Have your thoughts on AI music changed over the last few months? How so or why not?
The AI music scene now compared to 10 years ago is completely different. The first AI-generated song that really caught my attention was Daddy's Car. It had this oddly charming lo-fi vibe to it. Now AI music can sound fully produced straight out of the gate.
As someone who already makes music, I don’t really see a problem with using AI as long as you’re still actually creating. My own workflow is more about using AI to speed things up or spark ideas instead of handing over the whole process. Sometimes I’ll use Suno or Udio to sketch out melodies, vocals, or rough arrangements, then drag the MIDI into my DAW and rebuild parts of it myself. I’ve also been using ACE Studio lately to clean up vocals or mess with phrasing and emotion a bit more. At the end of the day, the taste and decisions still come from the person behind it.
I’m not trying to let AI replace my entire relationship with music and then sit around complaining about it. A lot of AI music generation honestly feels more like creating music from a listener’s perspective. If you can’t play instruments, you’re basically describing the kind of song you wish existed. Most of the time the AI gets somewhere close to what you imagined, and occasionally it spits out something unexpected that ends up sounding even better.
And honestly, if you’re just getting into music and using AI tools, I think there’s value in playing along with what it generates. People used to learn songs by jamming along to the radio or CDs all the time. This just feels like a newer version of that.