Thanks Andy...I had an 8th grade school band instructor who, in 1980 said, "in the future computers will be able to play every note in and orchestra perfectly and it will sound terrible. It's the imperfections that make music beautiful". He was so right. The hope is in humans rejecting the technology and just like visual artists that still paint, sculpt etc, musicians can do the same...

All of my opinions have been quantized.

"Machines make the music. People are controlling them of course, but the music is being made by a machine". . . . But isn't a guitar a machine? Or a Hurdy Gurdy? Or a Harpsichord?

Rock music will have to go back to actual live music ONLY !

The Doors - Rock Is Dead. Great long death rant by Morrison. He saw it coming, his personal death and the death of Rock And Roll. He predicted the "one person with singing and speaking machines" back in 1969

Hello Andy. I don't think the 'machine' killed 'Rock Music', as it is just a tool, that made possible lots of small projects and experiences, It's clear for me that, what killed the Rock Music, was, the Music business, itself. Yes they shoot themselves in the knee, with their tactics, greed and unsound strategies (like the price of cd's). Have a great day and keep playing, there will be a time where 'real musicians' will be a precious thing to have around! Music is made by Humans for Humans, it was hacked long ago with the "recordings' (no more need to have musicians, just play that record again!) Take care

As a multi-instrumentalist duffer who's not any sort of drummer, I'll say that drum machines are my favorite metronomes, but I much prefer a real drummer for recording and performance. In fact, I've never performed with either a drum machine or a click track.

How cut and paste killled music

Plenty of good music still being made. The universal laws are it's always being made by twenty somethings and not through popular outlets. But I can't do everyone's homework for them. Look for it!

Most modern Pop & Rock these days is made with eyes instead of ears. Most other genres are still make music by players with their ears. Folk, Blues, Jazz, Classical, Old time, Bluegrass, Flamenco, Avant Garde, etc. etc.

I'm 70. Since the age of 7 I've been aware of music and have been fascinated by it. Since then I have learned play piano, accordion, saxophone and guitar. I played in a band in my late teens. That said I now produce music using a DAW and I incorporate real Instruments and have no problem with electronic music in all its many forms. As always in creative fields there is brilliance and the not so good. I dont fuss over mechanical precision to the point of sloppiness sometimes and that gives my work a human element I believe. It ain't the tools its what you do with them. Rock music died thru oversaturation of the market and consumer fatigue IMO. Live music venues faced pressure from local residents and high music licence fees which hastened their demise.

Cold & misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air....about an age of power, where no one had an hour to spare.....

Keep your videos imperfect, that's partly why I've subsribed, your videos feel like a conversation, I like that.

Priceless. Andy, you have spoken for all of us who truly love REAL music… music recorded with real drums and real guitars and played by musicians. Please, keep being you.

i like what Keith Richards said regarding digital technology. he said you can do anything you can imagine, but first you have to imagine something.What it comes down to is not how many choices you have, but can you make the decision? Can you say "I want this", and follow through and finish it?

The heart of music is being crushed by the computer driven perfection.

I don't think I could praise enough this particular video essay: it is so exacting about a central crisis in music and all of the arts and I haven't seen anyone else addressing, at least as well as you do here. I think a lot of the reason why most don't say what you are saying here is that quite possibly they have an interest (economic?) in not saying it. You would think that everybody is employed by one AI company or another with the degree of passive acceptance of it.

In the 20th Century Battleground of Sound Art Lost to Commerce at the End. But! It was an Epic Tale, filled with incredible Characters, Tragedy, Comedy, Joy and Despair.. Thanks Andy. The next story is being rehearsed in the wings.

Loving what you do Andy Edward's. You are the Zeppelin of podcasts, with a little bit of AC DC.

I have loved music (all kinds), since I was about 3. So it baffled me why the last 25 to 30 years of top 100 music hasn't interested me. I could no longer even identify most of the singers or bands, as they had a humongous sound and lacked emotional power. Then I learned about autotune, pitch correction, etc. and realized the life and soul of music has been sucked out of it by producers and technology. AI is just one more step into the abyss.