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At Vinyl Culture, we believe music isn’t just sound—it's a reflection of our humanity. It’s Raw, it’s Real, and it’s meant to be created and shared by people, not just machines & algorithms. Join us & stay tuned for major updates coming soon... 👀🤝🏼
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The AI Music Factory | How Labels Plan to Replace Artists 🔄👨🏻🎤
The Hidden Agenda Behind the AI Revolution in Music
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🚨 EXPOSED: Major labels secretly developing AI to REPLACE artists while claiming to "help" them
💵 AI-owned music: 100% profits
🤔 "Creative tools" = corporate speak for "cheaper than humans"
🧵 Our investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #ArtistRights #MusicIndustry
💵 AI-owned music: 100% profits
🤔 "Creative tools" = corporate speak for "cheaper than humans"
🧵 Our investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #ArtistRights #MusicIndustry
🤔 While you were listening to Spotify, the music industry sold out human creativity.
🧐 AI music. Corporate betrayals. $400M+ stolen from artists.
🔗 Here's everything that happened in 2025 and why 2026 will be darker: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Artists; you need to read this... 👇🏼
🧐 AI music. Corporate betrayals. $400M+ stolen from artists.
🔗 Here's everything that happened in 2025 and why 2026 will be darker: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Artists; you need to read this... 👇🏼
Music Industry 2025 Review & Our 2026 Predictions | AI Music, Industry Betrayals & Human Creativity in Danger ⚠️🎶
How AI takeovers, corporate betrayals, and streaming exploitation brought us to the brink of disaster, and what comes next...
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
🤔 While you were listening to Spotify, the music industry sold out human creativity.
🧐 AI music. Corporate betrayals. $400M+ stolen from artists.
🔗 Here's everything that happened in 2025 and why 2026 will be darker: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Artists; you need to read this... 👇🏼
🧐 AI music. Corporate betrayals. $400M+ stolen from artists.
🔗 Here's everything that happened in 2025 and why 2026 will be darker: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Artists; you need to read this... 👇🏼
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This is the same strategy labels followed with #Spotify. Profits over everything... 👇🏼
🚨 Warner Music sued #Suno for copyright infringement 17 months ago.
Today they are partners building #AI #music models together.
🤔 Why?
👉🏼 Suno's revenue: $200M/year
👉🏼 Suno's valuation: $2.45B
The labels chose profit over principle.
📚🔗 Full story here: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Today they are partners building #AI #music models together.
🤔 Why?
👉🏼 Suno's revenue: $200M/year
👉🏼 Suno's valuation: $2.45B
The labels chose profit over principle.
📚🔗 Full story here: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
The AI Music Endgame Part 2 | Warner Music Settles Suno Lawsuit as All Three Major Labels Sign Mystery AI Deal
Warner Music settles with Suno & Udio, all three major labels sign mystery Klay Vision deal & Spotify acquires WhoSampled to control music's DNA
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is the same strategy labels followed with #Spotify. Profits over everything... 👇🏼
🚨 Warner Music sued #Suno for copyright infringement 17 months ago.
Today they are partners building #AI #music models together.
🤔 Why?
👉🏼 Suno's revenue: $200M/year
👉🏼 Suno's valuation: $2.45B
The labels chose profit over principle.
📚🔗 Full story here: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Today they are partners building #AI #music models together.
🤔 Why?
👉🏼 Suno's revenue: $200M/year
👉🏼 Suno's valuation: $2.45B
The labels chose profit over principle.
📚🔗 Full story here: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
The AI Music Endgame Part 2 | Warner Music Settles Suno Lawsuit as All Three Major Labels Sign Mystery AI Deal
Warner Music settles with Suno & Udio, all three major labels sign mystery Klay Vision deal & Spotify acquires WhoSampled to control music's DNA
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚨 Warner Music sued #Suno for copyright infringement 17 months ago.
Today they are partners building #AI #music models together.
🤔 Why?
👉🏼 Suno's revenue: $200M/year
👉🏼 Suno's valuation: $2.45B
The labels chose profit over principle.
📚🔗 Full story here: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Today they are partners building #AI #music models together.
🤔 Why?
👉🏼 Suno's revenue: $200M/year
👉🏼 Suno's valuation: $2.45B
The labels chose profit over principle.
📚🔗 Full story here: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
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This isn't just about #music. Creative displacement is happening 10x faster than industrial automation... 👇🏼
#Spotify has 12M #artists, but...
👉🏼 Only 0.6% earn $10K+
👉🏼 82% can't afford touring
👉🏼 #AI Music: $3.9B→$38.7B by 2033
This is the engineered death of music's working class.
