotifyAI #StreamingTheSimulation

🎧 Spotify’s AI is no longer just curating our playlists... Read how @Spotify's use of AI has shifted from "smart music discovery" to a full-blown existential remix of what music even is. open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #AIMusic #SpotifyAI #StreamingTheSimulation

A computer tried to be Bach in 1957. Now it’s making sad synthpop about your ex and a haunted espresso machine. Vol. 6 is out: the coming-of-age story of AI music. 🔗open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #StreamingTheSimulation #BotBands #NoSoulIncluded #AIMusic

Your DAW just joined a Discord server. Formed a band. Dropped an EP. Didn’t invite you. Vol. 5 of Ghost Notes & Error Codes is here. It’s about bots, lawsuits, & slot-machine songwriting. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #PromptPressRepeat #SyntheticSoundscape #StreamingTheSimulation

🎧 Where is AI music really evolving? Maybe not where you think. Read about where the bots jam, genres mutate, and people roleplay as dead producers. You may be surprised... open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #AIinMusic #GhostNotesAndErrorCodes #DiscordNoiseCult

AI creates full songs in seconds. Vol. 2 of "Ghost Notes & Error Codes" comments on the rise of generative AI music. And how to survive it without becoming a plugin yourself. 🔗open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #GhostNotesAndErrorCodes #AIinMusic #SunoAI #StreamingTheSimulation

A fake band just hit 1M Spotify streams. No tour. No drummer. No pulse. Meanwhile, you’re mixing vocals in your bathroom. Read "Ghost Notes & Error Codes" before your DAW replaces you. 🔗tobewritesmusic.substack.com/p/your-band-su… #GhostNotesAndErrorCodes #AIinMusic #FakeBands

Ghost bands. Algorithm pop stars. DAWs that talk back. This is not sci-fi. This is your release radar. 🔥 Subscribe to Ghost Notes & Error Codes. It’s free. Unlike your dignity. 🔗open.substack.com/pub/tobewrites… #AIArt #MusicTech #DeathToAutoTune

100 days on #Mars. Day 33. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient

100 days on #Mars. Day 34. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient

100 days on #Mars. Day 35. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient

100 days on #Mars. Day 36. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient

100 days on #Mars. Day 32. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient

100 days on #Mars. Day 31. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient

100 days on #Mars. Day 30. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient

100 days on #Mars. Day 28. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient

100 days on #Mars. Day 29. 1-minute music for people with short attention spans - every day a new track for your collection. #filmmusic #sync #soundtrack #ADHDmusic #ambient