Random music news for Thursday, September 14, 2023

I’m flying to Scotland to pick up a new puppy next month. That’s why this story caught my attention. I will do my best for fellow passengers on AC807 that this will not happen. I can’t promise anything, though. These music news stories for September 14, 2023, are also worth attention.

1. This is the world’s deadlest karaoke song.
2. USA Today is hiring a reporter whose beat will exclusively be…Taylor Swift.
3. Speaking of Tay-Tay, a misprint of one of her records is “changing music.”
4. It used to be that you needed hundreds of thousands of dollars to shoot a professional music video. You can now do something like this with an iPhone 15. (Via Sean)
5. What we don’t know about AI music rights–yet.
6. If you use TikTok, you might soon be able to add music to your videos by using Amazon Music. (Apple Music is already a partner.)
7. You wouldn’t expect a mellow-ish musician like Paul Simon to suffer from hearing loss. And yet…
8. Synchronizing brains. Cool. (Via Sean again)
9. A drum cover of…The Weeknd? Yep. (Via Rick J)
10. Another story for people who love one-hit-wonders.
11. “Rock’n’roll is having a revival moment.” What?
12. There’s a new text-to-music AI program called Stable Audio. It’s fun to play with.
13. Here’s a little English pearl-clutching about “pornographic music videos.”
14. Are you into video game music? You might want to check out this collection.
15. Oh, please…

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BONUS: A literal flood of red wine in Portugal.