📚 Read our investigation into the elimination of middle class musicians: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry
👉🏼 Only 0.6% earn $10K+
👉🏼 82% can't afford touring
👉🏼 #AI Music: $3.9B→$38.7B by 2033
This is the engineered death of music's working class.
📚 Read our investigation into the elimination of middle class musicians: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry
The Death of Music's Working Class | How Spotify and AI Automation Engineered a Wealth Transfer 🪦🎶
Learn How Streaming Economics, AI Music and Automation are Conspiring to Eliminate the Middle-Class Musician
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This isn't just about #music. Creative displacement is happening 10x faster than industrial automation... 👇🏼
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💔 I can’t stop thinking about her little face… just donated, hope she gets all the help she needs.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
💔 I can’t stop thinking about her little face… just donated, hope she gets all the help she needs.
#Spotify has 12M #artists, but...
👉🏼 Only 0.6% earn $10K+
👉🏼 82% can't afford touring
👉🏼 #AI Music: $3.9B→$38.7B by 2033
This is the engineered death of music's working class.
📚 Read our investigation into the elimination of middle class musicians: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry
👉🏼 Only 0.6% earn $10K+
👉🏼 82% can't afford touring
👉🏼 #AI Music: $3.9B→$38.7B by 2033
This is the engineered death of music's working class.
📚 Read our investigation into the elimination of middle class musicians: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry
The Death of Music's Working Class | How Spotify and AI Automation Engineered a Wealth Transfer 🪦🎶
Learn How Streaming Economics, AI Music and Automation are Conspiring to Eliminate the Middle-Class Musician
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#Spotify has 12M #artists, but...
👉🏼 Only 0.6% earn $10K+
👉🏼 82% can't afford touring
👉🏼 #AI Music: $3.9B→$38.7B by 2033
This is the engineered death of music's working class.
📚 Read our investigation into the elimination of middle class musicians: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry
👉🏼 Only 0.6% earn $10K+
👉🏼 82% can't afford touring
👉🏼 #AI Music: $3.9B→$38.7B by 2033
This is the engineered death of music's working class.
📚 Read our investigation into the elimination of middle class musicians: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry
🚨 Artists are calling Daniel Ek "a warmonger who pays poverty wages" as he exits as the #Spotify CEO.
Artists like Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu pulled their entire catalogs.
📚 Read what 20 years of algorithmic exploitation did to #music culture: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Artists like Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu pulled their entire catalogs.
📚 Read what 20 years of algorithmic exploitation did to #music culture: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Daniel Ek Steps Down as Spotify CEO | Artist Exploitation, AI, Defence Tech and the End of an Era 🎶🏭
How the Swedish founder's departure caps two decades of prioritizing profits over artists; and what comes next...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨 Artists are calling Daniel Ek "a warmonger who pays poverty wages" as he exits as the #Spotify CEO.
Artists like Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu pulled their entire catalogs.
📚 Read what 20 years of algorithmic exploitation did to #music culture: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
Artists like Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu pulled their entire catalogs.
📚 Read what 20 years of algorithmic exploitation did to #music culture: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
🚨 #AI is about to steal 24% of #musicians' income by 2028!
This isn't just about #music; it's about what we value in human creativity.
Read the full investigation with into how AI is re-shaping the music industry and what it means for #creativity itself 👇
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
This isn't just about #music; it's about what we value in human creativity.
Read the full investigation with into how AI is re-shaping the music industry and what it means for #creativity itself 👇
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
The AI Music Apocalypse | How AI Will Steal 24% of Musicians' Income by 2028 🤖💸
How a Silent Digital Revolution is Re-shaping the Music Industry's Economic Landscape
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨 #AI is about to steal 24% of #musicians' income by 2028!
This isn't just about #music; it's about what we value in human creativity.
Read the full investigation with into how AI is re-shaping the music industry and what it means for #creativity itself 👇
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
This isn't just about #music; it's about what we value in human creativity.
Read the full investigation with into how AI is re-shaping the music industry and what it means for #creativity itself 👇
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
🚨 Social media & labels turned #artists into content machines...
The shift from "music" to "content" wasn't semantic; it was strategic devaluation of artistic expression for algorithmic optimization.
📚 Full investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry #AlgorithmicCulture #Music
The shift from "music" to "content" wasn't semantic; it was strategic devaluation of artistic expression for algorithmic optimization.
📚 Full investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry #AlgorithmicCulture #Music
From Artists to Content Creators | How TikTok & Streaming Destroyed Music 📲🎙️
An investigation into the systematic destruction of artistry and why AI could be the final nail in creativity's coffin
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨 Social media & labels turned #artists into content machines...
The shift from "music" to "content" wasn't semantic; it was strategic devaluation of artistic expression for algorithmic optimization.
📚 Full investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry #AlgorithmicCulture #Music
The shift from "music" to "content" wasn't semantic; it was strategic devaluation of artistic expression for algorithmic optimization.
