Scene Mom Says: AI Streaming Fraud, Deepfake Takedowns and Real Indie Music

Time: ~36 min. It’s Episode 91! We've got some crazy music news this week. The first ever federal criminal conviction for AI streaming fraud just happened, Sony pulled over 135,000 deepfake songs from streaming platforms, and Spotify announced something that honestly should have existed years ago. Plus your weekly marketing tip, some music history, another nerdy science story about anxiety that I think you're really going to want to hear, and five indie tracks I'm loving right now. Tap play and let’s go! LINKS: JOIN US AT MONTAPALOOZA! https://montapalooza.com/ SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER!  http://eepurl.com/i77C9U Get your merch! https://scenemomsays.threadless.com/ Join the exclusive group on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/965285292398533  Man found guilty of streaming fraud using AI to create songs and bots to stream them https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/19/streaming-music-slop-scammer-sentence/ SONY requests removal of more than 135k AI-generated songs from streaming platforms https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/18/sony-music-deepfakes-removal-comments/ Spotify adds edit button to let you control your algorithm https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/03/16/spotify-edit-button-algorithm/ Listening to music really does reduce anxiety. The science: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260315225133.htm MUSIC: The Frequency Principle – Cool Kidz https://thefrequencyprinciple.com/ Battlemode – Chasing Kaoss https://linktr.ee/BattlemodeMusic MRCH – Ashes https://linktr.ee/mrchmusic Voltaire’s Ghost – Spirit Animal https://www.voltairesghost.com/ Ali A and the Agency – Arizona Sunset https://aliaandtheagency.com/ Feedback: [email protected] Submit Your Music: https://danicutler.com/podcast/submit-your-music/ All Things Dani https://linktr.ee/dcutleraz