Right? How much of these labels' music is focus grouped? Or from performers signed by scouts looking for stuff that sounds like what's already selling? Or twea

Right? How much of these labels' music is focus grouped? Or from performers signed by scouts looking for stuff that sounds like what's already selling? Or tweaked and sweetened with software to optimize based on play statistics? It's not that they have a problem with derivative work. It's a huge part of their catalog. They'd just rather train software on their digital assets and use it to further optimize their own product. Why would they want to help others do the same? I doubt popular music fans are going to consciously prefer "JamBot69" over "Band of Hot and Interesting People", but will they know if the latter had their songs penned or "improved" by the former?