Dr. Dre Admits He Uses AI To Produce

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Iron Keys

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Curious on how he uses it, think he's experimenting with it by the sounds of it.

Dre is notoriously mega perfectionist on shit so I doubt ai is spitting out things exactly how he wants.

He's probably playing with it also to see what's up, as if it sticks around he'll want/need to know as a businessman how to proceed regarding it.

The argument about "drum machines and synthesisers" is a redundant one, because you still need to know how to play them to make them good; AI you literally just tell it to make for you, you don't need any skill. It's just a random music generator.
 

Fade

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Dre hasn't made anything decent in over 20 years, so I don't know where he's going with this. For the longest time he's been focusing on mixing and playing around with gear, like he's turned into more of an engineer than anything.

And yeah about the drum machines, I agree. It's not the same at all, but I get what he's saying. I'm sure some drummers were mad when they came out but drummers are still around today, getting plenty of work.
 

Iron Keys

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And yeah about the drum machines, I agree. It's not the same at all, but I get what he's saying. I'm sure some drummers were mad when they came out but drummers are still around today, getting plenty of work.
Yeah the issue with ai being people are just generating stuff and I think producers like dre are like "how can I monetise myself through ai or get ai to make "dre type beats"
 

Fade

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Yeah the issue with ai being people are just generating stuff and I think producers like dre are like "how can I monetise myself through ai or get ai to make "dre type beats"
Also, he's made his billions so he doesn't care how it affects the industry. For all we know he's getting ready to back some AI company. DREAI BEATS!!!
 

Iron Keys

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Timbaland is out there saying AI music is the only music with soul.

These people are full of it, they all have a vested interest in AI and are investing their music and or business into AI to perpetuate their finances. Don't fall for it.

 

Iron Keys

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These guys are clowns to think they need AI. I'm so tired already of hearing stuff like "if you don't use AI you'll be left behind" when it comes to anything today.

We've all survived for years making music without AI.
They're the ones who'll be left behind.

As AI keeps regurgitating the same old, artefact laden shit, they'll lose their skills and miss out when truly inventive and creative individuals do something good.
 

Fade

The Beat Strangler
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They're the ones who'll be left behind.

As AI keeps regurgitating the same old, artefact laden shit, they'll lose their skills and miss out when truly inventive and creative individuals do something good.
True. Kind of like all the AI slop menus that restaurants are doing.


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Hadoq

Producing weird shit since 2002
Also, he's made his billions so he doesn't care how it affects the industry. For all we know he's getting ready to back some AI company. DREAI BEATS!!!
my thoughts exactly, I'm not expecting him to care when it comes to himself, with all due respect, cause the mfer made the culture go forward as much as anyone, but whatever. He's not in this anymore.
They're the ones who'll be left behind.

As AI keeps regurgitating the same old, artefact laden shit, they'll lose their skills and miss out when truly inventive and creative individuals do something good.
the thing with AI "musicians"
they rob themselves of the journey of being a musician, learning, discovering new music, looking for cool obscure genres and artist, over the year, becoming better at it, playing an instrument, chopping samples, scratching, fingerdrumming, all of the above...

cause at the end of the day

if the main reason you start to make music is to have a "career", you're already giving up what could significantly impact the way you live your life and your outlook, the way you connect with other human beings, through the music you make, the stories you learned how to tell and lived through.

This ability to actually craft with your hands, a story that might resonate at an extremely deep level, with fellow human beings all throughout the world.

Ai "musicians" don't get that
they get something
but not that

in the same regard, every one of us might be missing out on parts of the journey. We might never know what it feels to be part of a massive classical orchestra, playing timeless classics, or improvising on a piano or a guitar, chopping samples of existing material into something entirely new and novel even.

Ai "musician"
it's the new low hanging fruit for slop producing
before that it was "type beats" (don't look at me like that, been there too) or "bedroom producers", premade loops or whatever else.

While all have some value as piece of art, the experience gets more and more muted and sanitized.

missing the journey to the point where you're start missing the point entirely
that's where AI "musicians" seem to be going, and happily so.
At the end of the day, if they can get something out of it, more power to them.
I'll be making music regardless, putting in it all that I got, regardless

and if you're the same, good, if not, good also

great music is timeless, great musicians are never "left behind", you're only left behind if all you do is try to keep up with whatever's trendy right now, which only gets you running in circles.

that's also one of the reasons why it's always good to have an idea of what came before, to build up to where we're today

 
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my thoughts exactly, I'm not expecting him to care when it comes to himself, with all due respect, cause the mfer made the culture go forward as much as anyone, but whatever. He's not in this anymore.

the thing with AI "musicians"
they rob themselves of the journey of being a musician, learning, discovering new music, looking for cool obscure genres and artist, over the year, becoming better at it, playing an instrument, chopping samples, scratching, fingerdrumming, all of the above...

cause at the end of the day

if the main reason you start to make music is to have a "career", you're already giving up what could significantly impact the way you live your life and your outlook, the way you connect with other human beings, through the music you make, the stories you learned how to tell and lived through.

