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Re:Music Composition with Deep Learning: A Review by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday August 30, 2021 @09:52AM (#28355648)
The infrastructure isn't about the music, though. It's about people, whether they are pop stars, ferociously good classical virtuosi, temperamental maestros, introverted but sympathetic innovators, or even just amateur bands/ensembles that enjoy the social aspects of making music.

That's where the big money is, not elevator music generated by computers.

Re:Music Composition with Deep Learning: A Review by tgv on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:22AM (#28365621)
The big money is where mass audiences are. Music's infrastructure is for a large part dependent on it. It encompasses everything from instrument manufacturers to piano teachers to concert organizers to masterclasses. If --as assumed the post I responded to-- software starts producing better music than people, or does so cheaper, or gets more clicks, etc., the infrastructure will disappear. It'll take a few decades, but that can kill off teaching and affordable instruments, taking everything except amateur music for the wealthy with it.