Mac Mini M1 - Audio Pauses When Display Turns Off

Each time my display is turned off, my audio pauses. It seems like the computer is sleeping, even though sleeping is turned off. any idea to let the screen be off while Audi keeps going?

Energy saver settings:

to turn off display at 1 minute,

checked:

-prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off

-wake for network access

-startup after power failure

unchecked:

• put hard drives to sleep when possible