AI is an ‘iPhone Moment’ For Music Biz; Microsoft Developing an AI Rap Generator; Motown Launching a Venue in Second Life

#19 | Your Weekly Dose of AI Music News

🤖 Extr(AI)mportant

• Motown is launching a venue in virtual world Second Life

• AI is an ‘iPhone moment’ for the music biz, and 3 other things we learned from Guy Oseary’s interview at the NMPA’s annual meeting

• A new Aphex Twin track is here – but will he play Glastonbury?

• Microsoft is developing an AI rap generator, DeepRapper – trained on a large set of songs ‘crawled’ from the web

• The disruptive rise of AI-generated music

---

⚙️ Cool Tools

• AI Music Generation just got a whole lot better

• Web3 can help artists and companies manage music metadata: B2B music exec

• Artists are using Adobe Photoshop’s new AI Generative Fill feature to expand iconic album artwork

---

© Copyright/wrong

• RIAA Targets 'AI Hub' Discord Users Over Copyright Infringement

• AI and Copyright: Human Artistry Campaign Launches to Support Musicians

• Grimes Endorses AI Songs And ‘Killing Copyright’

---

🎼 (A)Innovation

• Almost three quarters of producers think that AI music generators could replace them in the future

• AI-generated music won’t win a Grammy anytime soon

• Tuned Global partners with Revelator to integrate NFTs into music streaming platforms

• Hit or Miss? AI and Brain Waves Tune into Future Hit Songs with 97% Accuracy

• The Evolution Of "A.I. Ashley"

• If art is how we express our humanity, where does AI fit in?

---

→ Get in touch

If you have a question, idea, request, or simply a desire to chat about AI Music, please email me at jeff.aimusicnews@gmail.com.

---

😃 Have a Nice Day!