Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent

AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.

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I'm confused, why would DJs want to put themselves out of business by making it easier for AI to mimic them?

I’m guessing it’s because DJs perform live and they don’t want to be replaced by AI but they’d love to use it in their performances. Most modern music already has very, very strict rules. You get a couple of choruses, a couple of verses and a bridge if you’re lucky. Most likely the song will be in 4/4. We don’t get too many pop waltz hits.

So I’m not entirely sure what the OP was addressing. Of course DJ’s want standardized keys and key changes because they live mix music and to do that it helps if tempos and keys line up. This is not new with AI.

 

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Authenthic human experiences will be the luxury item of the future.

Just like real snakes.

 

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I feel the same way with Believe by Cher. The woman can sign but I never liked the autotune effect on that song.

The autotune on that song was used as an effect, much like a compressor or a chorus or reverb. There were parts of that song that were using the autotune and parts that were not and part of the drama of the song is the switching back and forth between the two sounds. It wasn’t a crutch, it was a very purposeful audio effect.

I approve of using autotune as an effect, it’s just not acceptable when it’s used to cover a singer’s insufficiencies. And it’s fine to dislike the effect in the song if that’s your personal preference but it’s just another effect and certainly has nothing to do with AI.

 

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Ah, sorry if this comment is slightly off-topic but I never considered that before. How did symphonies perform in the 1800s if they didn't have sheet music? (That was a little before my time.)

The printing press was invented in the 15th century. The invention of the printing press predates what we now consider Classical music by a few centuries,.

 

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Gotta shout out to 8 Bit Big Band, they've been doing it for years, play live on the recordings, and I've seen their show live. I don't expect musicians to be their own videographers and editing experts but at this point just showing yourself playing is just the easiest way to know it's not AI.

The past year I've fallen in love with "X album with Y system sound font", that's pretty easy to use AI for so it's hard to filter it out sadly. It's depressing to be skeptical over everything nowadays.

I’m an amateur musician and I used to write songs and send them to friends but now I wouldn’t even think about sending a song without a video showing me playing the keyboard. This change was necessitated by my brief experiment with AI music generation. The one I was using let you play something on the piano and upload that track and then upload lyrics and the AI would finish it for you.

It was scary. So fuck that. I’ve learned to make music videos.

edit to add: If anyone has not heard the 8 Bit Big Band’s arrangement from the ending of Portal, ‘Still Alive’, you should immediately go to YouTube and give it a listen. It’s fantastic. Not going to link it here because that is one of my pet peeves.