Thank you for coming to see DeepBlue’s work in progress collab with AI and generative music. We’d love to know your reflections and feedback.

The last 12 months have seen DeepBlue take a deep dive into AI and creativity. We have been testing ideas and new performance technologies and exploring the potential of AI to augment human creativity and artistic expression. Today’s work-in-progress showing will allow you to experience the development of DeepBlue’s new works in an interactive context, while being able to provide feedback on the music, technology and concepts to help us to shape this exciting new show! In our first session we looked at generative visuals and this time we are diving into generative music

Heres some interesting statistics that Australia’s Music Publisher APRA released in their AI and Music Report –

Revenue risk: By 2028, 23% of music creators’ revenues will be at risk due to generative AI, an estimated cumulative total damage of half a billion (AUD$519m)

AI adoption: Over half (54%) of those surveyed agree that AI technology can assist the human creative process. AU/NZ songwriters and composers are early adopters,

Income impact: 82% of music creators are concerned that the use of AI in music could lead to them no longer being able to make a living from their work

Cultural concerns: 89% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island music creators believe that AI will lead to an increase in cultural appropriation

Policy demands: 97% demand that policymakers should pay more attention to the challenges related to AI and copyright

Funded by the Creative Sparks Grant Program & DeepBlue with thanks to our partner SuperOrdinary.

Big thank you to Anitah Kumar, Sophie Loades, Wayne Jennings, Toukie Wood & Jane Wei for all the hard work and time spent researching, experimenting and rehearsing!

The Creative Sparks Grant Program is an initiative of Brisbane City Council in partnership with the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.