Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones said of the growing use of artificial intelligence in music, “Art should come from humans.”
The 49-year-old lead singer of a rock band formed in Wales in 1992 also questioned the move to use multiple songwriters on a release.
Jones told Times Radio on Sunday at Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Suffolk, after playing with new band Fur From Saints.
The Welsh musician said he didn’t know AI technology was being increasingly used to “end people making songs” until he attended the Ivor Novello Awards.
He added, “I’m not against advanced technology or progress, but I think art should come from people. Whatever the basis of art, I think it should come from people.
“I think art is always an expression of someone, an expression from a real human heart and head.
“If you’re going to start an idea, the computer will finish it. That’s fine, but it’s just about algorithms and stuff like that, not my personal sense of where it should come from.”
“I’m not really interested in having 10 songwriters on one song.
“If you’re making a painting, it’s like having 10 painters putting paint on a canvas. Whose shit is that?”
Far From Saints have been touring festivals since releasing ‘Let’s Turn This Back Around’ earlier this year.
The Wind and the Wave’s Patti Lynn and her new band Jones say it’s getting harder to make money from music since the pandemic and Britain’s exit from the European Union.
he said: “This is… Brexit or something like that, it’s kind of a nightmare.
“So it’s been a very different place since Brexit, Covid and everything else.
“So it’s not easy when you’re new to the street and you’re like, ‘Let’s get in the van and go make music.’
The music industry’s reaction to the technology has been mixed, with country star Dolly Parton expressing concern about AI, while Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am is optimistic about new music software.
At a press event last month, Parton said:
“I don’t want to leave my soul on this earth, so I have to decide how much I want to be involved in high-tech stuff.”
