AI mixing and mastering tools have democratized music production for bedroom artists, but there's a cost: algorithmic sameness. When thousands of producers use identical tools trained on the same datasets, optimizing for Spotify's algorithm rather than developing distinctive identities, the result is sonic homogenization. Access to tools doesn't equal artistic vision. I examine how true musical revolutions (punk's rebellion, hip-hop's DIY grit) have come from breaking rules rather than following algorithmic patterns, and why spatial audio might inspire the next creative rebellion.
Phil Conil - Berklee College of Music