Musicians Will Be Obsolete In 5 Years

I don’t think it’s going to take our jobs as a musician. Back in the early 1900s the entire music industry was shooken up by a revolutionary new technology called the Piano Roll. And essentially it was a real piano that played itself automatically, you just typed in what you wanted it to play and it would play it. The whole music industry was concerned because it said that it was going to take away the music notation industry because no one would want to buy music notations anymore. However, 100 years later, they still print out physical music books with songs from top Artists. Why? Because there is still a need for that. How old are Vinyls? And yet right now there is a resurgence in Vinyl purchases. I mean right now you can purchase a tool to master your own songs for really cheap, why do some musicians still choose to hire mastering engineers?

Human Musicians 1 A.I 0

One question, gamma ray strangers in the night , why this song don't have a live video? Please see my comment good

I uploaded an original song – vocal and guitar – into SUNO.
AI maintained my lyrics, melody and essential chord progression with full orchestration in the genre I chose.
It can be used to do a decent demo, rather than paying for expensive studio time.
And I believe it can now be copyrighted due to the majority of the essential song being human created.
Fully prompted works cannot according to the US Copyright Office. And they will have ways to distinguish the difference.
AI can't totally replace human creativity, but its troubling that the masses no longer know the difference streaming today.
Guess, we can thank things like auto tuned vocals that first digitized human vocals so much that most sound the same to me.

Please people, wake up. Gather and go against AI. Otherwise even entertainment will be ruled by Steel and Electronics.

It's bad, it's really bad, generative ai is essentially gonna kill creativity because its gonna kill the motivation and passion for it if everyone is okay with ai art (picture this, everyone will be able to make masterpieces without working on them, that makes them hollow because they will have no meaning or influence on the """artist""", they'll just be another product), and it will also kill the possibility of living off the biggest dreams everyone has, which are art. And it's all because people are allowing it, I'm deep into 3D art and now into music, 3D is already dying, please don't let the same happen to music

The main problem with wholly AI generated music is that it sounds like generic slop. Very applicable to advertising, soundtracks and muzak style tunes as ambience in public/retail spaces, but unlikely to engage actual music fans.

NO, CELEBRITIES will be obsolete in under a decade though and that's the best thing that can happen to humanity at this point. I won't digress into my life story, but I know literally dozens of A-list celebrities, all sorts of really twisted things about how they're actually getting famous on the casting couch and yes, it's literally 70-80% of the most famous A-listers on Earth.

I've known Britney Spears since she was 13, I was 17 and to say she destroyed my life is putting it mildly. The cunt belongs in prison. Super computers and A.I. are certain to let people upload their own photo or 3-D scan, tell it to make a movie of themselves doing whatever, and that will wipe out fame along with completely fictitious people.

Musicians, on the other hand, will have to adapt, play live, engage with people face to face, but we'll still be able to thrive and possible better than ever. Comedians too.

What happens when every person has their own personal AI band, that writes songs to you about your life, like a personal narrator but it's your favorite band…

Ok a wild thing I have heard is Porkyfinger. I think it's only on SoundCloud from what I can find. Also Acoustic Invasion. Check em out. It's a bit odd

Honestly instrumental stuff is very hard to tell it's AI. Vocals yeah, it's heavily processed. You will never hear unprocessed vocals that is not from AI. There is always a little tell. It just varies. But making incredible instrumentals effortlessly, makes me wonder if it's worth learning to play and love playing instruments anymore

It's probably gonna be like autotune, will give an edge to those who use it but will also be controversial if it comes to light, then eventually no one will care and it'll be somewhat standard use for high level and mediocre musicians alike. I don't think pure ai bands will take off though, not in the same way humans do. Worse case senario everyone just listens to ai and ignores real musicians then imma just off myself because thats the only thing I really want to do for a living.

At the end of the day AI can’t replace human expression or art. Whether others choose to still consume it, that’s the question

This is just sad.
AI should be the one that is cancelled, unless it's only as a tool. It's ruining everyone's lives and careers!
It doesn't sound satisfying when you know that it's not made from a human being; it takes away the whole value of music because, as Farvann once said, it shows that you obviously don't understand the fundamentals of art.

You can't be proud of yourself or pat yourself on the back if AI makes songs for you! It's cheating, period

Honestly, it’s nothing new. Think about EDM artists They get up there and rock with pads. No guitarist, no drummer. Sometimes no singer. Just a guy pushing a whole bunch of pads, turning some knobs, and dancing like an idiot.

