See: Synthesizers, Digital Synthesizers, overdriven guitars, reverb effects (instead of recording in special rooms), Midi, Multitrack recording, studio musicians, overdubbing, digital recording, autotune.
Every time anything comes out that makes music production easier people bitch about it. Never fails.
I've personally made 3 albums back in my teenage years using nothing but a microphone, a computer, instruments that I played, and friends. I know how hard it is and how much it sucks to not be good enough for others to care about your music that you put your heart and soul into.
I agree that anyone who tells a computer to make them a song and then calls it their song is full of shit.
BUT
If someone writes the lyrics to a song and wants to hear the ways it could sound like, that's still art.
If someone generates a backing track and then performs over it, that's still art. After all, almost every social media influencer turned musician did exactly that, buying the "beat" and then performing over it, and they still get millions of views and sometimes even perform their fancy karaoke for crowds of adoring fans.
There is a line and it is a very clear one. If a human is involved in a critical portion of the song's creation, it's art. If not, it's slop.
> See: Synthesizers, Digital Synthesizers, overdriven guitars, reverb effects (instead of recording in special rooms), Midi, Multitrack recording, studio musicians, overdubbing, digital recording, autotune.
All of those required critical thinking and knowledge from musicians
The issue is not that an artist will use AI to split tracks on an album to practice, or use AI to come up with grooves for their VSTs, the issue is that you have AI bands on streaming platforms hoping to make money. Small magazines, publications etc (see clarkesworld) are being flooded by AI slop because people want to make a quick buck. Big players want nothing more than being able to prompt a model and get free hits with nobody to credit or pay royalties to.
See: Synthesizers, Digital Synthesizers, overdriven guitars, reverb effects (instead of recording in special rooms), Midi, Multitrack recording, studio musicians, overdubbing, digital recording, autotune.
Every time anything comes out that makes music production easier people bitch about it. Never fails.
I've personally made 3 albums back in my teenage years using nothing but a microphone, a computer, instruments that I played, and friends. I know how hard it is and how much it sucks to not be good enough for others to care about your music that you put your heart and soul into.
I agree that anyone who tells a computer to make them a song and then calls it their song is full of shit.
BUT
If someone writes the lyrics to a song and wants to hear the ways it could sound like, that's still art.
If someone generates a backing track and then performs over it, that's still art. After all, almost every social media influencer turned musician did exactly that, buying the "beat" and then performing over it, and they still get millions of views and sometimes even perform their fancy karaoke for crowds of adoring fans.
There is a line and it is a very clear one. If a human is involved in a critical portion of the song's creation, it's art. If not, it's slop.