Abhijeet Bhattacharya Warns: Musicians Are Losing Jobs to AI

Mumbai (Maharashtra), India, April 9 (ANI): The increasing adoption of
Artificial Intelligence
(
AI
) in music has been a hot topic in the industry, and now, popular playback singer
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
has expressed his firm opinions on the subject.

In a conversation with ANI, the singer expressed his concern about how technology has replaced “real musicians” and claimed that it was composer
AR Rahman
Who initiated the practice that resulted in musicians who previously played in films losing their positions?

Abhijeet, poking fun at Rahman, mentioned that the composer was the driving force behind the move for the industry to cease employing live musicians.

Those musicians who previously performed in movies are now unemployed — largely due to Mr. Rahman,” Abhijeet explained. “He informed everyone that musicians were no longer necessary… as everything could be accomplished using a laptop.

“Unke wajah se sabko success mil gaya, bechare musicians ghar par baithe hain… Rahman saab ne bol diya ki bhai jitna kamaunga sirf main kamaunga, musicians ki zarurat nahin hai. (Because of him, everyone found success, but poor musicians are sitting at home…),” he added.

Criticizing the term ”
Artificial Intelligence
“, Abhijeet said, “Artificial boliye, intelligent mat boliye… Mera jab bhi stage show hota hai, mere piche 20 musicians hote hain, hamesha. Aagey bhi honge. They are doing their best.”(Call it artificial, but don’t call it intelligent… Whenever I have a stage show, there are 20 musicians behind me, always. There will be more in the future too. They are doing their best.).

“Ab koi apna career nahin banaega music mein. Aap dhundhne jaaiye market mein, aapko milenge nahin musician. Aapko sitar wala nahin milega. Sab laptop par hi music kar rahe hain… ,” he added. (Now no one will build a career in music. Go search the market, you won’t find musicians. You won’t find a sitar player. Everyone is making music on laptops… ),” he added.

The renowned singer contributed numerous hit songs to Bollywood during the ’90s for classic movies such as “Baadshah,” “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,” “Rakshak,” “Darr,” “Josh,” “Dhadkan,” “Raaz,” “Pyar To Hona Hi Tha,” “Khoobsurat,” “Na Tum Jano Na Hum,” “Kaho Na Pyar Hai,” “Tum Bin,” and “Jodi No 1.” (ANI)