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AI Made Music Fast. CITY JAM Founder Pat Villaceran Says the Real Asset Is the Artist's Own Sound
01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
AI music tooling compresses production costs, pressuring labels and rights holders while shifting value to artist identity.
AI commoditizes production, not artist brand value
Label licensing deals or AI copyright rulings
Founder's own product pitch skews the claim
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As AI music races on speed and volume, CITY JAM's INDUSTRY.AIFF works on what no pipeline can force: drawing original sound out of human creators. NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Generative AI has made music fast, and the race in AI music is now about speed and volume. Pat...
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