The New Golden Age of the Music Business; The Spotify App Talked to Me for Two Hours
#18 | Your Weekly Dose of AI Music News
🤖 Extr(AI)mportant
The New Golden Age of the Music Business…. What I am seeing is a new music dynamism—an industry that is at the center of investment, innovation and evolution from several business sectors. Link
AI Music Is Eligible to Win Grammy Awards—Kind of…. Along with clarifying its artificial intelligence rules, the Recording Academy has announced new changes to the four major Grammy categories. Link
Last Night, the Spotify App Talked to Me for Two Hours Link
How AI can generate new revenue for existing music catalogs Link
Nile Rodgers wants musicians to embrace new AI technology: “People complaining sounds like the noise we’ve been hearing all our lives” Link
AI-music directory WAVs AI raises a $20m funding round… WAVs AI is the latest AI-music startup to raise funding Link
⚙️ Cool Tools
You can now generate custom AI artwork for your playlists on Spotify Link
AI-generated music is fast becoming a reality. Thanks to tools like Meta’s MusicGen, it’s now possible to create halfway decent songs in a range of styles without ever having to play an instrument, read sheet music or learn to use a DAW. Link
Instagram is expanding its ‘broadcast channels’ to launch worldwide. Here’s how they work and what that means for musicians. Link
AI is a game changer for music. It's intuitive, adaptive, suggestive and big-data-powered, and everything from workflow to strategic analysis is set to evolve. Link
© Copyright/wrong
Much of the conversation about AI-generated tunes focuses—smartly—on copyright and artists’ rights, but there are other questions to be answered. Link
AI-generated music—timeless legacy or copyright breach? Link
🎼 (A)Innovation
Humans are the only creatures that make music purely for the enjoyment of those listening—but now computers want to get in on the act. We have just learned that Sir Paul McCartney has used artificial intelligence to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create what he calls “the final Beatles record.” Link
Portland’s Live 95.5 is now billing itself as “the world’s first radio station with an AI DJ” after using artificial intelligence to mimic – and partially replace – one of its hosts. Live
TikTok marketers are inclined to hire micro-influencers to promote new releases, which goes on to show the massive influence of the app on the industry. Link
As the world shifts towards a greater emphasis on gamification, businesses can leverage the potential of Web3 to foster new levels of fan engagement. At the same time, artists can explore fresh avenues of creativity and self-expression. Link
If Artificial Intelligence is now poised to attempt to write songs for songwriters, shouldn't songwriters be worried? Link
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