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As I mentioned before, my publisher makes us sign an agreement that we haven't used AI in any part of the songs we submit. I can't see the music supervisors of any major tv stations using this. They want music free of lawsuits. Although the low-budget stations may opt in for AI. It's definitely killing creativity. And it's more than just a tool to aid musicians. it's a system to do it all without real musicians. In the long run it's terrible for the Music Industry and creative songwriter/ composers. In it's present state, it needs more development. From what I've listened to, everything is quantized, even the vocal tracks. Sounds artificial - oh yeah, it is artificial.
John
John, did a realistic sounding Piano sample library replace real piano's in the world? No, it simply expanded the number of people who could make music with those sounds who could not afford a piano or could not lug a real piano to a gig. It is a tool which people with more talent should be able to do something BETTER than a hack using that tool. If not, then why would someone deserve shutting out anyone who can't afford to make music without that tool?
Having access to sounds/ samples totally different Brian. No different than using a pipe organ, electric guitar, etc. Just another sound for the musician to compose and create music from. The udio technology replaces the composer and does the thinking for him. Not even a close analogy Brian. I use the Ivory Piano samples. I still have to compose and record the same as if I were using a Steinway.
John
The same straw man argument you are making was ALSO made about samples. No more real pianos. Sequencing? No more real players. Auto Tune? No more real singers. etc. etc. It is always the same thing. If I use A.I. to play my drum tracks because I simply can't play drums and generic "tracks and loops" are quite tired at this point, then how is that a danger to real drummers? It will not sound or look like a real drummer live. It will not sound like a real drummer, in most cases, in most genres of music. Real enthusiasts in Jazz are not going to be fooled by A.I. nor are they fooled even by a great programmer when someone uses Sequencers and Quantizing to keep better time. People are exposing Auto Tune all the time. They just busted Don Henley singing to tracks! Then again, if people KNOW he isn't singing live (which most do or soon will at this point) and they STILL want to see the man live, why is that a problem in the end? Using technology to help us do what we can't, or to help us realize our vision, or even if it is just to participate in the joy of making music (which harms exactly no one) why the fear? As for computer and technology assisted music making, it has already been around since music instruments started being made in factories and has exploded with Electric instruments, amplification, reverb, midi, multitrack recordings on and on and on. We symphonies replaced by any of these things? Nope. Can I enjoy a soundtrack composed using plug-ins and computers? Yes! But none of those things, which ALL exist, have prevented anyone from playing or composing or writing music. Even without A.I., there is an oversupply of human made music to an exponential degree over demand. The stuff real humans make is super impressive and getting better all the time thanks to various technologies becoming more available to more creators. This is no different. The sky is not falling my friend. I want to live in a world where tools are available to help the most people participate and enjoy making any kind of art their sill and ideas can create. Even if it is just pressing buttons, playing a keyboard on an acoustic piano IS ADVANCED technology. 99.9% could never build one if they all disappeared tomorrow. Even though it is an inanimate object which untalented people can still use to make it play beautiful notes, all the other tools are still available for everyone else to also use to make music. Music for all, the talented and untalented alike. We already have more amazing man made music than any person can consume in 1000s of lifetimes, yet we hope people will make millions times billions more using any means available. It's all good. The music "business" has ALWAYS been fraught with abuse and villains. When they can no longer make any money from it, I hope they will take their destruction and abuse elsewhere and leave music alone.
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