# Music Creators Assemble!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [February 11, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-creators-assemble/979626 "2023-02-11T17:06:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-creators-assemble/979626/77 "2023-06-12T18:35:29Z")

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> [@rsThump](#):
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> I can see how it looks like we’re playing video games, but we aren’t - that’s just how modern recording tools can look to some. I’m happy to explain some more, if you’d like.

I appreciate your answer and your experience, but If you can go for a jog while your computer spits out music for a client, that’s not a tool. The computer is doing the composing, and you are taking credit for it. That’s the part that I don’t understand - taking the credit for something a computer is artificially generating. Oh sure, computers can do that, just like they can write a book. I’m just not sure why anyone would actually enjoy listening to it. I’d rather hear you play guitar. I bet you are quite good.

Regarding my process, I write for either piano or guitar first, then decide whether I want to embelish with other instruments. If so, I will try to get humans to play those parts, because call me crazy, but I want my music to sound human, not a computer-generated algorithm. Humans will always create art more significant than a computer.

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