Music generation elicits pure disgust in me, more so than any other type of generated content. I presume it's because there is so little 'utilitarian' music that's needed in the world-- none at all, I'd argue. If Suno was limited to generating muzak, then fine I suppose, but does the world really need muzak?
With images and video, one could make the argument that some of it is/can be utilitarian (slide shows in video format, simple graphics, stock photos/video clips, etc). While generating content like this does take away bread from some artists, you can make the case that artists or video editing professionals are wasted on creating content like that.
But music? Music exists almost solely to elicit emotion and express emotion, not to inform.
I consider empathy a virtue and nurture it in myself, but hard as I have tried I cannot place myself in the shoes of people who'd enjoy generating music for themselves and listening to it, or listening to music generated by others.
I'm also in disbelief that not one music streaming service has implemented a system that weeds out ALL generated content. When Spotify played slop to me twice, I cancelled my subscription that I had for 5 years and spent time looking for an alternative-- Deezer "labels" generated music but does not forbid it. Other than them, nobody else seems to be interested in tackling this problem. Which makes me think I might be somewhat alone in my disgust.
I'm also in disbelief that not one music streaming service has implemented a system that weeds out ALL generated content.
I've been using the SkipIfFake app since apparently the streaming services won't do something similar to identify AI music. It will automatically skip any AI generated music for you if it plays.
muzak is even more evil than a casual observer might guess -- there were forks used for essentially "labor mind control" in the 70s and 80s -- but it is hard for me to agree that the world does not need it. and the companies that made billions off of that were tech companies leeching off of working musicians too.
now, is suno a "better" way to make functional music, if it is determined to be a business necessity for thousands of businesses? idk.
but the muzak company still exists, under some other name, and i think SOMEBODY should disrupt the hell out of them, without paying session musicians $50 a day because they are exploitable.
this is where i start saying "please don't downvote me i am nice and have thought about this exact topic for the last 3 years straight, i even wrote a play about it"
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Music generation elicits pure disgust in me, more so than any other type of generated content. I presume it's because there is so little 'utilitarian' music that's needed in the world-- none at all, I'd argue. If Suno was limited to generating muzak, then fine I suppose, but does the world really need muzak?
With images and video, one could make the argument that some of it is/can be utilitarian (slide shows in video format, simple graphics, stock photos/video clips, etc). While generating content like this does take away bread from some artists, you can make the case that artists or video editing professionals are wasted on creating content like that.
But music? Music exists almost solely to elicit emotion and express emotion, not to inform.
I consider empathy a virtue and nurture it in myself, but hard as I have tried I cannot place myself in the shoes of people who'd enjoy generating music for themselves and listening to it, or listening to music generated by others.
I'm also in disbelief that not one music streaming service has implemented a system that weeds out ALL generated content. When Spotify played slop to me twice, I cancelled my subscription that I had for 5 years and spent time looking for an alternative-- Deezer "labels" generated music but does not forbid it. Other than them, nobody else seems to be interested in tackling this problem. Which makes me think I might be somewhat alone in my disgust.
I've been using the SkipIfFake app since apparently the streaming services won't do something similar to identify AI music. It will automatically skip any AI generated music for you if it plays.
muzak is even more evil than a casual observer might guess -- there were forks used for essentially "labor mind control" in the 70s and 80s -- but it is hard for me to agree that the world does not need it. and the companies that made billions off of that were tech companies leeching off of working musicians too.
now, is suno a "better" way to make functional music, if it is determined to be a business necessity for thousands of businesses? idk.
but the muzak company still exists, under some other name, and i think SOMEBODY should disrupt the hell out of them, without paying session musicians $50 a day because they are exploitable.
this is where i start saying "please don't downvote me i am nice and have thought about this exact topic for the last 3 years straight, i even wrote a play about it"