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Tbh I predicted that a computer would be able to make a hit country song over a decade ago. It's extremely formulaic and the lack of creativity in popular country is almost a point of pride for fans. I'm just kind of surprised it took this long if I'm being honest.
That's ... kinda pathetic for the industry, though not surprising for a genre that lost it's heart ages ago.
Someone pointed out to me a while back the main draw of human made art is the effort put in and the genuine connection people make with the artist. When you actually engage with the art, it's provocative and emotional and has that connection. Slop can't do that. It's like empty calories for the soul.
But that argument falls apart for commercial endeavors
plenty of human made slop also exists and while it may look pretty (or in this case, sound pretty), the artistry is lacking. It's made to top charts, not build a connection. You lack the artist's emotions, creativity, the imperfections that make it genuine, even the backstory behind the piece, etc. All that is art.
County (and other commercial pop) has lacked that for ages. There are genuine artists out there, but marketing and promotional strategies tend to drown them out with slop. No surprise that side is getting the AI overhaul.
Odd that it's on top of a sales chart when AI music can't be copyrighted, so anyone could just get it for free. It makes me suspect it's presence there might be inauthentic.
Song billboard charts still exist?
This just goes to show how bad country has become.
Country music has been slop long before AI.
brother pop music has been bullshit for decades.
Maybe I'm old, but I think popular music peaked in the 90s. Everything has sounded the same since then.
Funny enough, they were playing 80s tunes at Dollar General today. Be hard to say you don't like 80s music as there was plenty of variation.
My local radio station Kiss FM used to cater to teens. I'm 30 now and they still play mostly the same music they did in 2008. Some new remixes, but -- brb gonna check what they're playing right now. It's past midnight so this might be unfair but they're playing Never Forget You - Zara Larson. 2015.
Not surprising. Capitalism wants money. Most people don't care about things like "Art" or "long term".
I hate to say that my go-to streaming service Tidal also has this song. Hopefully they'll kick out the AI.
Its good-ish. The replication of clapping isn't good enough, so just sounds wrong. It's missing vital frequencies. That goes for every aspect of this Sora slop.
My sister uses AI to gen music all the time and what annoys me most is how actually good it is at making country music.
But I mean... It's probably more just because that's a very low bar to pass in modern times because even human-made country music hasn't been good since the 90s. 🤷♂️
It also isn't too surprising since a lot of music, especially from certain classical musicians, was written algorithmically, too.
That doesn't surprise me too much. Have you seen Bo Burnham's Country Song, or SIX Song Country Mashup. All pop country sounds the same.
I was going to post one of those mashups. Nashville figured out the algorithms to selling music. Pop, country, Christian, all formulaic.
American pop country is musically extremely basic. Technically it's music, but you'll have no problems teaching someone that's never touched music in their life how to do it within a couple days. So it's no surprise genAI can mimic this genre and other simpler ones like all the kid's music and nursery rhyme stuff too.
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