Originally Posted by John Lawrence Schick
Brian, can you defend udio on its own merits without the irrelevant comparison of past music technology? All past music technology still required a person to compose the music, unlike udio. Udio doesn’t even require any knowledge of music. Anyone can go on udio and become an instant composer.

My take on udio is it creates music for anyone while downloading internet copyrighted SAMPLES into its application. That’s why udio is facing lawsuits. Here’s from the Recording Industry Association of America: “Unlicensed services like Suno and Udio that claim it’s ‘fair’ to copy an artist’s life’s work and exploit it for their own profit without consent or pay set back the promise of genuinely innovative AI for us all,” Recording Industry Association of America chair and CEO Mitch Glazier said in a press release.

As far as your reference to possible copyright infringement for being influenced by other artists and songwriters. As long as one doesn’t copy another’s work and call it his own, there’s no problem. In fact, listening to the great writers of the past and present is a great learning tool. Building on this knowledge is what advances music. Otherwise, we never would have gotten past Gregorian chants.

John smile

But if anybody is an instant composer, does that make them equal to great composers?

I think what it does is pry open the entry level door.

It means that composers have to up their game to again take back their status.

I disagree about previous tech. You didn't need to know much music with band in a box, just type in a chord.

So type in a b c, and you have a track.

Ez piano is a cut and paste technology. Yeah you need to know what chord your playing to match the rest of your mess .

But its also capable of composing you a piece of music without any of your help.

Dont need to know anything about drums to get a beat going.

I agree it's a step above that, but the better songwriters and musicians will stand out

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 07/08/24 08:39 AM.