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TheNuge

I think AI is just another tool, if it helps great! If it doesn't, keep on keeping on. it will help in the little details, like being in key or mixing the effects parameters easier. I think it'll be good

Vincent7

In the next 10 years, I can see the use of A.I. in the music world as a way to emulate and honor some of the greatest voices in the history of the world. Can you imagine being able to create new vocal music from Elvis, Aretha, Marvin, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, Bing Crosby, etc. Think about it... The use of technology has opened up a new vista, thus evolving the human mind to reinvent itself to become an even more intelligent super computer than it already is. To be able to put a basic musical idea down, and then have a way to listen to and chose from any genre or style that you want, to see which one your idea sounds best on. Not only that, AI will be able to assist performers thus making for a more audibly memorable show! It's mind boggling to think about the millions of possibilities. Should be a fun ride! 🎼

Jason Marquez

Music will only become easier to make digitally and I’m sure AI is gonna be a huge factor in that. As more people are able to create, new ideas of how to interpret music will keep coming forward but I also think that if anyone is like me you can make beats for 10 years and never feel comfortable calling yourself a musician, now I play piano, guitar and finger-drums and proudly say that’s what I am. But that’s because I wanted to be able to actually pick up an instrument and play songs I wrote. Anyone can make a beat over time but the dedication it takes to play, write, compose and perform will always be the more entertaining form of music because of the skill it takes to do any one of those things.

Ohm13th

A renaissance of the individual artist is about to flower. A focus geared toward resilience will provide the opportunity for artists to bring new works that celebrate life and inclusion for everyone.

Zafar Raja

I think after the hype and real of AI in music technology is over. Live shows and gigs will turn out to be the true winner and something special.

KernelG

I would love to see AI become more common in music creation, but not for creating music. I want AI to figure out my lyrics and where it should apply de-essing on the sibilants only. I want AI to be smart enough to help set up my DAW for the day's session. If I hum a melody, lay down a MIDI track with the correct number of bars looped, ready to roll. If I describe a string pluck with a square wave sub-tone, AI can either find samples and/or synthesize it. Things like this. There are so many ways AI could be helping us while WE continue making music.

And I dig the new logo.

And my birthday is July 4. 😉

bostephens

You want to know "where the music world is going for the next decade"? Well, I'm not giving up my ideas for new product lines just for a free t-shirt, but I will tell you that I think Native Instruments should start selling merch - do you hate money?

DeeDeeDee

Sure, there will be a bump where people are playing around with AI more and more. But after a few years people will again realize music is something that primarily comes from within the mind of the human and not from technology. It will be a disruptive time for the music industry that will reshape how we produce and legal aspects of copyright etc.

This will eventually lead many people back to making music with the help of curiosity , experimentation and emotion again.

PEZ-S

I feel we will have a new romantic era in bound, most likely soon too, but with a lot more modern complexity: an "electro romance" so to say.

pprocess1

Continued blurring of genre lines: Genres are becoming less important as artists experiment with blending different styles and sounds. This trend is likely to continue, with more artists creating music that defies easy categorization.

Caleb carter

I’m not entirely sure, but mpe will change music a lot as it opens up a new opportunity of expression

Leamucho

The road and insight of "embodied cognition" is rising a corporeal dimension that has been only approached on experimental and academic realms such as the NIME conferences. So next years hold for us a heavy thinking and development on ways of the body to express what nuances cannot take into account right now, normal acoustic and digital instruments...

The body!!

J. Spencer

What’s old is new again. Yes, AI is probably going to churn out a few hits over the next year, but we already know the secret sauce to the radio sound — it’s one reason there’s a new hit every other week that we’ve all forgotten about the next.

Listeners are fatigued by the same rinse & repeat sounds. It’s probably why formats like vinyl and CDs (and dare I say, cassette) seeing some traction… though it’ll never take back what Digital stole from them.

However, I we already are hearing a big influence from 80s new wave and synth pop in a lot of the modern/alt rock artists of today. I say that continues because of these older formats coming back in niche markets. Creators will find themselves drawl to more of the classic R&B, soul, funk, and disco. Psychedelic rock of the 60s will pull some influence as well. We may even go back to the fun sounds of late 80s/early 90s hip-hop and dance.

There’s really not a riff that hasn’t been played. We’ll just find new ways of making it our own. Progressive sounds will find a new home because AI will oversaturate the pop market.

I also will be sporting a new NI shirt.

mtonumaa

In the future, pop music will become good again, like in the 70s and 80s

The masses will find out young artists such as "So Wiley" and will begin to appreciate creativity and artistry over conveyer belt music

AL will replace dj'ing. There will still be the "press play" guy on stage, moving the knobs. The mixing and flow will be 2nd to none but only bc of perfect al plugins. Overall, Al wont have such an effect on music world as originally it was feared. AI will be used mostly in world government decisions, it will help developing nations and restore economies.

Some 80s and 90s artists who never made it will finally get discovered thx to internet, some of them will become very rich.

Backstreet Boys will return, they will use autotune but not to fix off-key singing but to make the songs sound futuristic, it will sound quite amazing and Max Martin will have another "one last big score" 😃

Heiðin

I think music will find a way to keep enlighten us with it’s wonders no matter who holds the levers!