AI In Music

[Smoke]

I read about Randy Travis and his AI "recording" last month by accident - thought it might be appropriate here.

Randy Travis gets his voice back in a new Warner AI music experiment

What will labels do with this new power?

www.theverge.com

FWIW, in my opinion at least, I don't think it sounds like Randy Travis - the voice is a bit too nasal and the phrasing/breathing are not in keeping, from what I recall. I don't know how best to describe it. Though it sounds human, it sounds forced or in my colloquial terms, "squashed and pressed into a box of a certain size and shape." I'm betting they could do better with a human impersonator - sorta like Arnel Pineda and Steve Perry from Journey - but then you couldn't call it "Randy Travis."

Quite the conundrum, I guess.

 

[bud7h4]

Millions of people younger than you and me will be convinced fake music is cool and real music is dumb and that will be that.
Voicing concern will be ridiculed and dismissed as fear mongering.

It will be swift, and it really will be. that. simple.

 

[Push pull stroke]

Millions of people younger than you and me will be convinced fake music is cool and real music is dumb and that will be that.
Voicing concern will be ridiculed and dismissed as fear mongering.

It will be swift, and it really will be. that. simple.

Maybe. That assumes that humans will not up their game at composing

 

[bud7h4]

Maybe. That assumes that humans will not up their game at composing

It assumes people won't care anything about great composition, and how easily the masses are steered toward consuming what they're told they like. And how quickly they'll discard what they're told is "so yesterday".

 

[Push pull stroke]

It assumes people won't care anything about great composition, and how easily the masses are steered toward consuming what they're told is what they like. And how quickly they'll discard what they're told is "so yesterday".

Maybe. But what’s going to stop the real innovators from innovating faster than the AI can? Because AI can’t really create anything new.

 

[Smoke]

Millions of people younger than you and me will be convinced fake music is cool and real music is dumb and that will be that.
Voicing concern will be ridiculed and dismissed as fear mongering.

It will be swift, and it really will be. that. simple.

You're probably right to some extent, @bud7h4 and so is @Push pull stroke. Most of the young folks nowadays are satisfied with today's "canned" music. It fits a money generating formula without much assistance of real musicians. Young folks don't have the attention span required to appreciate real musicianship or innovative musical composition; and as you alluded, it's probably only going to get worse. But, @Push pull stroke brings up a good point - real. good. music. will always be available for those who wish to hunt for it.

AI will probably feed the "money machine," making it more imperative that the "real music" consumers vote with their pocketbooks to keep it alive. Sort of like the difference between AB Inbev and CAMRA. The craft beer industry in the US and abroad is alive and well - I'm betting the "craft music" industry won't be "flushed" any time soon.

 

[PorkPieGuy]

I'm really, really hoping that all of this AI-generated "music" will drive more and more folks to see live concerts with real musicians without playing any sort of tracks.

 

[striker]

Interesting short clip from PBS program Sound Field about creating a pop hit song not by using AI but with freely available samples.

 

[GetAgrippa]

Let's face it human aren't that intelligent if they make a machine more intelligent than they. So we need AI to make better Art, Music, Science, even replace the defective stupid people. It's progress, evolution, the next step-it's a doozie. ROFL I do believe technology can help humans make better Art, Music, Science and even help make humans better. But it will always be a tool. So I don't have a problem with artist using AI to make better Art and Music-as a tool.

 

[Otto]

So I say people can AI all they want - they’ll still never be the people musicians will call when they need a real player for any kind of gig - which is really what being a musician is all about.

...until the price drops far enough/quality increases enough...which looks likely.

 

[AzHeat]

...until the price drops far enough/quality increases enough...which looks likely.

Reminds me of the live music scenes in the original Battlestar Galactica series. Super funky, but somehow everyone appears to be enjoying it! I’d really like to pass on the day…

 

[prodigy4299]

Maybe. But what’s going to stop the real innovators from innovating faster than the AI can? Because AI can’t really create anything new.

This is so well said. If you look at modern DAW's, they've already lowered the barrier to entry substantially. And while we're not flooded with innovators, neither have they disappeared. There are still musicians out there who will continue to push us forward.