Remember the days of iPods and downloading music on sites like Napster? If you’re younger than 20, then those dated memories won’t mean anything to you. You’re more inclined to have grown up with a device and you were probably listening to music on YouTube before you were a teenager.
But the next generation of music fans and producers are growing up with a new player in the music scene – AI.
Artificial Intelligence is already the most disruptive tech we’ve ever created, and now it’s finding its way into the music market. Let’s look at the impact it’s making on the industry.
AI-Generated Music Is Unlocking New Horizons of Artistic Creativity
AI music platforms like SOUNDRAW, let the composer speed up the creative process. Base melodies or complete compositions get done from scratch in very short timeframes using algorithms trained across many categories of music.
AI is confined by ideologies or set ideas about music, it has an unbiased approach to experimenting with genres, tempos, and chord progressions that the human mind wouldn’t dream up.
Some people worry that AI music will replace human creativity, but that’s not the case. The purpose of these tools is to amplify and assist the creation process, not take it over.
Improved Music Production and Mastering
Recording, mixing, and mastering is an experience process and takes hundreds of hours in studio fees to create a finished project. AIs dropping these costs in a big way, making studio-quality production software that sounds every bit as good as high-end studio recordings.
LANDR is a great example of an AI tool democratizing the production process for smaller artists. Software tools refine the audio production experience, mastering levels with fine-tuning abilities and synchronization across tracks. The user gets a better listing experience, and the producer gets more recognition as a professional artist.
AI Music Recommendations and Discovery Algorithms
While AI is hugely impacting the production sector of the music industry, its also upending the user experience. Log onto platforms like YouTube and Spotify and start listening to tracks from your favorite artists.
What’s going on in the background is the YouTube or platform algorithm learning what you like and what you’re likely to click on next if it presents you with the right video at the right time. It’s stunning how accurate these algorithms are, and you’ve probably already encountered this phenomenon in your everyday experience using these platforms.
Algorithms make recommendation based on what you like and engage with on the platform, and it’s a great way to explore new artists in similar genres that you might like. Just follow the “reco’s” and you’ll end up discovering new artists you never knew existed.
AI-Driven Lyric Analysis and Songwriting Assistance
Struggling to come up with a catchy song lyric for a pop track/ Having a hard time writing you next rap song? No problem, AI tools can help with that. There’s dozens of LLMs and tools that generate lyrics based on prompts. Prompt the tech to write lyrics based on any emotion, theme, or music style.
There’s no more writers block, and the artist has the ability to use the AI tool as a writing assistant, or just use the lyrics outright as they were written. AI songwriting tools can cover any genre, from rock and pop to country and hip-hop. You never know, you might be the next songwriting genius with a little help from AI writing tools.
Overcoming Language Barriers
Language barriers fall apart with the use of AI translation tools. AI translation software publishes songs in multiple languages allowing artists to build their sphere of influence and reach bigger audiences. Today's hit songs are precisely translated into any language without losing their emotional tone. This AI-driven translation breaks down language and cultural barriers for artists and listeners alike, opening up new avenues toward building a more inclusive music industry.
Increasing Reach: Artists can now produce multilingual versions of their songs, appealing to listeners in different regions and cultures.
Bridging Cultural Gaps: By translating music, AI provides the possibility for people from different ethnic backgrounds to have common musical experiences.
Support International Collaborations: Artists can more easily collaborate across cultures; resulting in a fusion of styles and artforms.
Copyright Protection and Plagiarism Detection
AI also is helping artists protect themselves against intellectual property violations by tracing unauthorized distribution of copyrighted music. With the help of advanced audio recognition software, AI detects cases of plagiarism and copyright infringement through track-to-track analysis and comparison. AI copyright detection can help artists retain control over their work ensuring proper credit and compensation in the following ways.
AI also policies the industry, with algorithms designed to detect copyright infringement. For instance, just try and publish a YouTube video with copyrighted music, it won’t happen, or you’ll get the video demonetized pretty quickly if you manage to get it up at all.
AI copyright protection democratizes the artistic field by affording small artists, independent of the elaborate machinery of teams of lawyers offered to the high and mighty, an equal playing field where everybody gets a win.
Wrapping Up – AI is Amplifying Fan Experiences
As we close off, let’s talk about how artificial intelligence improves fan interaction through the creation of immersive music experiences. AI enables fans to personalize and remix tracks, access exclusive content as part of virtual concerts, and interact with AI avatars from their favorite artists.
This deepens the parasocial relationship between artists and listeners through creating unique listening experiences. With the help of interactive AI tools, fans are granted permission to create personalized experiences with what works for them.
Other artists make use of VR and AR experiences run by Artificial Intelligence to let their fans virtually attend their concerts, creating immersive shows accessible from anywhere in the world.
Giving fans the means for remixes or track modifications gives listeners an active role in creating AI-driven interactive experiences. It represents new ways in which fans can engage with the music, making the industry more inclusive and dynamic.
Why not give AI generated music a shot?