This here is a Smithosian article that kind of makes fun of the music union mafia of 1930, at the advent of sound film. They made ads (as you can see in the illustrations) using some rather lame "scare tactics" about how "robots" (a new term/concept at the time as well) would be making "soulless music". Hilarious, right? Because we're talking recorded music, not robot-made music as we understand it:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/musicians-wage-war-against-evil-robots-92702721/
Oo, that's some scary robot there, makin' musical mince-meat with his grinder ...
Now fast forward a bit.
Not to mention them holographic whatchamacllits .. vocaloids ...
This could actually be a recurring series. "We Were Warned".
Honestly, a robot could take over nearly all of music fairly easily just by following simple themes.
Female singer : Sing about how men are trash and only exist to fill women's wallets.
Male singer : Sing catchy party music with a repetitive beat.
Pretty much. I enjoy damn near every genre of music but 98% of it is over 15 years old. The new stuff is it's own genre of shit as far as I'm concerned. Rip out all the artistry and fill the void with garbage not far off from what you describe. A robot certainly couldn't make it worse.
Well, most of what I listen to is over 30 years old, so ... What I do hear of recent stuff sounds like "all beat, no melody", stuff which wouldn't even be thought of as music if it were made by non-humans .. so yeah, the robot in the cartoon really couldn't do much worse, I don't think.
Just thought it would be kind of fun to put these two articles together. And the robot is kind of fun to look at, too.
I listen to more music from before I was born than I do contemporary stuff, and it's been that way since 2010. I'm 33.
Yeah, it actually really sucks because it means a lot of the groups I listen to aren't even around anymore. One or more members died, the band broke up, or they're too old and retired from touring. Good luck for me to see PiL or XTC when they're all in their 50s and 60s now lol