This is NOT what AI should be used for. Meet Tilly Norwood.
I’ll say it again: I want AI to do all the things I don’t want to do so I’m freed up to do things I want to do. I also
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What’s behind the new Ticketmaster probe and investigation? Let’s take a look.
People love to hate Ticketmaster, usually for the wrong reasons, but let’s not get into that right now. There are, however, reasons to be extremely suspicious of certain things. Back
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With censorship in the news again, it’s time to look back on some crazy moments in music.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] We all know that music is a powerful and empowering thing. It affects our emotions, our psyches, our very souls —
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This won’t sit well. Kristi Noem has posted video of an ICE raid soundtracked by Nirvana
The Director of Homeland Security and well-known puppy killer Kristi Noem (otherwise known as ICE Barbie) is proud of all those brutal immigration crackdowns going throughout the US. Today she
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Jon Stewart has this musical number in reaction to Stephen Colbert’s cancellation
Paramount, parent company of CBS, announced that Stephen Colbert and The Late Show will end in May 2026 because of “financial issues.” No one believes that, of course. Paramount caved
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Is Spotify streaming AI-generated songs based on dead musicians?
A strange thing happened on Spotify recently. “Together,” a brand-new song by country singer Blaze Foley, appeared on the platform. So what? Given that Foley was murdered in 1989, this
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Let’s get to the bottom of this Velvet Sundown fake band controversy [UPDATE]
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] We’ve been acquainted with fake bands for years, animated proxies for real-life human meat bags who compose and perform the songs: The
Read MoreElton John is super-angry at the UK government over AI. He’s prepared to take action.
The UK government is dragging its heels when it comes to protecting musicians from having their work used to train AI model without permission. Elton John is EXTREMELY pissed at
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Twenty years ago, Sony distributed malware with CDs to stop music piracy.
By the mid-aughts, the recorded music industry was totally freaked out by illegal file-sharing and other forms of music piracy. What was the solution? Sony, one of the creators of
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Two musicians offer some dire messages about touring
If you’re a musician today, you’re worried. Costs are high, the American government seems to be in freefall when it comes to rule of law, and there are hot conflicts
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Have you seen the celebrity-laden anti-Kanye video? It’s fake, but…
First, it’s fake. The whole thing was generated with AI using deepfake images of Jewish celebrities like David Schwimmer, Steven Spielberg, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, and Sacha and Sacha Baron
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