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I'm a musician

I haven't used the elevnlabs one, but I've checked out suno and udio, and to be honest the tech is amazing. But like with a lot of genai images, the current music models have the same smell to it.

These models can def be used to crank out commercially sounding music, but I have yet to hear any output that sounds fresh and exciting. If your goal is to create bro country, these models are a god-send.

With that said, I do believe that musicians will start to create music with these tools as aid. I've tried to use them for generating samples and ideas, and they do work well enough.

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>With that said, I do believe that musicians will start to create music with these tools as aid.

The more tech advances the cooler it is to bury your head in the sand. Studying by paper & candlelight has never been more of a flex.

Unless you're talking about EDM people and those adjacent. Not that they're not "real musicians" but they're much more about tech and gadgets so I can see them using it more.

I'm a "real" musician, and have done session / studio work, as well as made a living by playing live music in my younger days, before getting a "real job" in tech.

While there will no doubt be many that feel they're above using tools like these, the reality is that if you want to make money out of music - you're going to make music for the masses.

And if there's one thing these models really excel at, it is to make commercial sounding music. Everything sounds nice and bland.

Ah yeah, I don't even register the commercial world so didn't mention it as it's a given. Doing that type of work would suck so bad IMO.

I'm an electronic musician and AI music is banned on my favorite forum. Someone popped up a few months back challenging everyone to listen to their AI-generated music album and ended up being flamed to a crisp - not because people didn't engage with it, but because they did and pointed out in detail what was so bad about it.

I don’t think that’s the case. You’re talking about a genre where vinyl and rotary mixers are a standard part of the discourse. While I think your premise is correct, the genre is quicker to adopt advancements, they are also quicker to acknowledge when something goes too far.

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