[Uehreka]

> Oddly none of the anti-‘s were musicians themselves.

It is clearly plain to anyone who is a musician or hangs out with a lot of musicians that the independent music world is livid about this stuff. Everyone I’ve talked to, from acoustic songwriters to metal singers to circuit-bending pedalheads are united in their absolute hatred of this technology.

(Yes, follow-up commenter, I’ve seen the Timbaland interview)

[dds-dds]

As an independent musician, I for one welcome our AI overlords. They should not be worried about any technology that needs a human to make it remotely interesting.

They should not be worried if they aren't generic sounding independent musicians already.

Lastly, and a historical case in point, this whole conversation is a repetition of the anti-Sampler movement of the 80s and 90s. Look what that techno-leap brought us.

A new technology brings new sounds, if we all stopped treating a megalithic search engine as a personality, we'll move forwards with a lot less drama.

[indemnity]

AI music or AI-produced music sounds a bit boring and too-perfect, like auto-tune on steroids.

Needs significant human involvement to make it interesting.

How long that remains true is another question…

[wasmainiac]

> this whole conversation is a repetition of the anti-Sampler movement of the 80s and 90s.

Apples to oranges. samples them selves were just another tool. The music was still handmade.

> I for one welcome

Sorry I can’t tell if you are being sarcastic or not.

[dds-dds]

That's pretty much my point:) A new technology brought new ideas to a cultural discipline, new forms of music, twisting and morphing the old forms, especially in the hands of the naive, yet creative youth. I see the same opportunities here, another new tool for the artistic arsenal.

The sarcasm is irrelevant, my use of that term is more a nod towards this platform and historical replies in past discussions, in regard to similar situations. I'll make an effort to excise any superfluous attempts at humour in future posts!