Owen Lyman-Schmidt, Philadelphia Magazine; AI Bots Stole My Music
One West Philly musician’s surreal, unsettling journey into the world of fake artists, bot listeners, and the streaming industry that’s failing creators.
"The fear that Carey Dupont would replace us wasn’t just some abstract notion; in the year before we found it, the tracks on Blue Road had been listened to close to 50,000 times each. By contrast, many of the original recordings had only 1,000 to 2,000 listens despite being released four years earlier. Someone was using our music to play the streaming game and was massively outperforming us."
