RPGG Ep. 6 - AI, much MUCH (too much) music

We start by looking at this quote from Universal Music Group’s Michael Nash, “In order to listen to all music ever created, you’d have to live 1,700 years and never sleep. And then you’d have to live 17,000 more years for every year that AI models are cranking out new music.”

I recall Kevin Michael Grace’s statement from the opening of RPGG Ep. 4 about algorithm fatigue, where he said the bigger problem might be music fatigue. Might AI saturation of the market start causing music market burnout? Nash’s point is that the market saturation has already happened with the dropping of barriers to the music industry through digital creation. He also states that there is no market for all the new AI music. Is that true?

On Mr. Grace’s recommendation, we take a bit of a break by listening to Air’s “La Femme de l’argent.”

At the halfway point, guest Dave Stevens makes his first appearance on the show. We listen to an AI generated song Dave prompted AI to create by copying and pasting lyrics by Kevin Steel into Suno.

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SHOW NOTES

RPGG Ep. 6 – AI, much MUCH (too much) music

Music Business Worldwide, Apr 16, 2026: UMG’s Michael Nash takes aim at ‘false narrative of artist replacement’ by AI – and 3 other things we learned from his HumanX panel with Splice’s CEO

Music Business World, Apr 30, 2026: Sorry, AI artists. Spotify’s not letting you become ‘verified’ on its platform.

music:)ally, Apr 29, 2026: Spotify co-CEOs talk ad challenges and plans for GenAI features

Electronic Music on Youtube, posted Feb 2, 2015: Air, “La Femme de l’argent,” live Canal+ 2007

Hollywood Reporter, Apr 14, 2026: The Music Industry Crosses an AI Tipping Point

The Lefsetz Letter, Jul 10, 2026: How AI Changes Music

The Lefsetz Letter, Nov 17, 2026: AI “Hits”

Billboard, Mar 11, 2026: Is Suno the Music Industry’s Biggest Nightmare — or Greatest Hope?

Music Business Worldwide, Apr 5, 2026: A folk musician had her voice cloned by AI – and her recordings claimed by a copyright troll. Welcome to 2026.