From coding to conducting. That is how I’ve described the creative transformation now underway in software development… and it turns out the metaphor may be more literal than I realized.
Traditional coding begins at the technical layer: functions, frameworks, architecture, and line after line of code. Traditional music production is remarkably similar, requiring instruments, notes, samples, effects, and automation to be assembled track by track.
In both disciplines, the creator has historically had to translate intent into mechanics before an idea could become something real.
AI changes that starting point. Agentic coding lets us begin closer to the product layer by asking, “What should this software do?” Generative music tools bring us closer to the creative layer by prompting the question, “What should this music feel like?”
Suno Studio is a glimpse into that future. A really impressive piece of software, and a hint of things to come.
The work does not disappear, and neither do judgment, taste, or craft. In fact, they may matter more. But the creator's role shifts from manually constructing every element to directing, arranging, evaluating, and iterating. We become conductors of systems that translate our intent into something we can experience, critique, and improve.
That is the real transformation: AI reduces the distance between imagination and creation. In this video, I compare Bitwig and Suno Studio and explore what AI-native music production may teach us about the future of creative work. From coding to conducting … quite literally.
Carpe Agentem. 🎼
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