In an Age of AI, Your Voice Matters More Than Ever
The music industry spent years teaching artists to find their voice. Now we’re entering an era where the harder challenge is keeping it. AI can imitate styles. It can imitate structures. It can imitate emotions. What it struggles to imitate is lived experience. That’s why so much generated writing feels familiar. It borrows patterns without […]
What an AI-Generated Lyric Taught Me About Creativity
A while ago, I decided to run a simple experiment. I generated a lyric using AI. Then I put it aside. A few days later, I read it again as if someone else had written it. My first reaction surprised me. It wasn’t terrible. It wasn’t brilliant either. It was something far more dangerous. It […]
Why Emotion Matters More Than Technology in Songwriting
Every few years, the music industry becomes obsessed with a new technology. A new instrument. A new recording technique. A new software platform. A new way of producing sound. Today, the conversation revolves around artificial intelligence. Can AI write songs? Can it generate lyrics? Can it compose melodies? Can it replace songwriters? These questions dominate […]