You mentioned the lyrics are not the best you can put your own lyrics to this and then it becomes better than 95% of the shit out there

it’s jank no soul behind it

Musicians trying to gatekeep music makes me laugh 😅😅

So what I'd say as a metal-head with ADHD…I'm always looking for unique sounding musicians to listen to whenever I hear something derivative it just sounds like "more of the same" it doesn't give me that dopamine hit that I'm looking for. I like when people have unique voices and unique sounds or they add their own twist to it. (speaking of twist – Korn's scat growls is very unique but if I hear another band that sounds like korn doing it, its just lame to me) So since AI music is so derivative from stuff that has already been its just boring to me.
Secondly I'd say I care more about the artist's vision and skill than the music as a consumable product. I'm not impressed by a prompt, but I'm impressed with Tosin Abasi's thumping technique or Tim Henson's everything he does on guitar. I'm impressed with Jinjer's vocalist Tatiana's ability to do amazing vocals switching between growling and clean singing with passion. You can hear the passion in the voices.
It's like there's 1 From Software and they make they're the masters of their craft and genre. You get copy cats once in a while, you can get a hit like Lies of P. But you can't play a souls-like without thinking…man…the originals did it better.
And yeah there are people out there that eat up all kinds of slop, whether its human or not. But I'd also argue that these people have been around forever since Auto-tune has been a thing. People will eat their McDonalds…But there's always an audience for authenticity and passion (Michelin star restaurants)

P.S. One of the best reports about music.

Here is a great example of what i created for my vision ive been always wanted to do but ended up quitting playing music in bands because i just got tired of playing everyone elses music and told im nothing but a tool and dont know anything even though ive done the work on not only learning my instrument but also composing, structuring etc… NOW thanks to AI i am finally able to bring my vision to life and here is my solo project called scars like these youtube.com/channel/UC7VNrai_fOhhb4VtqAUloRw

Musicians will never be obsolete for the following reasons:

Musicianship is for the doer. Being a musician brings a unique set of personal benefits — creative expression, emotional release, mastery of skill, and even a meditative state of flow. People will continue to seek these benefits for themselves, regardless of whether anyone listens or whether machines can generate perfect music.

People want to listen to people. No matter how impressive a computer’s musicianship is, most listeners will prefer music made by humans. Especially for adolescents, music is not just sound — it’s identity, inspiration, and connection. They need heroes, role models, and authentic stories behind the music. Computers are not that. If predictions about AI’s rapid advance prove true, AI will also become a target of skepticism and even boycott in certain artistic spaces. AI can be a collaborator and idea generator, but the arts will always be the heartbeat of humanity.

Live performance cannot be replicated. The shared energy of a live audience, the subtle imperfections, and the emotional interplay between performer and listener create an irreplaceable human experience.

Cultural storytelling is human. Music often carries history, cultural identity, and lived experience. A machine can mimic the style, but it cannot live the story it’s telling.

Music is about connection, not just consumption. People seek music as a means to bond — dancing together, singing in groups, creating communal memories. This human-to-human connection transcends technical perfection.

I think people consider the best or most impressive AI the one that is most 'human'. The fact that these AI's creating art are popping up everywhere means, in some weird contradictory way, that this is something that people consider inherently human (and would in that sense be something AI always fails at in some way). This is what human beings inherently do and want to do. In an ideal world people would have AI do all the other stuff so they could fill their days with what is most fulfilling, which for a bunch of people will be making art.

Ask yourself: would it feel truly fulfilling to write music this way? Or will people using AI always feel a little bit like using a cheat code? In a world where everyone is constantly competing for recognition, people lose sight of the fact that they want to produce art themselves, that that is what brings real fulfillment.

On the consumer side, it is different, and people can very well like AI generated music. I don't think there's necessarily something wrong with that, but you have to be aware that you step out the social phenomenon that art in fact is, and into isolation. (this taps in very well then with the question whether you can be social with and AI, e.g. that a friendship with and AI chatbot is possible etc)

So I do think you're cheating when using AI to make music – but you are cheating yourself and will remain unfulfilled. You are not when you consume it, but there's a weird sociological trend there

Not going to lie…. "with awkward smiles and riffs that kill He bends the strings with endless skill"….. are pretty awesome lyrics, haha. Especially when you know the prompt was make it about Stevie T, haha.

It sounds boring