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Being a musical artist isn't about knowing how to use tools to make a sound, it's about having the taste to know which sounds out of many are the right ones to
by chasing 3y ago
Being a musical artist isn't about knowing how to use tools to make a sound, it's about having the taste to know which sounds out of many are the right ones to express what you're trying to say. It's about having an idea you want to create to put out into the world.
People without ideas and taste will play with this stuff for a while because it feels like it gives them a shortcut to talent, but after a while the novelty will wear off and they'll once again have to confront the fact that they have neither ideas, taste, nor talent.
If you're just in need of lowest-common-denominator sound-alike shit, go nuts. If you're interested in music, I suggest also spending time learning to actually be a creative artist, using whatever tools you want.
- prometheon1 3y agoWhat percentage of the artists that are currently earning a living by making music have taste?
- chasing 3y agoNot really my concern; I don’t listen to mindless garbage. I’m aware there’s a lot of it. (And about to be a lot more!)
- whywhywhywhy 3y agoAny thoughts on the part you missed out, actually talented people using these tools to either accelerate their production or even perform as a different type of/genre of performer outside the constraints of their physicality. Think those lines of discussion are far more interesting than the well trodden "low talents will use it, then fail" path.
- chasing 3y agoI made no comment on whether talented people should explore AI tools. I’m a musician and they’re pretty interesting. But they’re not a shortcut to talent, which is what I think some people treat them as.