The Number One Reason AI Music is Complete Garbage
It’s not human, Jim
I was born in 1970, before one of the most well-known concerts that has ever taken place. On August 15–18, 1969 Woodstock took place on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York. I can only imagine what that concert was like.
I’ve listened to the audio from it, and watched movies, but it must have been something in person. People from all over gathered together with one common bond and that was a love for music. It was much from Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, and so many big acts at the time.
It was music created from the spirit and soul of brilliant artists. No machines, no algorithms, just pure unadulterated music.
Until Now
Rise of the Music Machines
Now, AI is taking control and writing music. Of course, it’s still crude today, but as each day passes, it gets better. Music is one of our biggest bonds as human beings. Making music is a universal human trait that goes back to at least 35,000 years ago. It’s been created from the minds of Mozart, Beethoven, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and countless others.
It was chants in caves, drums on a battlefield, hymns in a church, it was dances in a dancehall, it was big bands in…