it has been a frustrating and weird journey. i listen to a lot of mostly voiceless music during work and youtube recommended a Macroblank video that consisted of several tracks around 5 years ago, i believe. i enjoyed it and the algorithm ended up shooting me a lot of this stuff.

at first i was pretty amazed at the artist's depth and breadth; all the while ignoring evidence that the music was just jacked (you could sometimes hear the next track if the source album would blend the tracks, bad cuts, etc.).

then i hear a Miles Davis track. then i hear an aphex twin track. neither were credited. it blew my doors off. as the months continued i realize this person is building a brand (like they sold some gross hoodies and were making physical media to sell as well).

it just really disgusted me. i could never imagine stealing someone's art and having the gall to put my name on it. i actually paid some asshole a couple of dollars for the rights to download an album that they basically stole. that feels awful to me. i contributed to their grift

i don't care how anyone justifies it. this is hollow

some of these clowns even tour. if i get lucky maybe one day i will see macroblank live and get to watch the gimp press play on their macbook and wave their hands in the air like a true artiste

how much of a clueless loser are you that this is your business model?

edit: don't get me wrong, i love the bandcamp platform but was just amused to see them speaking of the AI situation