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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by Kye on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:10AM (#22045374)
I see this any time some fresh tech person claims AI will end music as a career. They think it's as simple as generating some nice melodies. Maybe some harmony, if they even know what that is. They don't consider all the sound design, concept, and personality that goes into making and selling music.

You might persuade a computer to generate a set of passable songs for a discerning and skilled musician to choose from as a starting point. But I think I'll be dead before they're good enough to be better than just banging a few chords and presets together to see if it sounds good.

Melody and harmony are what most of these efforts focus on, but that's the easy part for any experienced composer.

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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by prometheus76 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:26AM (#22045567)
And I think it would be naive and idealistic to think that the composer/songwriter/musician/performers don't have a roll in selling the music. Do I want to go to a concert where a computer is rolled out on stage and I hear amazing music, or do I want to see a performance with lighting and a performer working the crowd? The performance and the personalities of the performers are as much a part of the musical experience as just hearing sounds in headphones, in my opinion.
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