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Was just watching an interview of Billy Corgan (smashing pumpkins) on Rick Beato’s YouTube[1] last night where billy was lamenting the inevitable future where the “psychopaths” in the music biz will use ai and auto tune to churn out three chord non-music mumble rap for the youth of tomorrow, or something to that effect. It was funny because it’s the sad truth. It’s already here but new tech will allow them to cut costs even more, and increase their margins. No need for musicians. Really cool on one hand, in the same way fentanyl is cool — or the cotton gin, but a bit depressing on the other, if you care about musicians. I and a few others will always pay to go the symphony, so good players will find a way get paid, but this is what kids will listen to, because of the profit margin alone.

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nAfkxHcqWKI




> new tech will allow them to cut costs even more, and increase their margins

How, when everyone and their dog can generate such music? It's gonna be like stock photography in the age of SD.


They do marketing not music.




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