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AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart

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Re: AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart

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Post by raxxorraxor »

quater321 wrote: post #318

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On the contrary, AI music is really good and can absolutely be playful and follow themes. The lines are good, the voices pristine and it can invoke emotion like other titles as well. The latter is a state of the listener in any case.

I still don't want to listen to it most of the time. I think in my youth it would have seriously prohibited me from learning an instrument and playing music myself. Today I would skip that and use AI to generate music. What yesterday was playing music yourself and the strange test version of Audio Logic you found on the internet would today certainly just be the next common AI generator.

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Post by krabizzwainch »

input_sh wrote: post #280
croon wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the artists have live shows, it's generally a good indication it's not AI (for now at least).

It's not like this one's even trying to hide it, one look at their Instagram will tell you everything: https://www.instagram.com/eddiedaltonmusic/ I'd like to point out that there's absolutely no way an Instagram account that is not even a month old gets hundreds of thousands of likes almost every upload. That should be an immediate red flag to everyone, Instagram included. Another thing worth pointing out is that iT…

I bought music from iTunes 2 days ago for the first time in like 15 years. I’ve gone back to the iPod life. But I’d almost never buy anything that would be considered chart level music. I was scrolling through the top 100 thinking “who is buying all this crap?”

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Post by krabizzwainch »

brigandish wrote: post #301
input_sh wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not like this one's even trying to hide it, one look at their Instagram will tell you everything: https://www.instagram.com/eddiedaltonmusic/ I'd like to point out that there's absolutely no way an Instagram account that is not even a month old gets hundreds of thousands of likes almost every upload. That should be an immediate red flag to everyone, Instagram included. Another thing worth pointing out is that iT…

> Do you buy music on iTunes? That's like asking HN if they buy Christmas CDs at Tesco. This is a very self-selecting group of people. I know people who buy off of iTunes, who don't use Spotify, who've never heard of Bandcamp, who still listen to the radio… there are people beyond your little bubble. It's a big old world.

I do try to stick with Bandcamp, but a few bands I want just don’t use it.

My wife rolls her eyes at me and my iPod

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Post by deadbabe »

yoz-y wrote: post #278
croon wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the artists have live shows, it's generally a good indication it's not AI (for now at least).

It’s mainly the mental load that you even have to think about it. I find also that much like junk food, AI music is optimized to be catchy. The initial feeling I get is “yeah this is nice”, but then you realize the lyrics are weird, some words don’t exist, the voice is off…

Today is the worst it will ever be.

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Post by lxgr »

yoz-y wrote: post #278
croon wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the artists have live shows, it's generally a good indication it's not AI (for now at least).

It’s mainly the mental load that you even have to think about it. I find also that much like junk food, AI music is optimized to be catchy. The initial feeling I get is “yeah this is nice”, but then you realize the lyrics are weird, some words don’t exist, the voice is off…

> The initial feeling I get is “yeah this is nice”, but then you realize the lyrics are weird, some words don’t exist, the voice is off…

To be fair, you could say the same thing about at least a few pre-AI pop songs.

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Post by Lio »

This looks like a great way to launder money.

Write some generic AI music, have have your small accounts using stolen giftcards bought with dirty money pump the track and watch it climb the charts as other jump on the band wagon.

Et voilà instant layering with no connections.

I'm pretty sure this is exactly how all the music I don't like gets into the charts. :P

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Post by jimnotgym »

You can stop this in its tracks.

Go on KEXP, find a new band you like, share it with your friends, buy a physical copy, buy a t-shirt, book tickets, like their stuff on socials. Watch the record companies flock to real bands.

For the second time on this thread, start with Angine de Poitrine. Live music is the antidote.

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Post by pards »

croon wrote: post #257
yoz-y wrote: post #243

Auto play has been a way for me to find new music. I stopped using it because now every listen is accompanied by a a nagging feeling that the song that is playing might be AI generated. Now I just go and look for new albums from bands I know I like. I wish there was a pre-2023 filter for the algorithmic feed.

If the artists have live shows, it's generally a good indication it's not AI (for now at least).

Guns N' Roses blazed this trail in 1986 with their faux live EP titled Live ?!@ Like a Suicide [0] which was reissued as the B-side to G N' R Lies in 1988.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_%3F!*%40_Like_a_Suicide

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Post by Shorel »

yoz-y wrote: post #278
croon wrote: post #257

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the artists have live shows, it's generally a good indication it's not AI (for now at least).

It’s mainly the mental load that you even have to think about it. I find also that much like junk food, AI music is optimized to be catchy. The initial feeling I get is “yeah this is nice”, but then you realize the lyrics are weird, some words don’t exist, the voice is off…

And with all these faults it's still better than Bad Bunny.
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