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Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by aradox66 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @12:45PM (#39932818)
I love this sentiment about "top 10" radio. If only it was so. That's the stuff that's on everywhere, all the time. Grocery stores, cafes, etc etc. hell, I listen to it on YouTube. It's like junk food. It's bad, it's good.

It's better than AI, even this incredible mindblowing suno thing. Production value counts.

Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by janalsncm on Thursday April 04, 2024 @02:29PM (#39934150)
Quality isn’t the only factor though. Music made by people has copyright which means grocery stores and coffee shops have to pay a license fee.

There’s certainly a point where this synthetic music gets good enough to replace the elevator music Muzak crap that they have to pay $2000 to license.

Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by ein0p on Thursday April 04, 2024 @01:19PM (#39933299)
Will it be better than AI six months from now, that’s the question. My money is on “no”.
Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by MarcelOlsz on Thursday April 04, 2024 @01:45PM (#39933637)
At least the classical world is safe. They want no part in AI.
Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by throwup238 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:16PM (#39934627)
I think it's a lot better at classical, orchestral, and instrumental music than it is at anything requiring vocalization. I created this in less than 20 minutes: https://app.suno.ai/song/eb93c25b-bdbe-4c9f-8e03-66e9479c869...

I need to stem it, fix it up a bit, and remix for stereo in a DAW but it's much better than I expected for my first ever piece of music. Obviously it'd take a lot of work to create a Hans Zimmer level OST from the tool but IMO it wouldn't feel out of place on a Ludovico Einaudi album or on some Spotify or Pandora classical radio.

Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by programd on Thursday April 04, 2024 @05:34PM (#39936035)
That's actually a very good piece. Like something I'd hear on late night Paradise Radio. If I was creating an indie movie on no budget I'd be all over this technology for the soundtrack.

I don't think musicians and composers are going to disappear as a consequence of this technology, in the same way that theatre actors were not made obsolete by film. What I do think is that a whole new category of professionals will be created - musicians and composers who get paid to train AI models. I bet it will pay better then the laughable amounts that are streaming royalties.

Re:AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the... by recursive on Thursday April 04, 2024 @05:25PM (#39935969)
At some point in the future, wanting no part in AI-generated content is going to be like that old Onion headline. "Area Man Constantly Mentioning That He Doesn't Even Own A Television".