Is Ai Ruining Music?

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I' l start today with some obscure music history.

So if you'rea David Bowie fan， you mayalreadyknowthis，butthe chorus of the song Starman was actually borrowed from a 1937 blues song by TBone Fletcher， which I'm going to play you a clip of.

Now，Ilove Bow's cover，but there's just something about a beat up guitar and an old man singing straight fromthesoul thattomereally gets to the emotion of the song.

AndIthink what’s most interesting is thatI just made up that entire story.

It was actually 100% AI.I apologize for lying， butthereisareason forit. I′d liketostart with a question.Whatisrealmusic？

Now， this is a question that’s come up with syn thesizers，with sampling and hip-hop music，even with the phonograph when it first came out in the 1800s.

People back then debated whether or not reproduced musicwasrealmusic.JohnPhilipsSoua，the TaylorSwiftofhisday，wasnota fan.

He said that phonographs were a substitute for human skill， intelligence，and soul.They reduce the expressionofmusic toamathematicalsystem.

It almost sounds like he's talking about AI， doesn'tit？So，isAIreal music？

Ibelievethatwhenit’sinthehandsofmusicians， it can be.

But first， let me give you some context for why I think that.

SoIrun a parody music social media channel calledThereIRuinedIt.

This is just a Thank you.This is just aweird 今天我先分享一些小众的音乐历史。（剩余6957字）