This ability to actually craft with your hands, a story that might resonate at an extremely deep level, with fellow human beings all throughout the world.

Ai "musicians" don't get that
they get something
but not that

in the same regard, every one of us might be missing out on parts of the journey. We might never know what it feels to be part of a massive classical orchestra, playing timeless classics, or improvising on a piano or a guitar, chopping samples of existing material into something entirely new and novel even.

Ai "musician"
it's the new low hanging fruit for slop producing
before that it was "type beats" (don't look at me like that, been there too) or "bedroom producers", premade loops or whatever else.

While all have some value as piece of art, the experience gets more and more muted and sanitized.

missing the journey to the point where you're start missing the point entirely
that's where AI "musicians" seem to be going, and happily so.
At the end of the day, if they can get something out of it, more power to them.
I'll be making music regardless, putting in it all that I got, regardless

and if you're the same, good, if not, good also

great music is timeless, great musicians are never "left behind", you're only left behind if all you do is try to keep up with whatever's trendy right now, which only gets you running in circles.

that's also one of the reasons why it's always good to have an idea of what came before, to build up to where we're today


I agree with all that except "great musicians are never left behind" so so many are, there is much more supply than there is demand. Many artists are not business minded, many are introverted and don't want fame.and just do it for the love of the art and getting creative. Many others are overlooked like needles in a giant haystack.
 

attila

ILLIEN
my thoughts exactly, I'm not expecting him to care when it comes to himself, with all due respect, cause the mfer made the culture go forward as much as anyone, but whatever. He's not in this anymore.

the thing with AI "musicians"
they rob themselves of the journey of being a musician, learning, discovering new music, looking for cool obscure genres and artist, over the year, becoming better at it, playing an instrument, chopping samples, scratching, fingerdrumming, all of the above...

cause at the end of the day

if the main reason you start to make music is to have a "career", you're already giving up what could significantly impact the way you live your life and your outlook, the way you connect with other human beings, through the music you make, the stories you learned how to tell and lived through.

This ability to actually craft with your hands, a story that might resonate at an extremely deep level, with fellow human beings all throughout the world.

Ai "musicians" don't get that
they get something
but not that

in the same regard, every one of us might be missing out on parts of the journey. We might never know what it feels to be part of a massive classical orchestra, playing timeless classics, or improvising on a piano or a guitar, chopping samples of existing material into something entirely new and novel even.

Ai "musician"
it's the new low hanging fruit for slop producing
before that it was "type beats" (don't look at me like that, been there too) or "bedroom producers", premade loops or whatever else.

While all have some value as piece of art, the experience gets more and more muted and sanitized.

missing the journey to the point where you're start missing the point entirely
that's where AI "musicians" seem to be going, and happily so.
At the end of the day, if they can get something out of it, more power to them.
I'll be making music regardless, putting in it all that I got, regardless

and if you're the same, good, if not, good also

great music is timeless, great musicians are never "left behind", you're only left behind if all you do is try to keep up with whatever's trendy right now, which only gets you running in circles.

that's also one of the reasons why it's always good to have an idea of what came before, to build up to where we're today

 
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attila

ILLIEN
my thoughts exactly, I'm not expecting him to care when it comes to himself, with all due respect, cause the mfer made the culture go forward as much as anyone, but whatever. He's not in this anymore.

the thing with AI "musicians"
they rob themselves of the journey of being a musician, learning, discovering new music, looking for cool obscure genres and artist, over the year, becoming better at it, playing an instrument, chopping samples, scratching, fingerdrumming, all of the above...

cause at the end of the day

if the main reason you start to make music is to have a "career", you're already giving up what could significantly impact the way you live your life and your outlook, the way you connect with other human beings, through the music you make, the stories you learned how to tell and lived through.

This ability to actually craft with your hands, a story that might resonate at an extremely deep level, with fellow human beings all throughout the world.

Ai "musicians" don't get that
they get something
but not that

in the same regard, every one of us might be missing out on parts of the journey. We might never know what it feels to be part of a massive classical orchestra, playing timeless classics, or improvising on a piano or a guitar, chopping samples of existing material into something entirely new and novel even.

Ai "musician"
it's the new low hanging fruit for slop producing
before that it was "type beats" (don't look at me like that, been there too) or "bedroom producers", premade loops or whatever else.

While all have some value as piece of art, the experience gets more and more muted and sanitized.

missing the journey to the point where you're start missing the point entirely
that's where AI "musicians" seem to be going, and happily so.
At the end of the day, if they can get something out of it, more power to them.
I'll be making music regardless, putting in it all that I got, regardless

and if you're the same, good, if not, good also

great music is timeless, great musicians are never "left behind", you're only left behind if all you do is try to keep up with whatever's trendy right now, which only gets you running in circles.

that's also one of the reasons why it's always good to have an idea of what came before, to build up to where we're today


 
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