Random music news for Thursday, June 15, 2023
Are you a Millennial? Predictions are that you’ll have a tough midlife crisis. Here’s why. Now cheer yourself up with music news for June 15, 2023. More music news? Check here. BONUS: Atari
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A “new” Beatles song finished by AI is coming this year–from Paul McCartney
He may be turning 81 on June 18, but Paul McCartney still has some unfinished Beatles business. Macca announced today (June 13) that he’s used artificial intelligence to help create what he calls
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, June 8, 2023
Sweden is holding a sex tournament, turning sex into a sport. Will there be betting? Let’s try some music news for June 8, 2023. BONUS: This is how the 1%–those without private jet,
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, June 5, 2023
A brutal truth about Al Pacino becoming a father at age 83. And here are more brutal truths when it comes to music news for June 5, 2023. More music new? Check here.
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If Oasis won’t reunite, then at least we have AI tools to make it happen virtually
Like I wrote yesterday, we’re in the midst of another period of will-they-or-won’t-Oasis reunite rumours. Until they actually all set foot onstage together, don’t believe it. But we may not need the real
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, May 31, 2023
I wish I was as tired at bedtime as I am at 2:00 in the afternoon. You? How about some music news for May 31, 2023? BONUS: More AI fun with fake Lana
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Time for another ranking of the world’s most-visited website. And now it’s time for music news for May 30, 2023. BONUS: Damn! The winner on Succession was staring us in the face the
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Hear me out: Maybe AI won’t be so bad for music
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Barry Manilow wanted to tour in 1982, he was faced with the immense cost of taking an orchestra on the road. So he
Read MoreAI is now writing some pretty convincing Beatles songs
Even though The Beatles broke up in 1970, the fascination with them is never-ending. Now that we have artificial intelligence programs capable of creating music, it’s inevitable that people are going to use
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Grimes is very happy with the first AI use of her voice
A couple of weeks back, Grimes gave permission for AI musicians to use her voice in the creation of new music in a licensing arrangement (proceeds will be split 50-50). The first of
Read MoreSouth Korea’s HYBE shows how the future of AI and music could work
The world has seen lots of virtual bands over the decades: Gorillaz, Prozzak, The Archies. Hell even Alvin and the Chipmunks date back to 1958. And then there’s Hatsune Miku, a Japanese pop
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