Glad some folks are finding some value in this new tool.

I honestly was trying to avoid "my music is still better" scenarios cuz I believe those who need to do that miss the point, and miss out how a) this is a brand new tool and is only going to get better and 2) this tool can be useful in many, many ways, to many kinds of musicians and lyricists, if for nothing more than to give a striking idea you would never have come up with otherwise.

I think some people misunderstand how creativity works...creativity and specifically writing music/lyrics...writing music/lyrics...in the end...STILL boils down to making decisions, choosing to go this way or that. Do I go up or down with the melody here, is this note ON the beat, or syncopated, and so forth and so on. My point is, writing music using ONLY our brains is no more and no less a form of "curating" the various choices that pass through our brains at any given moment, and not really so unlike what Udio does: it presents us with a series of decisions and choices. Curation is creation.

The only difference I can see between composing with just our 'brain tool' and composing with AI as well is...with AI in the mix, you have one more tool in the tool box, and that can't be a bad thing.

I don't share the fear these tools will replace us. As Dom points out, they will still need people who know intimately their particular personal art or craft to use these tools at their highest level, to get the best results. Tools don't have creative "vision" --that's the area that humans will always be best.

Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 04/15/24 11:01 AM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)