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That depends on your own standards to be honest. Here's a video from Meshuggah which is a camcorder recording of them emoting in a camper van - that's half an h

That depends on your own standards to be honest. Here's a video from Meshuggah which is a camcorder recording of them emoting in a camper van - that's half an hour of work, a few hours of editing tops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_tSyJBsRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_tSyJBsRQ My point is, anyone can make a music video on any budget or level of talent. And camcorder silliness is more artistic and entertaining than AI generated stuff any day of the week.

ThatMedicIsASpy 3mo ago
I'm fine with AI music having AI videos. https://www.youtube.com/@DementedVinyl https://www.youtube.com/@DementedVinyl But I have never cared about a video when it comes to music.
- gilleain 3mo ago
  A good music track does not _need_ a video, but some videos definitely can enhance the music or are just amazing by themselves. 'Sabotage' by the Beastie Boys (Spike Jones), 'Hunter' by Bjork (Paul White), 'Praise You' by Fatboy Slim (also Spike Jones), ... er Billie Eilish 'When The Party's Over', Apex Twin's Windowlicker (Chris Cunningam). There are so many great music videos that are more than just the song. Of course, some are just the artist singing in front of a greenscreen, and that's fine I suppose. Still, they are fundamentally different to an excellent music video.
santiagobasulto 3mo ago
Didn't expect to see a MESHUGGAH reference in HN today. Not bad.
wvh 3mo ago
This. I generally much rather watch a live video of the band performing the song interspersed with some behind the scene footage than some random badly acted (non-AI) slop video on top of the song. If you like the music, you probably want to feel some connection to the people making that music.
tejohnso 3mo ago
I found the OP AI videos much more entertaining than this camcorder silliness. It was interesting to see how literal the AI interpreted the lyrics, but then sometimes took the liberty to add clips of synchronized dance moves which actually seemed like a good match for the tempo. And each shot was different and engaging in some way. I tired of watching a bunch of grown men thrash around like idiots in a cramped van after about 5 seconds. How you consider that artistic is beyond me.
- recursive 3mo ago
  Interesting. One of my biggest surprises from all this was that the timing of the dancing seemed significantly wrong. I would have thought that would be one of the easiest things.

ThatMedicIsASpy 3mo ago

I'm fine with AI music having AI videos. https://www.youtube.com/@DementedVinyl https://www.youtube.com/@DementedVinyl But I have never cared about a video when it comes to music.

gilleain 3mo ago
A good music track does not _need_ a video, but some videos definitely can enhance the music or are just amazing by themselves. 'Sabotage' by the Beastie Boys (Spike Jones), 'Hunter' by Bjork (Paul White), 'Praise You' by Fatboy Slim (also Spike Jones), ... er Billie Eilish 'When The Party's Over', Apex Twin's Windowlicker (Chris Cunningam). There are so many great music videos that are more than just the song. Of course, some are just the artist singing in front of a greenscreen, and that's fine I suppose. Still, they are fundamentally different to an excellent music video.

santiagobasulto 3mo ago

Didn't expect to see a MESHUGGAH reference in HN today. Not bad.

wvh 3mo ago

This. I generally much rather watch a live video of the band performing the song interspersed with some behind the scene footage than some random badly acted (non-AI) slop video on top of the song. If you like the music, you probably want to feel some connection to the people making that music.

tejohnso 3mo ago

I found the OP AI videos much more entertaining than this camcorder silliness. It was interesting to see how literal the AI interpreted the lyrics, but then sometimes took the liberty to add clips of synchronized dance moves which actually seemed like a good match for the tempo. And each shot was different and engaging in some way. I tired of watching a bunch of grown men thrash around like idiots in a cramped van after about 5 seconds. How you consider that artistic is beyond me.

recursive 3mo ago
Interesting. One of my biggest surprises from all this was that the timing of the dancing seemed significantly wrong. I would have thought that would be one of the easiest things.