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The thing about that though is that no one cares. Listeners do not care, anyone who would hire composers does not care, etc. One thing that can be given to the individuality camp is that AI does not seem to be able to, and may never be able to, do something like compose an entire album that has a consistent style. So it composes one piece of music that you like, it can't compose more that retain the same "fingerprint" that Beethoven or Metallica has throughout their work. People will probably find that disappointing. But not disappointing enough to turn people away from AI. Because all that people ultimately care about is whether or not it sounds good. However, it could be that this is all a moot discussion as the sustainability of AI is coming more and more into question. These programs require large data centers to maintain, and they are pretty much all spending more money than they are making; it's mostly investors keeping them above water. At some point prices of the services are going to skyrocket because they will need even more hardware, electricity and such to support literally everyone using just a handful of services. Private individuals, big companies, everyone. Then you must consider something like ChatGPT. ChatGPT is not replacing search engines because why pay to ask the robot when just about anything you want to know has already been written by humans and is freely available online? The other issue is that AI cannot presently make changes in small details; it has to reinvent the entire image or whatever. If it were capable of doing small, specific tweaks, this will exponentially increase the demand for processing power. So far, despite the fears that it will destroy all the jobs, it has not proven to be a more profitable, efficient or economical alternative to people.

Hi ! I've composed this piano piece entitled 'Le Piano Suspendu'. When I was composing this piece I realized it was like if the music wanted to tell a story. Do you feel that too while listening?

Thank you Manuel for your feedback. The way you describe what you feel is very interesting. Each person feel the music in a different way, and that is fantastic! Regarding to the name Asturia, as far as I remember, when I choose that name, it had not specifically to do with the Spain region, but I found this name quite neutral and easy to remember (I think) for the people who visit the webstore.

Hello @Pianistikboy, Welcome to the forum. I like this piece, specifically because it evoques in my mind a sense of profound melancholy. However, it is not a Russian long chromatic melody that creates this effect by having a long line (which I also like), but a simple, yet effective melody built on shorter phrases. To me, it doesn’t seem to tell a story dramatically, as a first person narrator, but more like an old person looking back at the memories of his youth, revisiting a specific story, but as an external observer that reflects on them. However, as the piece goes on, that person gets more and more personally involved in the story, to the point of it seeming real (the climax of the work). But finally, it is remembered again that those were the past times. All of this tinted with heavy melancholy, triggered by the alarming thought that death is near, and those past experiences will never ever come back. Similar to op 62 no 2 by Chopin or op 39 no 8 by Rachmaninoff. This is a really deep interpretation but it is what it came to my mind Thanks for sharing Manuel PS: Why “Asturia” music, did you name it after the region in Spain?

They came out a couple weeks back with Orchestral Tools Berlin Strings, Winds and Brass (and more) for MuseScore 4. I got the whole thing for 30 dollars, which they are thousands of dollars as Kontakt/Sine libraries. For that sort of deal, and with notation software, I don't think you can do better. Let me know what you think.

I will certainly participate in this with my future"Distorted Thought 5". I will make it as scary and uncanny as possible. It will be a 5-6 minutes piano piece and I will provide you a recording. Thanks for organizing this.