An Update to a now deleted post - AI MUSIC GONE!
- Update -
I am absolutely overjoyed that the particular band and all of its music has been summarily deleted from bandcamp - and remains deleted. The name of the band was/is 'A Shrine to Failure', how very apt. Their music is still available on Spotify, where there is little interest in denying AI created music a platform. Of course, there are many other reasons why I shun spotify after being a paying early adopter, but that is for another time.
Post below is originally from November 2025
I was a few seconds from buying an album that was made by AI today, I stopped only because I felt unnerved by the music video which was promoting the lead single and the overly long simple intro, which then led to me looking up for further details on the band, such as live performances and member lineups etc, none of which exist.
An online search then revealed that this particular band had taken the top-spot on the dark wave charts away from the fabulous Lebanon Hanover and nobody knew anything about them. Highly suspicious - although musicians sometimes form new project collaboration projects sometimes out of nowhere, but they nearly always state their previous bands or works.
Then a reddit post - 'This band is AI' - followed by a list of damning evidence. Oh, maledetto. I, who pride myself on being able to spot AI art a mile away, almost fooled into buying an entire bloody album.
I am angry at bandcamp not allowing the flagging of AI generated music, as it is disingenuous. I do not believe it should be banned outright, simply CLEARLY labelled as such, so that people looking for genuine human generated creations are not misled to spend their money on this "music".