Survival goes to the adaptable (non necessarily the fittest).

I think the AI songs will be no better or worse than the bulk of the recycled, repetitive pop we've seen in our lifetimes. For sure, the gatekeepers (once the labels now the streamers) will embrace AI to maximize their profits. And the average music consumer won't know the difference, or even care.

I remember the big "Disco Sucks" movement of the 1970s. "Real musicians" hated the drum-machine, quantized, kick drum on all 4 beats, "artificial" movement. To survive, I joined a disco band. My dyed-in-the-wool friends had difficulty getting work, those like me who just switched genres, stayed employed.

I also remember when DJs took almost all of the young, singles, bar business away from live musicians. Weddings followed.

I've seen DJs, Karaoke, Sports Bars, and so many other things take jobs away from musicians. When I started, 4-7 piece bands worked 5 or 6 nights a week in every singles bar, and every hotel from a Holiday Inn on up. Those days are long gone.

I'm now in a duo with backing tracks, getting one-nighters here and there. At least I make my own backing tracks, most of my competition uses karaoke tracks.

Phone operators/receptionists, grocery checkout clerks, toll booth clerks, and so many more are all but gone, I read that computer coders and songwriters are going.

The Luddites didn't stop the textile mills from using automated weaving machines. We are not going to be able to stop the AI revolution either.

The question is: how are we going to survive the new reality?

Rather than fighting AI, we need to figure out how to adapt to the AI future.

Any ideas?

Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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