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As AI Finds Its Voice, Music Communities Must Strengthen Theirs (Guest Column)

Composer Michael Gallant writes that as artificial intelligence finds its voice, music communities must strenghten theirs.

Years ago, I experimented with an early AI feature that allowed virtual drummers to bang out rudimentary grooves tailored to my songs-in-progress; another utility let me stretch and distort audio samples in subtle or grotesque ways. The algorithm would also need to learn the relationship between each Current Dissonance movement and the news article it reinterprets, building a map of correlations between facets of the written story and recorded music.Do Locrian-mode motifs in 7/8 permeate my playing when I’m reflecting on South Asian politics — and are C# stwice as likely toappear when I reimagine headlines that are less than four words long? How amazing would it be to jam with live band members — as well as an AI algorithm trained to create instant orchestrations, in real time as I play, using a never-before-heard chimera of Les Paul overdrive, volcanic glass vibraphone and a grizzly bear roaring?

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