Jason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange call from a friend last month. The friend, bassist Burniss Earl Travis, was curious about Moranโs new record that he saw on the music streaming service Spotify.
โIt has your name on it,โ Travis told him. โBut I donโt think itโs you.โ
Moran said he doesnโt use Spotify or put his music on the platform, preferring only to use the site Bandcamp, so this didnโt track. After some investigating, he found an artist profile bearing his name on Spotify, which was populated with albums from his former label, Blue Note Records, which owns the rights to his early music. There he saw a new EP titled For You. Its album cover was done in a moody Japanese anime style and depicted a young woman sitting on the ground in the rain. He gave it a listen.
โThereโs not even a piano player on this whole damn record,โ Moran said with a laugh. He described the music as indie pop, saying: โIt wasnโt even remotely close to anything I would make.โ He set out to get the fake album taken down.
Moran is among a growing number of musicians who have been targeted on music streaming platforms by what appear to be AI bots masquerading as the real artists. Itโs happened to at least a dozen famous jazz musicians, indie rock artists and even the rapper Drake. For the musicians having to deal with the deluge of AI slop, itโs frustrating, Moran said. The feeling is also surreal.
Spotify has acknowledged the problem and the extent of AI slop on its platform, revealing last September that it had removed more than 75m โspammy tracksโ over the previous 12 months. At that time, the company also said it was strengthening protections for musicians, including stronger rules around impersonation.
Last month, the company said in a blogpost that it was working on a new tool to โgive artists more control over what shows up under their nameโ and that โprotecting artist identityโ is a top priority. The tool would let artists review and then approve or decline releases before they go live on the platform.
After Travis tipped off Moran about the phony For You album, Moran posted a video about the debacle to his Instagram and Facebook feeds. He said a litany of artists reached out to him, saying they too had been victims of what appeared to be AI slop. Some of them said they had been dealing with it for years.
In the jazz genre alone, Moran said, impersonation by AI has struck pianist Benny Green, saxophonist Antonio Hart, drummer Nate Smith, the Australian band Hiatus Kaiyote and singers Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jazzmeia Horn and Freddy Cole, the brother of Nat King Cole.
Adam Berkowitz, a PhD candidate at the University of Alabama who studies AI and copyright law in the music industry, said it can be tricky for streaming services to automatically yank albums off their platforms over possible copyright or impersonation issues.
โIt gets a little complicated because all of a sudden, the private sector is enforcing law. And thatโs just not how itโs supposed to be,โ Berkowitz said. โIt is the courts that enforce law.โ While most artists, including Moran, have no intention of suing, itโs clear the courts would have a hard time keeping up with the pace of these issues. Ultimately, Berkowitz said, the onus will probably remain on artists to police their profiles.
I just conducted oversight of an ICE facility in Burlington. Many of the people being held there are NOT the worst of the worstโtheyโre hardworking folks like Orlando, who simply want to support their family and give back to the community. Hereโs a small part of his story.
NEW: Statement from Swalwell's senior staffers: "We stand with our former colleague and the other women that have come forward. We believe you should stand with them, too."
Found another movie theater that was willing to take me in. Started last weekend. Commute's double that of the old one, but the working environment is much less stressful. And there's advancements there that weren't present at the old theater.
"Shelby Dawn Lashombe, who resigned from her teaching job at Valley Mills High School due to the allegations against her and voluntarily gave up her teaching certification, pleaded guilty Friday to the two counts in McLennan County, in front of 19th State District Judge Thomas West.
The prosecution recommended deferred probation for Lashombe, along with a $1,000 fine. The McLennan County District Attorneyโs office agreed to dismiss two of the four charges against her, both for sexual assault of a child, which are second-degree felonies. The two second-degree felony charges of educator-student improper relationship carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison."
To Vance, it's as easy as baseball. In exchange for opening the strait, we offer to hand over PAB and Kegsbreath for prosecution. If they balk, we throw in a second-level prick to be named later
I did a workout and was going to go for a long walk, but the wind and rain just kicked up again, so Iโm considering throwing some wine in the freezer so I can fuck with my liver and brain cells in 30-45 minutes. I tend towards unhealthy if I canโt get my walkies in.
