AI Music Unmuted: Real Talk by RealMusic.ai explores how AI is shaping the future of music creation and production, without hype, fear, or noise. Focusing on ethical AI, each episode features conversations with musicians, engineers, producers, and technology innovators who are using and building AI tools in real, practical ways. We go beyond the buzzwords to talk about what actually works, what doesn’t, and where music is headed next.
Jorge, who creates as Creaydestruye, joins Real Music to discuss Vicenia, the AI artist he developed. Although he does not consider himself a traditional musician, Jorge composes musical sketches, directs Vicenia’s visual identity, and makes the creative decisions behind the project. The conversation explores authorship, transparency, identity, and whether a virtual artist can still express real human intention and emotion.
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Where AI Fits in Music Creation
David Ronan, founder and CEO of RoEx, joins Real Music to discuss where AI fits in music creation, mixing, and mastering. We explore how AI can remove technical barriers without replacing human taste, why authenticity still matters, and how assistive tools can help musicians spend more time creating and less time fighting the production process.
2 Aug 2026
What If You Could Edit Audio Like MIDI?
Dr. Bill Evans returns to Real Music to demonstrate Prism, a performance-level music technology that can transform recorded audio into something musicians can edit with the flexibility of MIDI while preserving the identity, feel, and intent of the original performer. Bill shows how Prism can isolate individual notes, reconstruct missing sounds, alter timing, change instruments and microphones, control ambience, and reshape a recorded performance without replacing the musician behind it. The goal is not to generate a generic imitation. It is to preserve what makes that specific musician sound like themselves. We also discuss whether easier creative tools can expand musical expression, why traditional audio production methods may be limiting, and how new technology could give musicians more control in the age of generative AI. As Bill puts it, AI itself is neither good nor bad. The question is how we use it. Prism is being developed as a tool that enhances human performance and gives musicians new ways to remain creative, expressive, and relevant. 🌐 More from Real Music: https://www.realmusic.ai
20 Jul 2026
Can AI Restore a Lost Performance?
Dr. Bill Evans joins Real Music to explore how AI can restore lost or damaged recordings while preserving the intent and feel of the original performance. From reconstructing missing audio to developing technology that can recreate the nuances of world-class musicians, Bill explains why performance restoration is less about fixing sound and more about bringing the music itself back to life.
5 Jul 2026
Steve Morse on AI Recreating His Lost Performance
In this episode, legendary guitarist Steve Morse reacts to AI recreating a missing portion of one of his live performances.
Joined by Dr. Bill Evans, the conversation explores how AI can restore and enhance real performances, and where it still falls short. While the technology can replicate style and sound, it cannot capture the context, feel, and interaction that happen between musicians in the moment.
This is not about AI replacing artists. It is about what happens when AI enters the performance itself, and what that means for music going forward.
18 Jun 2026
Does Drum Programming Kill Creativity?
For many musicians, especially non-drummers, drums are where creativity slows down.
In this episode, David O’Hara talks with Jeremy Jost, a guitarist and developer who built DrumBot AI to remove the friction of drum programming. They explore how AI can help translate ideas into rhythm, where traditional workflows break down, and why feel still requires human input.
This is not about replacing drummers. It is about making music creation more fluid and understanding where AI fits in a real-world workflow.
16 Apr 2026
Why AI Makes Great Musicians More Valuable (Not Less)
Jean-Luc Sinclair (NYU, Berklee) joins us to break down how AI is actually impacting music, sound design, and creativity.
We get into where AI helps, where it falls short, and why experienced musicians may become even more valuable as these tools evolve. A grounded, real-world look at the future of music creation.
5 Mar 2026
A Human Approach to AI Music
In this episode of the RealMusic.ai Podcast, David O’Hara speaks with Rory, founder of Loudly, about the human side of AI music creation. They discuss why many AI music tools are being built by musicians, how AI is expanding creativity for artists, and why human taste, performance, and musicianship still matter in the future of music.
Rory also shares how Loudly is developing AI tools for music creation, remixing, and workflow experimentation, and why the next era of music may combine AI technology with deeply human creative instincts.
