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Cole\u2019s philosophy is that AI in music is nothing new. \u201cI think AI has existed in music as long as there\u2019s been recorded music,\u201d he says. While the biggest barrier to playing guitar is the time it takes to learn the instrument, it\u2019s the second barrier, writing songs, where he believes AI plays a part.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually believe cover music has been sort of analog AI for a long time,\u201d says Cole. Those that don\u2019t yet have the skills to write their own songs can play the songs written by their favourite artists instead. \u201cI listened a lot to REM, U2, The Smiths and The Cure, and at some point I got sick of just listening to them. I wanted to play it, so I learned to play guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those taking their first steps into writing, according to Cole, can also lean on a second analogue form of AI: their band mates. You might just have a chorus or a riff to start with but then the drummer or bassist can add to it, and a song is born. AI can also play this role. \u201cI actually think that we are in the brink of freeing up people to move beyond the same old covers and to really get into working like they do with their bands,\u201d says Cole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n