A lot of people pumping AI music as "the next revolution in music" simply don't understand art/music at all. If you've ever been to a real concert by actual professional musicians, where they're working the crowd live, it's an other-worldly experience. It's a ton of fun, and what makes it fun is that there are
human beings on the stage -- each of them with their own real life-story -- and you are there listening to these people playing amazing music
with hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of other people, just like you. All having fun together.
Having fun together. Where is the robot or AI in "having fun together"?? AI music is the precise
opposite of having fun together.
All the bands I like to listen to either (a) have some musical ingredients that I like a lot and are inspired by bands I already like or (b) are bands I like not only because their music is awesome, but their personal lives sell a compelling story surrounding how their music came to be. Inspiring life stories, enduring unimaginable hardships, etc. etc. Is it all real? No, some of it is exaggerated or even faked, but it's at least believable, otherwise, people wouldn't buy into it.
Get back to me when an AI writes its
8 Mile about its own real life experience...