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The fact is most people don't regularly make music. This is probably because it takes years of practice to make something that they think sounds good. If we make it easier to make music that sounds good, more people might express themselves through music.
Are you expressing yourself if the AI does it all for you?
How much AI music have you created? I've done quite a bit (and I also have 30+ years music making experience and a music degree), and I would consider it expressing oneself. You could question if photography is expressing yourself, because the camera "does it all for you".
This is not how it works historically. This is the horrible modern trend to make pastimes turn in to gigs. Who cares if it is not perfect? It feels good to make music. People would just get together at night and make music, tell stories, and generally just do fun things together to feel closer. We have focused too much on profit, again, in regards to an integral part of the human experience.
You don’t have to be a pro at something creative to enjoy doing it.
I honestly don't understand the concept of it being "easier" to make music. Like, okay, instruments can take a little time to learn. But, like, can you not whistle? Sing? Hum?
Music, to me, largely makes itself. Refining and recording music, okay yeah that's kinda hard. Memorizing other people's music and learning to play it the way they do? Sure. Composing something you're really happy with? Fair.
But just.. making music? I can't think of anything easier or more natural. You just.. make sounds happen.
Like, do y'all not whistle little original tunes and write silly little songs to sing while you're wandering around going about your day? It isn't rocket science. It doesn't have to be for anyone else or be flawless. There's joy and beauty just in letting it out of you. It feels great.
Getting an AI to write and compose some shit for you will never feel like that. It's just screwing yourself out of the joy and catharsis of expression.
It's not a replacement for that. You can do it in addition.