A music producer’s seven-year gamble: using AI to write songs and also want to save Chinese folk music

Zhi Stuff Author | Bi Weihao Editor | Mo Ying "You are either out of your mind or a liar." Zhidongxi reported on July 10 that this was the reply he received when Long Yong finished writing a business plan about AI music in 2019, saved it in his WeChat favorites, and took it to find investors. At that time, ChatGPT had not yet come out. A music producer came and said that he wanted to use AI to write songs, which really sounded like crazy. But Long Yong did not give up on this idea. He found some like-minded people to study the feasibility together, and registered the company three months before ChatGPT’s public debut. Four years later, the large music model self-developed by this group of people was launched online. The company reached a cooperation with ByteDance, and the AI ​​music generation application reached a million-user level. Hangzhou Yiluflash Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., CEO Long Yong, is a senior Yi music producer who crosses over into AI and has participated in the production of "Hip-Hop in China" and "The Voice of China". A few days ago, Long Yong accepted an interview with Zhidongxi. We started from the establishment of Rhythm Flash, talked about Gege AI, talked about AI and traditional folk music, and talked about the current situation and future of AI music. He said: In the era of AI music, those dawdling music tailors should disappear; he said: The purpose of making large folk music models is to preserve the traditional folk music that is disappearing. He said: Rhythm Flash’s vision is to make “everyone a musician.” In addition to the interview, we also personally experienced the Gege AI songwriting software, used it to write several songs, and became what Long Yong calls a "musician". 1. A person who was once called a "liar" developed a large-scale music model by himself and created an application with millions of users. Long Yong was much earlier than many people in thinking about the path of AI music generation. Musicians of Long Yong’s generation relied on software such as Pro Tools and Logic to make songs. In his own words: “The previous generation used hardware, and the band went into the studio together, and if a note was wrong, they had to start over again. Our generation relies on computers, and one person can complete it with a mouse.” He has been wondering what the next generation relies on. AI music really explodes into the public eye, and the industry will see a blowout in 2024. In 2019, Long Yong wrote the future of Songe AI into the business plan.