Trained 13 miles a day for years to honor my USMC's Nov 10th birthday marathon run every year in DC. Sub 3 hour, top 10% of 10,000 bad motherfuckers. We smoked the fuck out of that late 70's dirt and drank Schiltz by the keg. Not coming down on either side of stupid yus talkin truth.
From "Girl with the Dogs", Vanessa gives Tenzin, a Husky who likes to sing the song of his people and tried to launch himself from the grooming table, a spa day:
CNNโs Smerconish Hits at Remove Trump Crowd in Lengthy Defense: โMadness IS the Methodโ
CNN host Michael Smerconish defended President Donald Trump against those calling for his removal from office via the 25th Amendment, arguing Trumpโs critics donโt understand he plays the โmadman card in publicโ to keep foreign enemies on their toes, when in reality he is making rational decisions behind closed doors.
I quit CNN a couple of years ago completely, not even a second I have watched. I do switch to fox once in a while for a minute just to see, is hilarious sometimes. But CNN never.
I hope they keep talking about it though - the more the media makes impeachment or the 25th a topic for discussion, the more paranoid the filth will become and the more he will haaaaate JD.
"when in reality he is making rational decisions behind closed doors"
but nobody has ever said that about him, ever. And if Mikey-boy actually believes that, he should smash his nutsack with a ball-peen hammer to make sure he can never have children.
Quite a bit of discussion at the fire station about the Philadelphia parking garage collapse. Very rarely is the structure so unstable that they must demolish it so the loved ones bodies can be removed.
Smith & Wesson in partnership with Busch Beer introduce "Impaired Judgment" The first-ever Revolver with a built-in bottle opener.
In a short while my local symphony will perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
Yes, it's a warhorse. But in my many years of going to classical concerts, this will be only the third time I've heard it live. I'm ready.
โ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ: ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ
๐น๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ด๐ผ โ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก
Jason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange call from a friend last month. The friend, bassist Burniss Earl Travis, was curious about Moranโs new record that he saw on the music streaming service Spotify.
โIt has your name on it,โ Travis told him. โBut I donโt think itโs you.โ
Moran said he doesnโt use Spotify or put his music on the platform, preferring only to use the site Bandcamp, so this didnโt track. After some investigating, he found an artist profile bearing his name on Spotify, which was populated with albums from his former label, Blue Note Records, which owns the rights to his early music. There he saw a new EP titled For You. Its album cover was done in a moody Japanese anime style and depicted a young woman sitting on the ground in the rain. He gave it a listen.
โThereโs not even a piano player on this whole damn record,โ Moran said with a laugh. He described the music as indie pop, saying: โIt wasnโt even remotely close to anything I would make.โ He set out to get the fake album taken down.
Moran is among a growing number of musicians who have been targeted on music streaming platforms by what appear to be AI bots masquerading as the real artists. Itโs happened to at least a dozen famous jazz musicians, indie rock artists and even the rapper Drake. For the musicians having to deal with the deluge of AI slop, itโs frustrating, Moran said. The feeling is also surreal.
Spotify has acknowledged the problem and the extent of AI slop on its platform, revealing last September that it had removed more than 75m โspammy tracksโ over the previous 12 months. At that time, the company also said it was strengthening protections for musicians, including stronger rules around impersonation.
Last month, the company said in a blogpost that it was working on a new tool to โgive artists more control over what shows up under their nameโ and that โprotecting artist identityโ is a top priority. The tool would let artists review and then approve or decline releases before they go live on the platform.
After Travis tipped off Moran about the phony For You album, Moran posted a video about the debacle to his Instagram and Facebook feeds. He said a litany of artists reached out to him, saying they too had been victims of what appeared to be AI slop. Some of them said they had been dealing with it for years.
In the jazz genre alone, Moran said, impersonation by AI has struck pianist Benny Green, saxophonist Antonio Hart, drummer Nate Smith, the Australian band Hiatus Kaiyote and singers Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jazzmeia Horn and Freddy Cole, the brother of Nat King Cole.
Adam Berkowitz, a PhD candidate at the University of Alabama who studies AI and copyright law in the music industry, said it can be tricky for streaming services to automatically yank albums off their platforms over possible copyright or impersonation issues.
