Here is a great Quartz post for the music nerds on how the pop music landscape has changed due to digital music production tools.
What was once a complicated and expensive process to capture audio to tape and produce it at scale, software such as Pro Tools, Logic, and Ableton have democratised the making of music.
Today anyone can make a record in their bedroom and have a million people listen to it the following day.
I’m also convinced AI will change music production forever. Think about prompts for film scores such as: look at the following action sequence, now create a 2 minute orchestral score in the style of Hans Zimmer; include a gradual build from 00:00 to 01:00, and reach a crescendo at 01:30.
I can see this AI being built into music production software too, allowing for immense flexibility in adjusting an AI generated piece of music.
Human musicians augmented by AI will create amazing things!