As artificial intelligence (ai) remains ubiquitous across global industries, the music industry has been receptive to its transformative capabilities, while remaining cautious about the risks to artists.
In a recent ai-use/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener nofollow”>survey published by private music studio Pirate, 53% of respondents said they had “concerns about how their audience might perceive music created with the help of ai.”
The survey reached 1,141 of its artists across the UK, US and Germany, including band members, singer-songwriters, producers, instrumentalists and rappers.
It also revealed artists’ hesitation to use ai in the studio: only 25% said they had experience with ai. However, 46% said they are willing to consider using such tools in the future.
One of the artists surveyed, Cristoph Krey of the Brooklyn-based band MYAI, said they use ai for 30% of all their activities and call the remaining 70% “artistic intelligence.” Krey said it could be a difficult learning curve for artists to get involved with.
“It’s one more thing that artists now have to do on top of everything else they have to do to create value.”
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Pirate co-founder and CEO David Borrie said it’s understandable that artists are hesitant to use ai and spread its use. However, he compared the emerging technology to auto-tune, another innovative technology that has penetrated the music industry and become a mainstay of contemporary production.
“It is useful to remember the introduction of tools like Auto-Tune, which faced criticism in its early days but eventually found its place in the music industry. “ai’s journey to becoming a standard tool in music creation may follow a similar path, as both artists and audiences adapt to this innovation.”
As for artists in the music industry already using ai in their creative process, the answer to where it was most useful was in “composition and songwriting.”
Cointelegraph reached out to Pirate for more information about the survey.
In an interview with Cointelegraph earlier this year, the CEO of the Recording Academy, the traditional institution in charge of the annual Grammy Awards, said he sees ai as a “creative amplifier” for artists who employ it in his work.
There has already been controversy with those who want their music to be recognized. An artist who used an ai-generated vocal track by rapper Drake in a song that went viral attempted to submit his piece for nomination.
However, the Academy rejected the track over copyright infringement issues. The Academy commented on the issue saying that the topic of ai is “complicated” and “moving very quickly.”
The official rules for ai-generated music set by the Academy say that a human must create the main components of the tracks that are up for official nomination. For example, for a song to win an award for vocal performance, it must have been performed by a human.
The music industry’s major record labels are also trying to stay on top of ai use, including Universal Music, which has teamed up with Google to combat ai deepfakes of its artists and has asked streaming services like Spotify to remove ai-generated leads from your platform.
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