โIt gets a little complicated because all of a sudden, the private sector is enforcing law. And thatโs just not how itโs supposed to be,โ Berkowitz said. โIt is the courts that enforce law.โ While most artists, including Moran, have no intention of suing, itโs clear the courts would have a hard time keeping up with the pace of these issues. Ultimately, Berkowitz said, the onus will probably remain on artists to police their profiles.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/11/ai-impersonating-musicians-spotify
Forget AI crowding out musicians and other artists. Now it's impersonating them BY NAME. That is fighting dirty.
from a copyright law perspective, this is an unholy nightmare holy fuck!
Still waiting for AI to improve anything ever
My wonderful Congressman yesterday. (And this isn't in our district, BTW.)
Worst of the worst? Simply: Fuck no.
At least he wasn't assaulted/arrested/indicted by ICE/DOJ goons?
โชRep. Jim McGovernโฌ
โช@repmcgovern.bsky.socialโฌ
ยท 1d
I just conducted oversight of an ICE facility in Burlington. Many of the people being held there are NOT the worst of the worstโtheyโre hardworking folks like Orlando, who simply want to support their family and give back to the community. Hereโs a small part of his story.
https://bsky.app/profile/repmcgovern.bsky.social/post/3mj64s7cc3s2o
Mueller, She Wrote
โช@muellershewrote.comโฌ
NEW: Statement from Swalwell's senior staffers: "We stand with our former colleague and the other women that have come forward. We believe you should stand with them, too."
*steps in*
Well, that was an exhausting 9-5. And I get to do it all over again tomorrow. Blessedly, no 9-5s next week.
What are you doing?
Found another movie theater that was willing to take me in. Started last weekend. Commute's double that of the old one, but the working environment is much less stressful. And there's advancements there that weren't present at the old theater.
Veddy good!!
yarrrr, laddie!
(how were the crowds?)
Busy as Hell for the latest video game movie slop, Cap'n.
good thing you can leave that behind for the meanwhile!
glad to have you back aboard!
AAARGH WHY IS THIS BEISBOL GAME ON FOX?
GET THIS BOW TIE FUCK OFF MY SCREEN!
Lo, hear the clarion call of [fukui] that heralds the onset of spring.
Fuck that guy. And I am as short as he is, for the same reason, too.
BOW TIE?!
Have handsome Linus instead!
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y4TX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d4a5a4f-f2ab-4811-8b9d-ce165da8aec5_2016x1512.jpeg
"You got sumpin' to say about my tie?"
Never! He always looks handsome :)
That boi has teh afternoon drowsies :)
That's a natty bow he's got there!
And he's using his bed.
We found it on some box while cleaning up stuff. I put it on him, and he agreed to one picture.
Well, it's because God hates you. I thought you knew that by now...
I've not been particularly keen on God herself recently, so I guess it's mutual.
Monsters receive souvenir coin after committing depredations for Donnie.
Hunter Walker
โช@hunterw.bsky.socialโฌ
โIt says โurban operations.โ Thatโs operations against American civilians. Theyโre celebrating that,โ the worker said, adding, โItโs obscene. Itโs wrong.โ talkingpointsmemo.com/news/staff-a...
https://bsky.app/profile/hunterw.bsky.social/post/3mjanpem57c2e
Iโm surprised they didnโt go with โOne nation, under god and under our heels.โ
Sick motherfuckers.
What is it with Nazis and challenge coins?
Pfft. REAL he-men get a commemorative branding.
On their foreheads.
Circumstances continue to deteriorate.
These fuckers need to be cashed out and locked up for the duration.
I'm good with their needing two.
Makes it easier to ostracize and isolate the monsters.
"Texas Teacher Gets Probation & $1,000 Fine After Pleading Guilty to Sexual Relationships With Two Boys Under 17"
A wee double standard here . . .
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/texas-teacher-gets-probation-1-053844500.html
"Shelby Dawn Lashombe, who resigned from her teaching job at Valley Mills High School due to the allegations against her and voluntarily gave up her teaching certification, pleaded guilty Friday to the two counts in McLennan County, in front of 19th State District Judge Thomas West.
The prosecution recommended deferred probation for Lashombe, along with a $1,000 fine. The McLennan County District Attorneyโs office agreed to dismiss two of the four charges against her, both for sexual assault of a child, which are second-degree felonies. The two second-degree felony charges of educator-student improper relationship carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison."
