It's about monopoly, ego, and protecting a source of income.
I was watching some videos by these so-called "music experts," "true artists," and "producers." They usually dissect a song completely just to determine whether it was made by AI. Really!?
It literally takes me five seconds to tell if a song was made with Suno AI—and maybe 10 to 15 seconds for other AI generators. I honestly think even the average 10-year-old could easily distinguish between human-written lyrics and generated ones.
I'm more original and a 7,000% better composer than any of them will ever be. They have no idea what they’re talking about.
At the same time, I see the internet flooded with zero-effort AI music—worthless stuff, because there’s no emotion or real idea behind it. But most people just can’t tell the difference!
There are some great songs (though very rare) made with the help of AI that gain popularity simply because the creator doesn't say AI was involved. I can always recognize it. But that doesn’t stop me from liking the song—if it’s good and has genuine character behind it.
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Why can't you just learn to play an instrument?
This is the favorite argument of all those clever people who criticize using AI in music.
Well, I can sing (though my voice isn’t suited for the type of music I make) and I can play guitar (at the level of a 10-year-old kid), but I prefer to work with AI musicians who are better than 90% of the real ones. I write all the lyrics and start from samples that I sing.
It’s a complicated process that is very different from “you type a sentence on your PC and call yourself a musician.”
But that’s not even what I want to talk about. I want to talk about the real issue. Like in almost every human-related issue, it comes down to money and monopoly.
So you want me to:
Buy an instrument,
Learn to play it (and end up playing it mediocrely),
Find other mediocre musicians like me,
Find a place to practice,
Find someone to arrange and mix the music,
Find a producer, agent, and label, etc.
Each of these steps requires money—money you usually make not by performing music, but by working a 9-to-5 job.
And you keep paying and paying, trying to gather those mediocre musicians and spending years making it work. And if you succeed, you’ll likely do so by giving away 99.99999% of what you earn to everyone except you and your bandmates. And even this happens when you are good and luck is on your side.
At some point, after investing so much time and energy, you can’t afford to fail. So you do what the company tells you, because there’s no turning back now.
All the music shop owners, venue owners, ticketing agents, corporate lawyers, music critics, and many others lose revenue when you don’t play their game.
Well, not me. I prefer to make music that I personally enjoy, without compromises I don’t have to make.
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It's crazy hot. here in Greece. What it's like where you are?
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Quite often, I place 🖤💙 in replies to your comments. It's not some goth code — it's a sign of eternal love for Inter Milan. All the real people who have ever appeared in METROPOLIT videos are religiously devoted to Inter. And none of us is Italian. So yes, tomorrow is our big day — wish us good luck!
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Spotify demands that artists rack up millions of views just to earn peanuts. At the same time, they’ve created a system where you have to pay hundreds of dollars just to get noticed. We refused to play that game. But when one of our songs started performing well on the platform, they assumed we must have paid for artificial promotion. As a result, they removed the track. And since it's easier for them to wipe everything rather than just one song, they took down my entire catalog. Their algorithm is designed that way. And, of course, there’s no real way to appeal. It looks like we will have to eat the pie without yogurt.
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Thank you all for your support and all the best in 2025 !!
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Thanks to everyone who voted for the band's logo. Majority of votes decided - and it is also the cover of the first album
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Everyone listens to music for the same reason—to feel better and to be reassured that someone else understands what’s inside their soul. Most people enjoy cheerful music because it makes them feel happy. However, a smaller group (which you likely belong to if you're here) prefers sad music to help process their sadness or aggressive music to release their anger. And after that, we feel better.
Update on what METROPOLIT is:
Musically, it has become a complex hybrid. There's a lot of human involvement and effort behind it, and it's on a completely different level compared to people who type a single sentence into Suno and call themselves AI artists.
Visually, we're doing the best we can at the moment and are working on simplifying the video creation process, as it’s extremely time-consuming. Fortunately, AI visual generators are improving rapidly. If you have any constructive criticism about the videos, please share it—we’d really appreciate your help in improving that aspect.