Buyer Beware... I feel violated ....

Reverend Bow

Reverend Bow

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So I am very guilty of cruising on Bandcamp like that way we use to cruise record stores (you older guys know what I mean) ....

I scroll through the pages like we use to flip through the Record Bins...

Cool Cover Art? ✅
Cool Band Name? ✅

... I'm in.....

So the other night, I did that, found a new release, Paid my price and Downloaded it (I have limited cell data, so I didn't want to stream it while out for my nightly 2 mile walk).

First Song It sound cool, cool riff, "singer's" voice was somewhere between Dio and Coverdale, driving guitars.... but something wasn't right...

It didn't feel right...

It had no swing to it....

Like everything was locked in tight to a grid/click...

Guitar play was constant, it didn't breathe, no dynamics

I immediately got that... this isn't real feeling

Second Song, same feeling

rest of the album... same thing...


Then I went to the "Record Label" page attached to the album and saw...

Here, you'll experience unique tracks across a variety of rock genres, a blend of my creativity enhanced by the support of artificial intelligence.
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WTF

So I immediately left an Album review...

Just FYI, this isn't Real Musicians, it is AI Trash.

It sounded great right off the first track, but something sounds... not right... too good

Then I found out it is AI music. This garbage should be put into its own category on Bandcamp to keep it from getting mixed in with real musicians.

I wish I could get a refund, as I wish to only support real musicians...
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That crap should have to advertise in bit, bold letters, what it really is.... or be stuffed in there own little section so it is easier to avoid
 
That shit should have Advisory Stickers like Tipper Gore slapped on all the good music back in the day...

"Warning: This "music" was inputted by a Douchecanoe in their mom's basement to a computer program because they are to fucking lazy and/or stupid to learn how to play an actual instrument... except the skin flute"

You know, a gentle warning label like that would go a long way to protect..... the children....
 
Reverend Bow said:
That shit should have Advisory Stickers like Tipper Gore slapped on all the good music back in the day...

"Warning: This "music" was inputted by a Douchecanoe in their mom's basement to a computer program because they are to fucking lazy and/or stupid to learn how to play an actual instrument... except the skin flute"

You know, a gentle warning label like that would go a long way to protect..... the children....
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Well said my friend….
 
I agree with you but I also think that when human generated music is doctored too much with pitch correction, grid alignment, what have you, then it's practically just as soulless, unfeeling and unmoving as pure A.I. generated content. Gone too far, it kind of becomes A.I. itself if too many imperfections are perfected.
 
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Reverend Bow said:
That shit should have Advisory Stickers like Tipper Gore slapped on all the good music back in the day...

"Warning: This "music" was inputted by a Douchecanoe in their mom's basement to a computer program because they are to fucking lazy and/or stupid to learn how to play an actual instrument... except the skin flute"

You know, a gentle warning label like that would go a long way to protect..... the children....
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☝️ T-shirt worthy right there.
 
It's crazy, especially in metal how many people just quantize their songs and think people cant realize it. AI faking albums is worse but I can hear that "chuggin 3 notes on a 8 string and quantized, beatmapped edit" all day long
 
Modern music that is going for the hit factor, whether it’s rock, pop etc might as well be A.I., as humans have done a great job of utilizing software anyway to process the human out of it.
 
This is why I'm in a band and do shows with three of us playing originals and into amps. There is enough fake or polished or perfect music out there. I'd rather do real music and it be off or out of tune or whatever, than all of this perfectly crafted garbage.
 
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