[sporkl]

From what I've seen, the music industry (all genres including pop, classical, etc.) tends to be more about personality than actual content these days, so it's not really an issue.

Virtual singers are already pretty good anyways, I feel we've already passed the point of diminishing returns.

And even if you look at virtual singers, the ones which are popular are the ones from ten years ago, not the newer ones with more realistic voices.

[Lockal]

What do you mean by "ten years ago"? Yamaha Corporation produces vocal synths since 2000s, but it is quite pointless to use technologies of Vocaloid 4 if you can use Vocaloid 6.

[wodenokoto]

> these days

How far back are you counting as these days? I'd the entire recording industry has always been about attaching an image to songs.