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Someone has programmed an AI to create an album in the style of The Beatles

January 6, 2021January 5, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Beatles, OpenAI

OpenAI Jukebox likes to program their SkyNet-like creations to mimic human creativity. Their latest project involved getting their machine to

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Gadgets 

Would you like an AI to abuse your taste in music? Glad to help.

December 27, 2020December 24, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments AI, Spotify

Back in the day, we’d make a weekly trip to The Record Peddler on Carlton, right across from Maple Leaf

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Can’t get enough bass? This AI is playing an infinite bass solo

December 27, 2020December 24, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Bass Guitar

CJ Carr and Zack Zuckowski must really like bass players because they’ve programed their recurrent neural network (RNN) to generate

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Cool! Tech 

A fun Christmas music timesuck: Google’s Blob Orchestra.

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Blob Orchestra, Google

Using some fun AI applications, Google has created The Blob Orchestra. Just define your blob’s musical range and go. (Via

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Music 

Random music news for Thursday, December 17, 2020

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Cardi B, Forbes, Hives, Jay-Z, Lorde, Offset, Radio

Yep. That’s about right. No worries. On to the next court. pic.twitter.com/xR2vA0FRzS — Brown Eyed Susan (@smc429) December 15, 2020

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, December 12, 2020

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple, Box Sets, Conan O'Brien, Def Leppard, Google Play Music, Grimes, Nielsen, Radio, Sonos, Super Bowl, TikTok, Whale, YouTube Music

Question: Humans have created hundreds of breeds of dogs. Why hasn’t anyone bred a dog that lives longer? Just a

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, November 12, 2020

November 12, 2020November 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Abbey Road, AI, Beatles, Boston, Britney Spears, John Lennon, Questlove, Radio, Sean Lennon, Spotify, System of a Down, Techno, TikTok, Tom Scholz, Wendy Carlos, Yoko Ono

Now we have to worry about universal warming? Great. I’d rather just deal with music news for November 12, 2020.

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, October 10, 2020

October 10, 2020October 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Coronavirus, Megan Thee Stallion, Music Venues, Starma, Streaming Music, Tesla, TikTok, Toronto, Tory Lanex, Van Halen Fleeetwood Mac

Hello, Newman. You do bring up some good points. More info in today’s round-up of music news for October 10,

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, September 11, 2020

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50 Cent, ABBA, Ace Frehley, AI, Brett Michaels, Burger King, Eminem, KISS, Libertines, Little Richard, Music Lessons, Poison, Rush, Streaming, Touring, U2, Vinyl, WAP

Cool. A floating Apple Store. Elsewhere in music news for September 11, 2020… Why do artists get paid so little

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Random music news for Tuesday, September 8, 2020

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Christmas Music, Cure, Gorillaz, Judas Priest, Kanye West, Klingon, Klingpn, Liam Gallagher, Lo-Fi, Motley Crue, Napster, National Album Day, Robert Smith, Smart Speakers, Song of the Summer, VR

Klingon wine? Absolutely! Post Malone rose? Why not? And now, let’s get back to reality with what’s going on in

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Beck + NASA = This

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Astronomy, Beck, NASA

Beck has always been something of a space cadet, something I say with much affection because I’m a big fan.

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