I remember the days of fitting songs onto tape sides. I think I usually threw caution to the wind and didn't really time them out and then when it came to the end I was looking for either short or long songs to get really close to the end. It was always a nailbiter doing it that way.

I don't agree with this. There are people who are being inspired by things like Suno or Udio finding an outlet for verse and making music that resonates with other people. There was an announcement by Nvidia yesterday with a white paper showing its AI's ability to create new sounds from prompts.