harperwright•2mo agoMost Upvoted

I saw a demo at a tech meetup in Austin where an AI wrote a full song in under two minutes.

It was last Tuesday at a small event downtown. A guy from a startup showed this new music model called Lyra. He typed in 'a sad country song about a robot losing its memory' and hit go. In about 110 seconds, it gave us a complete track with lyrics, melody, and a basic vocal track that sounded real. Three years ago, this would have been a joke. Last month, I saw a similar tool that could only make short loops. This was different. It felt like a real jump, not just a small step. It makes you wonder how many songwriters' jobs are safe now. Has anyone else seen a demo recently that actually shocked them?

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lopez.brooke2mo ago

That Lyra demo sounds wild, but a full song in two minutes is still just a demo, right? The vocal track probably still has that weird AI flatness to it. How many real songs have you heard on the radio that were made like that?

leo_kelly2mo ago

Real songs on the radio?" My guy, have you HEARD the top 40 lately?

shanewells2mo ago

Wait, the vocal track still sounds flat? That's the part they can't fix yet? Man, that's wild. I heard a clip from that new AI band project and the chorus just had zero feeling, like a robot reading a grocery list. If the tech still can't get the human wobble in a voice right, how is that ever gonna replace a real singer belting it out? Sounds like a fancy karaoke machine, not a hit song.