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Random music news for Friday, March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple, ChatGPT, China, Culture Club, Donald Trump, Elton John, Jewelry, King Charles, Las Vegas, MSG Sphere, Punk Rock Museum, Songwriting, Spotify, StubHub, The Weeknd, TikTok, U2

A five planet alignment is about to happen. Astrologers are losing their sh*t. Moving to music news for March 24,

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 8, 2023

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Audoo, CPC, Dave Grohl, Elon Musk, GloRilla, Johnny Lydon, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Gallagher, Songwriting, Soundcloud, Tegan and Sara, Tragically Hip, Turntables, U2

Is this the most disturbing website on the internet? It just might be–and for reasons you don’t expect. Meanwhile, this

AI is now writing songs in the style of Nirvana–and frankly, it’s pretty good

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment AI, Artificial Intelligence, Kurt Cobain, Midjourney AI, Nirvana, Songwriting

Artificial intelligence is the talk of the planet right now, what with ChatGPT, Bard, and now Meta’s LLaMa gobbling up

What are the greatest opening lines to songs?

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Alan Cross 9 Comments Lyrics, Opening Lines, Songwriting

Composers often agonize over lyrics, hoping to come up with an opening line that will grab the listener. My all

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Random music news for Monday, January 16, 2023

January 16, 2023January 15, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amy Winehouse, Classical Music, Dave Grohl, John Fogerty, Margot Robbie, Metal, Noel Gallagher, Songwriting

Not gonna lie. I love it when things like this happen to stupidly aggressive drivers. Here’s what I have for

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Random music news for Monday, December 19, 2022

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment AI, Alzheimer's, Riffusion, Rolling Stones, Songwriting, Tencent, The Cure, TikTok, Touring

If you’re into the coming metaverse, doesn’t this make you think of the technology in Ready Player One? And what

Where are all the key changes in modern music?

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bon Jovi, Key Changes, Kinks, Rick Beato, Songwriting

For years, songwriters used a key change–usually a quick shift up–to add some extra oomph into a song. It can

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Ongoing History Daily: AI and music

November 17, 2022November 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Copyright, Songwriting

One of the biggest areas of computer science research is that of artificial intelligence. And because making music is such

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Ongoing History Daily: Eddie Vedder’s fireman pole

October 6, 2022October 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Songwriting

Eddie Vedder can afford to live in nice places. At one point, he had a four-story thing with a lot

Want to write an “iconic” song? A computer may have figured out how. And that same computer found the MOST iconic song…ever!

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Computer, Iconic Songs, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Songwriting

There are fewer things more human that being able to write (and appreciate) music that has a deep emotional effect.

Can’t sing or play an instrument but want to perform? Spotify has a new AI tool that may help

September 3, 2022September 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Artificial Intelligence, Basic Pitch, Composing, MIDI, Songwriting, Spotify

Artificial intelligence is finding all kinds of love in the music industry right now. Take Basic Pitch, an audio-to-MIDI converter

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