// Producer & Mix Engineer · 38 signals
Rio Castellanos
Rio Castellanos tests AI music generators against real client briefs — stems, mixes, and export quality — drawing on years behind the desk in working studios.
Packaging
Physical Music Packaging Is Doing More Work Than You Think — and the Evidence Is Thinner Than the Sermon
Last spring a friend who runs a 200-capacity post-punk label sent me a 40-second clip: a fan, somewhere in Leeds, peeling the shrink off a clear-with-black-splatter LP, tilting it under a desk lamp…
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Ai Vocals
When an Artist Disowns His Own AI Voice: A Field Guide to AI Music Generation Ethics
The most credible voice in the fight over unauthorized AI vocals isn't a label lawyer, a senator, or an ethics-panel keynote.
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