📚 Full investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#MusicIndustry #AlgorithmicCulture #Music
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🙌🏼 Picture this; A talented musician spends months perfecting their sound, only to discover venues want THEM to pay $500 upfront + 25% of merch sales... 🤦🏻♂️👇🏼
🚨 The artist community is under attack globally. Pay-to-play venues + crushing visa costs + merchandise cuts = 82% of indie artists priced out of touring.
🤔 We need to talk about this. Change is possible when we demand it.
🔗 Deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#ArtistCommunity #Music
🤔 We need to talk about this. Change is possible when we demand it.
🔗 Deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#ArtistCommunity #Music
Pay-to-Play Nation | How Live Venues Are Bleeding Artists Dry 🎙️💰
From Greenwich Village baskets to corporate boardroom spreadsheets; the systematic destruction of artistic opportunity worldwide
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🙌🏼 Picture this; A talented musician spends months perfecting their sound, only to discover venues want THEM to pay $500 upfront + 25% of merch sales... 🤦🏻♂️👇🏼
🚨 The artist community is under attack globally. Pay-to-play venues + crushing visa costs + merchandise cuts = 82% of indie artists priced out of touring.
🤔 We need to talk about this. Change is possible when we demand it.
🔗 Deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#ArtistCommunity #Music
🤔 We need to talk about this. Change is possible when we demand it.
🔗 Deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#ArtistCommunity #Music
Pay-to-Play Nation | How Live Venues Are Bleeding Artists Dry 🎙️💰
From Greenwich Village baskets to corporate boardroom spreadsheets; the systematic destruction of artistic opportunity worldwide
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🚨 The artist community is under attack globally. Pay-to-play venues + crushing visa costs + merchandise cuts = 82% of indie artists priced out of touring.
🤔 We need to talk about this. Change is possible when we demand it.
🔗 Deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#ArtistCommunity #Music
🤔 We need to talk about this. Change is possible when we demand it.
🔗 Deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#ArtistCommunity #Music
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The choice is yours... 🤷🏻♂️
What kind of a company do you want to support? 🤔👇🏼
What kind of a company do you want to support? 🤔👇🏼
#Music people of bluesky: We need to talk about what's happening at #Spotify
#AI songs on dead artists' pages + CEO investing in military drones = Artists have had enough.
Xiu Xiu has called it a "garbage hole violent armageddon portal."
The whole story is wild👇🏼: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AI songs on dead artists' pages + CEO investing in military drones = Artists have had enough.
Xiu Xiu has called it a "garbage hole violent armageddon portal."
The whole story is wild👇🏼: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
The Spotify Exodus | How AI-Generated Songs and Military Investments Sparked an Artist Rebellion 🎶🪖
From AI-generated songs to military investments; the streaming giant's ethical crisis has reached a breaking point
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August 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The choice is yours... 🤷🏻♂️
What kind of a company do you want to support? 🤔👇🏼
What kind of a company do you want to support? 🤔👇🏼
#Music people of bluesky: We need to talk about what's happening at #Spotify
#AI songs on dead artists' pages + CEO investing in military drones = Artists have had enough.
Xiu Xiu has called it a "garbage hole violent armageddon portal."
The whole story is wild👇🏼: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AI songs on dead artists' pages + CEO investing in military drones = Artists have had enough.
Xiu Xiu has called it a "garbage hole violent armageddon portal."
The whole story is wild👇🏼: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
The Spotify Exodus | How AI-Generated Songs and Military Investments Sparked an Artist Rebellion 🎶🪖
From AI-generated songs to military investments; the streaming giant's ethical crisis has reached a breaking point
open.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#Music people of bluesky: We need to talk about what's happening at #Spotify
#AI songs on dead artists' pages + CEO investing in military drones = Artists have had enough.
Xiu Xiu has called it a "garbage hole violent armageddon portal."
The whole story is wild👇🏼: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AI songs on dead artists' pages + CEO investing in military drones = Artists have had enough.
Xiu Xiu has called it a "garbage hole violent armageddon portal."
The whole story is wild👇🏼: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
The Velvet Sundown case is a masterclass in AI manipulation:
🔍 Technical Analysis:
👉🏼 Suno 4.5 generated 12/13 tracks (100% confidence)
👉🏼 Deezer's AI detection caught them; Spotify didn't
👉🏼 Deepfake band member photos passed initial scrutiny.
Link below... 👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
🔍 Technical Analysis:
👉🏼 Suno 4.5 generated 12/13 tracks (100% confidence)
👉🏼 Deezer's AI detection caught them; Spotify didn't
👉🏼 Deepfake band member photos passed initial scrutiny.
