Originally Posted by jyl
I ran across a jazz artist on Spotify named “Torlei Peaz”. One album, “Soft Lad” 2018, copyright Torlei Peaz.
I thought hm, this is nice, and hit Google to learn more about this artist.
Immediate brick wall.
Zero hits on this man, woman, band, nom de plume, who knows. Absolutely no indication such an entity has ever existed. Which is weird, normally there will be some trace of any artist who has even one album or even a single. I can’t even find the wrong person with this name. In fact, just searching on the names “Torlei” or “Peaz” turns up nothing - not a region, derivation, history, etc.
Searching for “Soft Lad” doesn’t turn up any 2018 album, just a 2015 movie and maybe a later song from some UK pop band, that’s not real clear. I’m not great at searching the US Copyright database but nothing turns up there.
So you sleuths, want to try your luck?
Or, want to educate me about the reality of Spotify, how much of the music there is untraceable?
I’m starting to think this is not an actual person but an invented name used for a single “album” that wasn’t associated with any label, just a collection of music, that might all be by the same artist (sounds like it, someone has a consistent sound and phrasing on their saxophone) but might not. It wasn’t AI generated in 2018 but that date isn’t necessarily real.
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