Music journalist dismantles the "Suno v6 has solved infinite personalized music" hype
teropa · x · 2026-10-02
Music producer and journalist Philip Sherburne published a Substack essay pushing back against viral claims that "Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music."
Key points:
- The framing that music is a problem to be "solved" is absurd — music is a gift, not a problem; the triumphalist tone of AI boosters itself reveals a misunderstanding of what music is.
- AI music actually depends on streaming ecosystems: severed from artists, labels, genres, scenes, and fans, generated tracks can't reach listeners and have nothing to distinguish one from another — no value at all.
- Echoing Mat Schulz, he argues AI-generated music is "slop," and "slop needs a trough."
A substantive counterpoint from a music professional to the "AI has solved music" narrative.
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