AI — but just for getting started…
I’ve got at least two or three albums in my creative, musical soul that I’d like to get out before I die. I’m 63, retired, and although I spent most of my career in IT and I’m still very proficient and tech-savvy, DAWs mystify me. Over the years, I’ve tried several different DAWs but every time, once that UI loads, I’m like a deer in the headlights. It’s like I have some sort of mental block. Many people have said, “Start with Garage Band, it’s really easy and intuitive.” Not for me. So…
I know AI is mostly regarded as evil and many people think it will be the death of good music. (Frankly, I mostly hate it, too.) But I’m wondering if there’s something out there where I can say, “This is like a Sly & The Family Stone Song” then sing the melody, some harmonies, and anything else I have in mind, and then the AI can generate the parts (stems?) so I can load them into a DAW and play around with them there. I’m hoping that I could get past my effective filter if I’m working with my own stuff rather than trying to create everything from scratch. Part of what I’m thinking here, too, is that all the time I’d spend learning to use a DAW, I’d rather spend it creating music.
This is maybe a whole different tool but if there’s an AI tool that can take a bass line or a guitar/keyboard/drum part then visually show me how to play it, that’d be killer. I don’t currently play any instruments but I want to learn and - even if I have to lay a track down at half speed then speed it up in the DAW, I’d like the pride of knowing I played that rather than having some AI-generated track in there. (Might be OK for horns, not sure I’ll live long enough to learn sax/trumpet/etc.)
Looking forward to your thoughts/comments/recommendations.