Jordan Rudess' View, Kibordis Dream Theater On Artificial Intelligence In Music

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JAKARTA - The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in music writing received negative sentiment from musicians. But for Jordan Rudess, the keyboardist of Dream Theater, AI actually has great benefits.

Instead of focusing on the bad side, Jordan hopes that more people can take advantage of AI in the right way. One of them is to research the elements of music that have been difficult to do manually.

"One of the companies I work in is very close to called Moises. It's a very interesting company. They are famous for their work in track separation, and musicians around the world use it," Jordan Rudess told Metal.it, quoted from Blabbermouth, September 24.

"Because basically the way it works is that you can upload stereo audio files or even videos to their systems, and then when those files are in their systems, the system can separate them. So let's say you upload the song DREAM THEATER, and when that song comes back to you, you can decide: I want to have vocals, piano, bass, drums, main guitar, acoustic guitar. You can separate it," he explained.

Jordan emphasized that the use of AI is basically a technology that can be a tool to make it easier for people to learn music more deeply. Therefore, he feels sorry for people who view AI as a bad thing always.

"The reason I brought it up is because I love technology and also because all musicians around the world use it, some of them argue that AI is a bad thing, but they don't even know that Moises is made based on AI. This technology is the framework for everything Moises does. I apologize for bringing bad news to someone who opposes AI but is now studying music by using it," said the 67-year-old keyboardist.

Jordan felt that the naming of Artificial Intelligence was an error. For him, there is nothing artificial about this technology. In fact, this intelligence can really help deal with things that humans cannot do in a short time.

To be sure, technology will continue to develop and adjust the existing needs. Jordan Rudess is currently one of the research teams, collaborating with MIT Media Lab's Respondive Environments to explore the development of music and technology.