The journey of the music industry has been as gravitating as the evolution of mankind, from mysterious vocals to the era of instruments and sonata, this industry has been picking the pace as per the tastes of people and shaping their always-wanting music tooth. 2023 has been the year of music, which has seen several unraveling changes in this industry, from Artificial Intelligence to the Synthwave Revolution. Here you will find several exotic music tech trends that have changed the way of making music, and everyone loves it.
1. Artificial Intelligence
This has been one of the ground-breaking options for this industry. Yes, this brings many problems as well, as many creative minds will be left with no jobs as the AI is capable of making things more accurate. Applications like ChatGPT can make a completely new song based on a theme quicker and more efficiently. With proper input of topic, outline, or any other details you will have an exclusive number. Many music-streaming platforms now have the option of creating elite music suitable for your taste.
2. Plugin Usages
In most of the parts of the 2010s, the main focus of music productions was allocated to offer more features that allowed users to control depths and other aspects of music. But now, these things also have elevated, now you will have a plethora of options in this field, and these plugins have elevated the entire music-making scene to the next level. There are Finisher multi-effects, Beatmakers, Virtual Guitarists, or any other plugin that will allow you to make music in a very efficient way.
3. Creative explosions of mainstream sound Designs
Making a song has come to your fingertips, with proper plugins and more sound designing software, you can easily create a song with any hustle. This is a great option that has been popularized in 2023. The motif of a song has to be more diverse and electrifying and mainstream sound Designs can make this happen. With different settings on vocoders, distortion, filters, granular processors, phasers, time stretching, and more options, you can create music in a very diverse and unique manner. And this will allow you to be one of the mainstream music producers.
4. Home Recording Features
Music producers are getting the leverage of creating a home studio. This can be extremely fruitful for budding composers as they might need not to invest a hefty amount of money in their studio requirements. An application can do the job perfectly well now. There are main AI tools and plugin features, and above all this will not require any specific setup or a large space.
5. Rise of Sped-Up Music
Another extremely popular music trend has been Sped-Up Music, without leaving the lo-fi or acoustic version of the song, there has been a quiet rise of sped-up music. This is not like old remixes, these are just risen-up tempos making the song a beat faster than usual, Rihanna’s ‘Rude Boy’- sped-up version is more popular now than the original version.
6. TikTok: The New Star-Maker
Star-maker has been making many talented yet unpopular artists popular but now, in the rule of TikTok, any music artist young or old, popular or lost can be vocal about their love for music, and people are recognizing these artists and the powerful talents of music.
7. Back to the Synthwave Revolution
The resurgence of synth-wave has been another most extraordinary technical trend of 2023. This subgenre has been deeply rooted in the spooky yet upbeat soundtracks. Legends like John Carpenter have heavily used this form of music and now, once again this subgenre is gaining popularity.
8. Micro-Genres
Apart from synth-wave, there is room and breakthrough for other Micro-Genres also. Breaking the conventional rule and niche motifs, this industry is witnessing an uptick in ‘micro-genres’ in 2022 and 2023. From ‘drift phonk’ to ‘amapiano’, ‘slowcore’, and ‘Eurodance’, these hyper-0specific styles have gained an immense amount of popularity.
Along with the usage of AI and other plugins, there have been many minute changes in this industry that have awestruck everyone. And this is the future of music, and this industry. With the combination of all of these or some of these features, this industry witnessed the shift, from the lengths of a song to maximizing revenues; this industry is building stronger and more popular and personalized tracks for the future of humankind.
