Gray Areas: LaMarca’s ‘Weapon’ is worth the search

It’s never been easier for an artist to record and release music.

Anyone with a laptop and rudimentary skills can record songs and upload them to Spotify, post them on YouTube and / or share them with their friends and followers through social media. And those who don’t have any talent at writing, singing and / or playing, can type prompts into AI and call its creations their own.

A study floating around earlier this year claimed more music was released in a single day in 2024 than in all of 1989. Whether one believes those numbers or not — and I’m skeptical — there’s A LOT of new music out there, and it’s tough to get people to care unless performers spend more time on self-promotion than they do on their craft.

“Interest in stuff becomes less when you have access to everything,” Young