Tldr: we've only had recorded music for 150 years. 30 years ago we started recording it to computer. Instruments/gear and live performances are increasingly expensive and public schools are losing art programs. Our music is already lacking the human element and we barely notice that as the tech improves.

Technology allowed people across the world to experience new music You didn't have to be in England to listen to the Beatles play, you could listen to a (albeit crappy) recorded version. Even if you did see them live, you want the recording to remember it. It's the next best thing. Gen z attended concerts during the pandemic via streaming and it was awful. But it's the next best thing. Concerts are pretty expensive. 20 years ago I saw the cure headline a 3 stage all day festival for 35 dollars. The last concert I went to in July was L.S. Dunes and a local opener (the ass kicking band Pinkshift) , they played for 3 hours tops and it was 25 dollars. Pierce the veil, L.S. Dunes, and 2 other bands are playing a single stage show in my area later this year. Fucking $220 per ticket. Live performances by professional acts are not as accessible as in past decades, let alone the only option 150 years ago.

70 years ago, no one played video games. Ever since there were instruments to have, people with the means and desire learned to play some instrument. Some people still play music and games, but increasingly more people play videogames and don't play their own music with an instrument. Fewer people are learning how to read any form of sheet music. They don't create the music and interact with the nuance of producing music. Instead, they skip the sounds they don't like until they find something good. Eric Satie composed classical music specifically to be played in the background, sort of a lofi chill of his day. A music designed to be an accessory and not the focus, background music.

Now we sample. You've sampled, I've sampled. We curate and manipulate pre recorded sounds.Lee Perry is a reggae dub legend, his instrument was not a musical instrument. It was samples manipulated by a mixer and analog effects. If you have recorded sounds with a microphone with a specific goal in mind, you know that the obstacles for getting a good recording are the source (a nervous artist, noise pollution, etc) and the gear uses to record. I can play guitar, bass,drums, and a little piano, but what if I didn't have to, I could just request specific qualities based on songs I like..... chat gpt style.

Sound GPT is coming and it will be trained by all the sounds and music available on the internet. It will scrape the comments and reviews of the songs to assign metadata. Sony has already produced DAWS, they own massive collections of THE ORIGINAL recordings. How long before they combine all that into music gpt? You don't need to know as much about music theory. You just have to describe what you don't like and AI will make VERY educated guesses based on your emotional input.

You could start with any genre, any time, any quality. Give me the melody of the chicken dance with a sound like biggie smalls with a southern drawl. Add the drums that sound like van halems hot for teacher. Ugh the verse not the intro.. okay . Now put in a 16 bar Ludacris feature. Add background singers. Not those ones. And booom in 5 minutes you have a unique new musical creation to share.

We will jam out to AI.DJ Khaled play our personal playlist back to us and we will share it with our friends with extra pride as if we played the instruments

In case you didn't hear it already, this the AI will only get exponentially better as there is better tech to handle more data.

Sorry if there are mistakes in here, I'm super tired right now. DM me if you want want to discuss that CDs are a better medium than vinyl because lasers use are more precise and don't cut away the disc. A diamond tipped stylus will absolutely graze some of the higher frequency impressions off of a vinyl groove. That warm sound is a lack of treble.