8 Jan 2026
What 10 Years of AI Taught an Engineer Behind Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Projects
Daniel Rowland of LANDR shares insights from over ten years working with AI in music, drawing on experience across award-level projects, production, and technology. The conversation explores where AI truly helps musicians, why human taste still matters, and how artists can use AI without losing creative intent.
18 Dec 2025
Rethinking Music Creation: A Deep Dive with Roland’s Paul McCabe
A forward-looking conversation with Paul McCabe of Roland on how AI, design, and human creativity are reshaping the future of musicians, music and musical instruments.
4 Dec 2025
The New Map of Music: Two Industries, Three Economies, and the Future of Music
Mansoor Rahimat Khan breaks down the two industries and three economies reshaping how music is made today.
20 Nov 2025
From Cyphers to Studios: The New Sound of AI-Driven Creativity
AI is changing how music is created, shared, and explored, and the real story is how artists are using these tools in their own workflows. In this episode, Anita Baumgartner, Head of Marketing at Soundraw, breaks down how musicians at every level are using AI to create faster, experiment more freely, and overcome barriers that once slowed them down.
Anita talks about live cyphers, quick beat sessions in studios and parks, and the way AI lets artists sketch ideas in seconds. She also explains how creators are using stems, prompts, and simple adjustments to shape beats into something personal, which keeps the human voice and emotion at the center of the music.
We also look at bigger themes that matter to working musicians, including ethical training data, transparency, global adoption, community, and the rise of new creative opportunities that come from having more accessible tools.
If you want a clear and realistic view of how AI is actually being used by real musicians, this conversation gets right to the point.
1 Nov 2025
When AI Outpaces Musicians’ Rights: Protecting Human Creativity
A grounded conversation with MatchTune’s Ben Porter on the tension between AI innovation and protecting human creativity in music. We explore consent, copyright, discovery, and the future of artist rights in an AI-driven industry.
23 Oct 2025
AI and Vocals: Putting Music Ethics Center Stage
In this conversation, Kyle Billings, Head of Audio at Kits.ai, discusses his background in music and technology, the ethical implications of AI in music production, and the importance of transparency and trust in AI tools. He explores the challenges of voice licensing, the need for safeguards in AI technology, and how Kits.ai is innovating in the space of music production with ethically trained AI tools. The discussion highlights the evolving landscape of music technology and the potential for AI to enhance creativity while addressing ethical concerns.
16 Oct 2025
AI, Creativity, and Consent: Safeguarding Artists’ Rights in the Machine Age of Video
In this conversation, Ori Winokur shares his extensive journey in the music industry, detailing his evolution from a musician to a producer and eventually to a key player at Artlist. He discusses the inception and growth of Artlist, emphasizing its role in simplifying music licensing for content creators. The conversation delves into the significance of music in video creation, the impact of AI on the music industry, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI-generated music. Ori also offers valuable advice for creators on effectively using music in their content.
17 Sept 2025
Beyond Automation: Why the Future of Music Is Made With AI, Not By AI
In this episode of AI Music Unmuted by RealMusic.ai, Blue Dobrecky, COO of Aiode, discusses the intersection of music and technology, particularly the role of AI in music production. He emphasizes the importance of collaboration between musicians and AI, aiming to enhance creativity while addressing concerns about compensation and copyright in the evolving music landscape. The conversation explores the future of music creation, the potential for new roles in the industry, and the need for ethical practices in AI usage.
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Where AI Fits in Music Creation
Published 16 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I had an opportunity to go work for a company in London called AI Music. You could probably guess what they do. What they did, should I say. So, yeah, I was the head of research there for four and a half years. So I've always kind of been very much on the R&D side of things. But basically what we were doing was we were taking phrases and loops that were generated by music producers that worked with us. and then he's bringing out ways to kind of stitch them together in different kind of ways and so basically the idea was that you could using software you could go okay i need a house track that's 125 bpm and the key of a minor and it needs to be 90 seconds, and I need the drop to be at 60. […]
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