Link below... 👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Velvet Sundown case is a masterclass in AI manipulation:
🔍 Technical Analysis:
👉🏼 Suno 4.5 generated 12/13 tracks (100% confidence)
👉🏼 Deezer's AI detection caught them; Spotify didn't
👉🏼 Deepfake band member photos passed initial scrutiny.
Link below... 👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
🔍 Technical Analysis:
👉🏼 Suno 4.5 generated 12/13 tracks (100% confidence)
👉🏼 Deezer's AI detection caught them; Spotify didn't
👉🏼 Deepfake band member photos passed initial scrutiny.
Link below... 👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
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🚨 AI music platforms are secretly defining "good music" for millions of users... 🤔
🔥 Hot take: AI music platforms claiming to "democratize" creativity are actually centralizing cultural power in Silicon Valley.
This isn't technological progress; it's algorithmic colonization of global musical culture.
Full story 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #AlgorithmicBias
This isn't technological progress; it's algorithmic colonization of global musical culture.
Full story 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #AlgorithmicBias
Decoding the Algorithms | How AI Music Platforms Decide What 'Good Music' Means 🤳🏻🎼
The Hidden Biases Shaping the Future of Musical Taste
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🚨 AI music platforms are secretly defining "good music" for millions of users... 🤔
🔥 Hot take: AI music platforms claiming to "democratize" creativity are actually centralizing cultural power in Silicon Valley.
This isn't technological progress; it's algorithmic colonization of global musical culture.
Full story 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #AlgorithmicBias
This isn't technological progress; it's algorithmic colonization of global musical culture.
Full story 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #AlgorithmicBias
Decoding the Algorithms | How AI Music Platforms Decide What 'Good Music' Means 🤳🏻🎼
The Hidden Biases Shaping the Future of Musical Taste
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🔥 Hot take: AI music platforms claiming to "democratize" creativity are actually centralizing cultural power in Silicon Valley.
This isn't technological progress; it's algorithmic colonization of global musical culture.
Full story 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #AlgorithmicBias
This isn't technological progress; it's algorithmic colonization of global musical culture.
Full story 🔗: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #AlgorithmicBias
🚨 The enshittification of #music streaming is complete.
#Spotify isn't just recommending songs anymore, they are running #psychological #surveillance on 675 million users and monetizing #emotional vulnerability.
🔗 Full breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#DigitalRights #Tech #Privacy
#Spotify isn't just recommending songs anymore, they are running #psychological #surveillance on 675 million users and monetizing #emotional vulnerability.
🔗 Full breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#DigitalRights #Tech #Privacy
Your Emotional Data For Sale | How Music Platforms Monetize Your Mental State 💰🤫
The soundtrack to surveillance capitalism has never sounded so personal
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🚨 The enshittification of #music streaming is complete.
#Spotify isn't just recommending songs anymore, they are running #psychological #surveillance on 675 million users and monetizing #emotional vulnerability.
🔗 Full breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#DigitalRights #Tech #Privacy
#Spotify isn't just recommending songs anymore, they are running #psychological #surveillance on 675 million users and monetizing #emotional vulnerability.
🔗 Full breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#DigitalRights #Tech #Privacy
🚨 EXPOSED: Major labels secretly developing AI to REPLACE artists while claiming to "help" them
💵 AI-owned music: 100% profits
🤔 "Creative tools" = corporate speak for "cheaper than humans"
🧵 Our investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #ArtistRights #MusicIndustry
💵 AI-owned music: 100% profits
🤔 "Creative tools" = corporate speak for "cheaper than humans"
🧵 Our investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #ArtistRights #MusicIndustry
The AI Music Factory | How Labels Plan to Replace Artists 🔄👨🏻🎤
The Hidden Agenda Behind the AI Revolution in Music
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🚨 EXPOSED: Major labels secretly developing AI to REPLACE artists while claiming to "help" them
💵 AI-owned music: 100% profits
🤔 "Creative tools" = corporate speak for "cheaper than humans"
🧵 Our investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #ArtistRights #MusicIndustry
💵 AI-owned music: 100% profits
🤔 "Creative tools" = corporate speak for "cheaper than humans"
🧵 Our investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
#AIMusic #ArtistRights #MusicIndustry
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This has to stop!! 🧐
The concert industry's 'worst-kept secret,' how Live Nation/ #Ticketmaster built an entertainment empire that extracts maximum value from fans while limiting options for artists.
We break down the DOJ's new lawsuit and what it means for the future of live music.
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
We break down the DOJ's new lawsuit and what it means for the future of live music.
open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...
The Ticketmaster Monopoly | How Corporate Giants Turned Live Music into a Predatory Market 🎙️💰
Inside the entertainment behemoth's stranglehold on concerts, artists, and your wallet
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This has to stop!! 🧐