Having worked in the record biz... I can tell you the great preponderance of pop is created synthetically: the vocals are filtered, compressed, pitch corrected,

Having worked in the record biz... I can tell you the great preponderance of pop is created synthetically: the vocals are filtered, compressed, pitch corrected, layered, and effects added, the "instruments" are usually made of samples which originate in many different hands and are further modified. The lyrics usually written by one party, re-written by another none of whom are the recording artist. The melody takes a similar journey. I hate it passionately. Despite that, the music still has artistic intent and AI does not.