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Absolutely terrible take. Creating music that you yourself love -- even music no one else will ever hear -- is a peak human experience that I wish everyone got
by corry 2y ago
Absolutely terrible take.
Creating music that you yourself love -- even music no one else will ever hear -- is a peak human experience that I wish everyone got to experience.
The joy of creation is truly wonderful for its own sake.
Can AI help that creation, just like other "synthetic" techniques for making music (not least - the synthesizer)? Definitely.
But for me at least, the less of me (i.e. other people's samples, stock sound effects, DAW gimmicks) that's in my music, the less rush and joy I get from it. The less it feels "mine". But that's all very subjective.
Which takes me back to why this is such a dismal take. Why wouldn't this dude point to how making music is a creative joy, and AI can help bring that joy to more people by lowering the barrier to entry?
- _DeadFred_ 2y agoBeing in a non-verbal creation space is amazing. It's like being in the zone coding but on the next level.
- corry 2y agoLove your point here - the non verbal-ness of it feels like an increasingly rare thing in our lives (especially in tech). Music and I suppose other traditional 'fine arts' (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc) are these windows into creation that's not as mediated by language, which is arguably the defining feature of humans. I suppose dance / ballet / etc would be another similar space too, a kind of physical creation not mediated by language. Towering above all other art forms, though, remains music - with such an immediacy to it (both in terms of how it hits your senses and how easily it seems to convey emotionality). It's no wonder that it looks like it's the top form of 'art' made and enjoyed by humans these days.