Several artists are expressing concerns about the use of technology, but Guns N’ Roses bassist says he doesn’t care
The debate about the use of artificial intelligence in music continues in full swing. The tools can be used to perfectly emulate the voices of great artists in songs they never recorded, compose entire albums from a simple algorithm execution or other more technical forms of exploration, such as “cleaning” records with noise or something like that. .
Many artists are expressing concern about the advancement of this type of technology. Although, Duff McKagan he doesn’t seem to be that concerned—at least when it comes to his own work.
In an interview with NMEthe bassist of Armas e Rosas said he doesn’t intend to let tools like artificial intelligence affect his creativity. He doesn’t even intend to try any type of program that offers this type of possibility.
“There will always be guys like me who will just flip the bird. They’ll just keep creating their own stuff and not even pay attention to it, really. I don’t pay attention to it. I’m not worried about that. It won’t affect my creativity.”
McKagan He made it clear that he is going through such a good time in his life and career that he doesn’t even need to think about alternatives to make his work easier. Simply having a good support network at home allowed him to develop his most recent solo album, Lighthousewhere interestingly enough he addresses the topic of mental health.
“I have a really good situation at home… having this facility at home and this support has really done wonders for me. This tenderness, this passion and this sense of roundness, love and harmony, combined with this deep type of punk rock sensitivity created this incredible and unique sound in Lighthouse.”
Other opinions
One of the biggest names in music to spare no criticism of the use of artificial intelligence in this area is Ed Sheeran. In an interview with Audacity (via American Songwriter), the owner of hits like “Thinking Out Loud” It is “Shape of You” used fiction to say that people should be aware of the possible problems caused by the indiscriminate use of technology.
“What I don’t understand about artificial intelligence is that for the last 60 years, Hollywood movies have been saying, ‘Don’t do it.’ And now everyone is doing it. And I’m like, ‘Haven’t you seen the movies where they kill us all?’ Also, I just don’t know why you need this – if you’re taking a human being’s job, I think it’s probably a bad thing. The whole point of society is that we all do jobs. If everything is done by robots, everyone will be out of work.”
In an interview with Kerrang! Radio (via Blabbermouth), the vocalist of Slipknot, Corey Taylor, followed similar reasoning. For him, AI is just an accommodating evolution of other tools that correct out-of-tune voices or bad performances.
“To be honest, I don’t care about any of this. I don’t know what people are trying to prove. Are they trying to prove that computers can do things as well as people? Because if so, then what’s the point? an even worse example of technology replacing talent than I’ve been complaining about for years with the Pro Tools, tuning and using the same sounds. And people keep saying, ‘oh, isn’t that cool?’. No, it’s not cool. You are crazy?”
Another great contemporary heavy metal vocalist to demonstrate his opinion on artificial intelligence is M. Shadows. The frontman of Avenged Sevenfoldhowever, completely disagrees with Taylor and says he would even be happy to give up his voice so that technology can create music and performances from it.
Outside of the heavy sound, the alternative idol Nick Cave demonstrated a position similar to that of Taylor. For him, AI has nothing to do with art, as composing music is a deeply human act.
Guitarist of queen and science enthusiast — not for nothing, PhD in astrophysics —, Brian May I told Guitar playerwhich has a series of concerns around the topic.
“We won’t know what the path forward is. We will not know what was created by AI and what was created by humans. Everything will be very confusing. I think we can look at 2023 as the last year that humans truly dominated the music scene. […] The potential for artificial intelligence to cause harm is, of course, enormous. Not just in music, because no one dies in music, but people can die if AI gets involved in politics and global domination of nations.”
Source: Rollingstone
Earl Johnson is a music writer at Gossipify, known for his in-depth analysis and unique perspective on the industry. A graduate of USC with a degree in Music, he brings years of experience and passion to his writing. He covers the latest releases and trends, always on the lookout for the next big thing in music.
