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Rocknation

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14. Working at creating something worthwhile isn't SUPPOSED to be fun
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:36 PM
Monday
"...It takes a lot of time (and) practice...(Y)ou need to get really good at an instrument or really good at a piece of production software..."

Well, yeah, duh dot com -- that's why it's CALLED "work."

To paraphrase the writer Dorothy Parker, "I hate the PROCESS of creating, but I love the OUTCOME of it." Whether you're trying to come up with a song, a photo, a photo book, a cake, a touchdown, a cost/benefit analysis, a nation, plumbing that no longer leaks, an illegal drug, or a tire rotation, ANYTHING you aim to create as well as possible requires work. It's the END PRODUCT that you get to take pride in and possibly earn money from -- the destination, not the journey.



...Suno AI works like other popular generative AI tools, allowing users to generate music by writing text prompts describing the kind of music they want to hear. Also like many other generative AI tools, Suno was trained on heaps of copyrighted music it fed into its training dataset without consent, a practice Suno is currently being sued for by the recording industry...

And with all due respect to the music industry's reaction to AI music, shouldn't the actual music creators get an equal slice of the pie?

IS it merely a coincidence that AI can also stand for anti-intellectualism?



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Playing music is already a super power. May become a rarer super power. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #1
No, it's not a "super power" maxsolomon Tuesday #23
Everyone can learn cursive handwriting. Yet now, it is a superpower boomers use to impress youngsters Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #24
Misleading headline. speak easy Monday #2
No, it isn't. If the headline had read "No one ever enjoys making music" it would have been highplainsdem Monday #4
Nope. speak easy Monday #9
This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Monday #6
Creating music; poetry; art is at the center of human existence... EarthFirst Monday #3
I feel like this will eventually lead to a renaissance of the live performance. bullimiami Monday #5
Stupid little manchild Clouds Passing Monday #7
As my stomach churns Lulu KC Monday #8
Bullshit. Basso8vb Monday #10
He lost me at, "I think..." (n/t) PJMcK Monday #11
If you're using AI to "make music" you're not making music. CaptainTruth Monday #12
My analogy is a homeowner who has great landscaping. Igel Monday #19
That's a great analogy. CaptainTruth Monday #22
... says a person who doesn't make music. JoseBalow Monday #13
Working at creating something worthwhile isn't SUPPOSED to be fun Rocknation Monday #14
Or perhaps AI is... xocetaceans Monday #17
He is so full of s-it FakeNoose Monday #15
The part of the podcast interview that is mentioned in the article's headline is within a few of minutes of 22:17 in... xocetaceans Monday #16
Ah, what even I would call "flooding the zone" with, um, yeah. n/t Igel Monday #20
"...the future of AI runs the risk of flooding the arts with insipid and uninspired trash..." LudwigPastorius Monday #21
AI is cancer Blue_Tires Monday #18
Agree IA8IT Tuesday #27
As a Visual Artist: I -often enjoy- my Art Making, as well as the Results... electric_blue68 Tuesday #25
I'm sure Elton John just hated composing music. Mosby Tuesday #26
There's magic in the creative process, whether it be music, literature, art, design, or any other creative expression. patphil Tuesday #28
What a fucking MORAN!!!! /NT sdfernando Tuesday #29
Does he know any people? chowmama Tuesday #30
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