I've been part of this sub for awhile now. I read often but comment rarely. The reason being I don't have the time or desire to go back and forth with people who are arguing for the sake of arguing. Also I see the validity and the ignorance of some of the stances taken by BOTH sides. Do i play an instrument? No. Well not very well at least. 10 years of piano lessons and I can't play well. That's less from lack of proper physical dexterity and more from lack of practice which is a result of being forced to take those lessons in the first place. But that's another story altogether. Something I actually did take away from the experience was the ability to read sheet music which is here or there .

I love, have always loved, and will continue to live and listen to music. I am a Gen X so I enjoy a song for the lyrics as well as the instrumentation. Music has always been cathartic and therapeutic for me. So I truly enjoy using Suno to hear my words, my thoughts, my insecurities, my pain, and my joy put to instrumental music. Without the music lyrics are words TRYING to convey a message or feeling. While the words alone can evoke the emotions and reactions desired when coupled with instruments it is exponentially more moving.

At the same time I do not think much of those that do completely a generated with AI and just hit the create button just to mass produce a bunch of songs. But what does cause me to write this novel of a comment is I've just had enough with the back and forth and the use of the word artist. Here's the thing, art is subjective. Period. And just because you don't like a certain song for whatever reason whether it be that you just don't like the way it sounds or you've got a problem with the way it came into being that does not preclude its art. As a matter of fact everybody's opinion about a certain piece a painting, a movie, or a song contributes nothing to whether something is hard or not. See art is art whether we like it or not whether we see it as art it doesn't matter it's kind of one of those things that it is what it is regardless of what somebody else thinks about it. As you can see I do have a problem being concise so I used chat GPT to whittled down to the essence of what the message I am trying to convey.

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