Category: Opinion

Spotify has a bot problem, plain and simple. It’s a problem that in my opinion has gotten so out of hand that the streaming service itself has no idea what to do to fix the issue. So what’s the best course of action here? Well, it seems according to Spotify, it’s to pass the buck…

According to Music Business Worldwide Spotify is set to make three significant changes to its royalty model, the intention of which is to move around $1 billion in royalty payments to “legitimate” artists and rightsholders. But here’s the thing, while it may do that, it’ll also trample on a huge number of smaller independent artists…

This week the music industry was up in arms following the release of ghostwriter’s AI-generated track ‘Heart on my Sleeve’ onto Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and other streaming services. And quite rightly so. While it might seem like a middle finger to big bad major labels, the knock-on effect this could have on independent music…

Lofi Girl recently teased something via their YouTube and social channels getting the Internet awash with speculation on what might be happening with the intrepid study addict. Ultimately, a new stream was unveiled focussing on synthwave to game to, that’s been aptly coined, Synthwave Boy. Now as much as I like to shit on Lofi…

Hey, I’m Aaron, also known as lazyboyloops. I’m a lofi beats & chillhop producer from the UK. If you’ve ever wondered why I decided to throw myself into the deep end of lofi, then you’ve come to the right place. To answer the question of why I became a lofi producer, let’s dive into a…

When looking back on the creative trends of 2022 one of the most common trends, at least for me, was the boom and subsequent shunning of artificial intelligence (AI) art. With the rate machine learning is evolving, is it going to help creativity as a whole, or should genuine creatives prepare for the overthrow of…