The Musical AI Revolution Has Only Just begun; Tom Hanks Helps Launch Classic Country Streaming Station
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The Musical AI Revolution Has Only Just Begun
Music creators, don’t fear the reaper when it comes to AI: Recognize its potential instead.
Tom Hanks Helps Launch Classic Country Streaming Station
Country music has a lot of famous Hanks, but who knew that the legendary actor Tom Hanks was such a fan of them? Hanks may be his last name not first, but Tom’s appreciation for country music apparently veers well into the older stuff, and into the obscure cuts of famous artists, along with obscure cuts of obscure artists.
This is the curation point of the new classic country streaming station called “Country A-Go-Go” that was recently launched on streaming platform TuneIn.
Chess Records, Revived
Marshall Chess never got to run his father’s label, which recorded musicians like Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry. Now he has an album of reinterpreted classics.
'Blinding Lights' and how playlist culture is changing modern songwriting
The modern-day playlist calls for a different type of song. The most streamed song of all time on Spotify right now is “Blinding Lights” by the four-time Grammy Award winner, The Weeknd. It is no coincidence that this song fits the playlist mould perfectly: it very clearly belongs to the pop genre, it is catchy yet simple, it is short, and it is monotonous and mellow. It’s digestible.
AI Generated Music With Real Human Fans
There’s a popular new heavy-metal band on social media, The Frostbite Orckings, whose animated videos of are racking up millions of views.
AI-powered “meta-composition” software DAACI places the human at the centre of music-making
Among the dozens of AI-powered music composition softwares that have emerged in recent years, here’s one that promises to put human creativity back at the centre of music-making.
TikTok rolls out labels for content made or edited using AI
The new tool comes with a policy that requires people to use it, or to use stickers or captions for that purpose.
Spotify Tests AI Podcast Language-Translation Feature
Creators in streamer's pilot are Dax Shepard and Monica Padman ("Armchair Expert"), Lex Fridman, Steven Bartlett ("The Diary of a CEO") and Bill Simmons
TuneIn Debuts Custom Voice Assistant From Native Voice for Skullcandy Headphones
AI music sending traditional industry into 'panic', says new AI music platform CEO
Clutter versus curation: The cure to entertainment’s attention saturation woes
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