The Future of Music

With the rapid advancement of technology, the way we create and experience will change. Here are some examples of music of the future:

Musicians will no longer be real

Japan’s biggest pop star is not a real person. Hatsune Miku is a humanoid singer; a vocaloid software voiceback developed by technology. As technology advances, 3D holograms will be able to have live concerts. Some progress has already been made in this aspect of musical performances, with Michael Jackson’s hologram performing at the Billboard Music Awards in 2014, and Roy Orbison’s hologram going on a world tour in 2017.

The recording studio will be all in your laptop

With the ease and versatility that technology provides, the age of the recording studio will be coming to an end soon. Now musicians who want to produce a song together no longer need to fly out to meet eachother in person, all that is needed is an editing program in order for them to work on the music together in real time, even if they are across the world.

Live shows will be the most interactive they’ve ever been

Virtual and augmented reality will make concerts a mind-bending experience for concert-goers. A new technology called “3D-Mapping” makes it look as though objects on stage will fall onto the audience, or even make it look as though the band will be moving onto the audience.