In the 60s and 70s, music had a completely different reputation
than it does today. At least that's what our grandparents tell us: If
you heard a great song on the radio back then, you only had one
option: you went to a record store and bought the single or the LP.
The albums of the music heroes had an almost godlike status -
and almost everyone bought the LPs of their music heroes. Of
course, many recorded the charts and radio shows on cassette,
but that was not the same: the tapes wore out over time. And the
elaborately designed cover of the LP was also missing.
Something happened gradually in the 80s and then in the 90s:
thanks to digital recording media (Sony minidisc, DAT recorder,
CD recorder) you could copy albums in super quality. And (almost)
everyone did that.
This meant that more people could enjoy the music - but the
uniqueness of an album and a song was reduced. Because almost
everyone had the song at home on DAT or CD.
Something else happened in the 2000s: almost anyone could
download any song from the internet as an mp3. The music industry
is still fighting against this, but ultimately without success. Today
(almost) everyone can have any song on their hard drive or
smartphone.
All these steps, digital copying capabilities and availability on the
Internet, have devalued music to this day. For young people today,
a song does not have the same meaning as it did for young people
in the 60s or 70s.
The fact that everyone can simply have "their" song composed by
AI devalues music even further: Music and songs are simply a kind
of "good vibe" companion to everyday life that everyone can have
created for themselves while eating breakfast.![:o]( "Surprised")
than it does today. At least that's what our grandparents tell us: If
you heard a great song on the radio back then, you only had one
option: you went to a record store and bought the single or the LP.
The albums of the music heroes had an almost godlike status -
and almost everyone bought the LPs of their music heroes. Of
course, many recorded the charts and radio shows on cassette,
but that was not the same: the tapes wore out over time. And the
elaborately designed cover of the LP was also missing.
Something happened gradually in the 80s and then in the 90s:
thanks to digital recording media (Sony minidisc, DAT recorder,
CD recorder) you could copy albums in super quality. And (almost)
everyone did that.
This meant that more people could enjoy the music - but the
uniqueness of an album and a song was reduced. Because almost
everyone had the song at home on DAT or CD.
Something else happened in the 2000s: almost anyone could
download any song from the internet as an mp3. The music industry
is still fighting against this, but ultimately without success. Today
(almost) everyone can have any song on their hard drive or
smartphone.
All these steps, digital copying capabilities and availability on the
Internet, have devalued music to this day. For young people today,
a song does not have the same meaning as it did for young people
in the 60s or 70s.
AI simply continues this devaluation evolution with the next step:
I just discovered Suno recently and I find it absolutely mind-blowing. That's some crazy tech sorcery. It can create any genre and the voices really sound like they have human emotions. The rhythm and emphasis of the vocals and song arrangement are so on point.
I think AI is drastically going to reshape the music scene. Anyone can create hits within a few seconds. And everyone will be like "Hey, listen to my music" "No, man, listen to MY music".
In this spirit: Listen to my AI music =)
https://on.soundcloud.com/Yf1m9
Cover images created with AI too.
It's got some happy pop, sad slow pop, synth-pop, flower power, hard rock and italo disco.
The fact that everyone can simply have "their" song composed by
AI devalues music even further: Music and songs are simply a kind
of "good vibe" companion to everyday life that everyone can have
created for themselves while eating breakfast.
Statistics: Posted by enroe — Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:23 am