Thinking of the senior class, a month away from getting out of that cluster, having to deal with this shit.
GodDAMN these people.
Female teachers who have sex with underage boys receive wildly varying sentences in different jurisdictions.
the washington post op-ed page gets more horrifying every week
https://xcancel.com/NathanJRobinson/status/2042990295466275212#m
Mexico is rolling out universal healthcare
Commies
As Zapata commands.
The US now limps insolently far behind other democratic nations in regard to public health.
This will not end well.
and yet it seems the US is, indeed, ending :/
There hasn't been anything approaching "united" around here for quite some time.
To Vance, it's as easy as baseball. In exchange for opening the strait, we offer to hand over PAB and Kegsbreath for prosecution. If they balk, we throw in a second-level prick to be named later
Miller, without question
The whole cabinet in a crab bucket.
Give them every republican that spent the fourth of july in Moscow
Seriously considering starting to drink and post.
checks fuckin notes ..
I did a workout and was going to go for a long walk, but the wind and rain just kicked up again, so Iโm considering throwing some wine in the freezer so I can fuck with my liver and brain cells in 30-45 minutes. I tend towards unhealthy if I canโt get my walkies in.
Trained 13 miles a day for years to honor my USMC's Nov 10th birthday marathon run every year in DC. Sub 3 hour, top 10% of 10,000 bad motherfuckers. We smoked the fuck out of that late 70's dirt and drank Schiltz by the keg. Not coming down on either side of stupid yus talkin truth.
Are there alternatives?
yeeeees!
Edibles deployed!
yeeees! ;]
Thereโs always drinking and *not* posting.
oh
It is against the law to post while intoxicated
I had it backwards.
I J-walked in 1983. So far so good.
Jayhawking is only legal in Kansas.
I'll allow it.
A delima, a dichotomy. I mean how the fuck can I do this shit sober?
So weโve reached the point in the evening where we start quoting P!nk lyrics, I see.
Not familiar.
From "Girl with the Dogs", Vanessa gives Tenzin, a Husky who likes to sing the song of his people and tried to launch himself from the grooming table, a spa day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R_ZinJC1ss
There is enough fur left over on the floor to cover another Husky.
"I have opinions about this!"
This ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐พ๐๐คฉ๐
I love her channel.
Tenzin is an absolutely gorgeous dog.
OFFS
CNNโs Smerconish Hits at Remove Trump Crowd in Lengthy Defense: โMadness IS the Methodโ
CNN host Michael Smerconish defended President Donald Trump against those calling for his removal from office via the 25th Amendment, arguing Trumpโs critics donโt understand he plays the โmadman card in publicโ to keep foreign enemies on their toes, when in reality he is making rational decisions behind closed doors.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnns-smerconish-hits-at-remove-trump-crowd-in-lengthy-defense-madness-is-the-method/
I quit CNN a couple of years ago completely, not even a second I have watched. I do switch to fox once in a while for a minute just to see, is hilarious sometimes. But CNN never.
I always suspected he was an idiot.
I hope they keep talking about it though - the more the media makes impeachment or the 25th a topic for discussion, the more paranoid the filth will become and the more he will haaaaate JD.
"Trumpโs critics donโt understand". But we do. We really do.
I challenge him to name three "rational decisions" since January 2025 that were not just undoing some insane shit he did earlier.
I challenge him to name three rational decisions since 2015 that heโs made.
Counterpoint: No.
And Smerconish is an idiot.
"when in reality he is making rational decisions behind closed doors"
but nobody has ever said that about him, ever. And if Mikey-boy actually believes that, he should smash his nutsack with a ball-peen hammer to make sure he can never have children.
Tell him it's looksmaxxing for your genitals.
"Makes them aerodynamic"
it's iconic!
this is pre-purchase C.N.N. (imagine James Earl Jones voice).
They do keep the rational parts well hidden, I must say.
Thatโs some serious fucking sanewashed gaslighting.
Quite a bit of discussion at the fire station about the Philadelphia parking garage collapse. Very rarely is the structure so unstable that they must demolish it so the loved ones bodies can be removed.
Terrible.