Generative a.i. tools certainly make it easy to generate the kind of homogenous musical content that such tools were trained on. For conceptual originality and the expression of individuality, a human is required. The fate of the music industry is not in the creators’ nor in the labels’ hands – it’s in the listeners’. It’s not about musicians vs ai music, but the changes are already reshaping the three creator segments: hobbyists, advanced creators, and top tier artists. Read more »

New research by Julius Dobos reveals that the spatial element in music is more powerful than just a mixing format. The use of space as a compositional tool during the composition process has the power to influence melody, harmony, rhythm and timbre, thus impacting the meaning and emotions of the resulting music itself. Julius recently presented works & demonstrated new methods to the Recording Academy and the Audio Engineering Society at Dolby Lalbs HQ. Read more »

If Kraftwerk had never existed, where do you think electronic music would be today? Would it be at a previous point on the electronic music timeline or would it have gone in a completely different direction? Julius Dobos answers existential questions about electronic music. Read more »

Where is the music today? Do we need more music technology and more highly processed tracks, or just simply better, more original music? Read more »

Two years ago, already being fed up with the then-16 year long trend of everyone… Read more »