Originally Posted by B.D.Thomas
My opinion, which nobody has to agree with:

As a consumer: if a song touches me, I don't care whether it was written by a human,
an AI or an extra-terrestrial hard rock God from Alpha Centauri.
Others may disagree, but I've heard AI-generated songs that were really good.

As a wannabee musician: Like most of you, I have this inner urge to make music to express myself.
To leave that to someone else would take away the very thing that makes me do what I do: creating lyrics, chords and melodies
and solve the puzzle to put it all together until it works or not.
This also includes the ever-present self-doubt:
  • Can I even make the song work?
  • Is it good?
  • Will I ever be able to make a good song again?
  • Almost no one ever listens to my music. Do I suck?


As an ethical/philosophical person: I'm fine as long as you don't claim: "I wrote/created this song".
No, you didn't. You told someone else to write it.
If anything, you could call yourself a producer.

As a lawyer (which I am not): If you write software that creates music, that's fine with me as long as all the sources you have used have agreed to be used.
You can't offer a sample player with uncleared samples.

I have been patiently waiting for an extraterrestrial hard rock God from Alpha Centauri to drop by my house and play some stuff. I can assure you that I will pay attention and try to copy some of His/Her/Its licks. He,her,it will most likely laugh at me in the same way Clarence Gathmouth Brown used to laugh at me when I would sit on the edge of the stage and try to learn his stuff. He used to say come ride with me on the tour bus and perhaps by the time we get from Houston to Austin I can teach you two or three notes lol. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_%22Gatemouth%22_Brown) for all of you who would not know who is.
Perhaps the extraterrestrial hard rock God from Alpha Centauri would give me permission to use his/her/its stuff but permission or not I most likely would use it anyway and suffer the results...lol Who knows how the Alpha Centauri music cops would react...lol

If any of you encounter this rock god please inform her/him/it that they are welcome at my house and that I would also like to go for a ride on the space tour bus, especially if I can drive it for a bit!

This B.D. Thomas person of the above is in my less-than-humble opinion the most avant-garde person on this forum. Highly creative in the outcome of his songs and videos by whatever process he uses. He is technically extremely accurate in his lyrical portrayal of modern-day emotional states experienced by young women in today's culture.

Will anyone listen to music I am a part of creating? Yes, two or three at least. That should be good enough, for me at least.

For me, I have generated only one song with AI. It may be the only one. While it sounded OK it is not something I would enjoy doing other than to experiment.

Not everyone on the planet has the same concept of ownership. Taking things that do not belong to someone is a common idea. Large numbers of us humans steal music, software, and pens from the bank and the office. Crimes and misdemeanors both large and small.

I have wondered with how BIAB-centric the PG Music forum has been in the past, how we would allow any other software process on the site. Or how most of us traditional music creators would permit such modern-day nonsense as AI to arrive here...lol

Alas, sometimes kicking and screaming even the BIAB forum is moving into the future...lol

Cheers from the Bermuda Triangle,

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”