SXSW Responds To Texas Governor’s “Don’t Come Back” Comment After Musicians Drop Out Of Fest Protesting Military Ties

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and SXSW on Tuesday traded jabs on social media in response to a group of as many as 60 bands who have pulled out of Austin-based festival to protest its sponsor ties to the U.S. Army, as well as its inclusion of defense contractors taking part in some of the fest’s … Read more

Why AI can’t completely replace human musicians

In April of this year, a creator called Ghostwriter released the song “Heart On My Sleeve” which used AI generated voices of singers The Weeknd and Drake. It was later submitted for a Grammy award. Based on how quickly the song went viral online and how convincingly AI was able to mimic two extremely popular … Read more

Tape It’s software for musicians aims to delivers studio-quality noise reduction via AI

After Apple discontinued its Music Memos app favored by musicians for developing song ideas, a new startup called Tape It stepped in to fill the void with an app that leveraged AI to automatically detect the instrument and annotate the recording. Now that startup is taking the next step in its journey to improve the … Read more

Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner Eliminated From Rock Corridor Board of Administrators After Feedback on Black and Feminine Musicians

Jann Wenner has been faraway from the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Basis’s Board of Administrators, a consultant for the Corridor of Fame confirmed to Pitchfork. The Rolling Stone founder has confronted criticism for feedback he made about Black and feminine musicians in an interview revealed yesterday in The New York Occasions, whereby he … Read more

A2IM Launches Well being Insurance coverage Program for Musicians

The American Affiliation of Unbiased Music (A2IM) has introduced the main points of its new A2IM Artist Professional Program, which permits members entry to group medical health insurance and different advantages with a $99/12 months membership. By means of a web-based storefront dubbed the A2IM Advantages Retailer, members can buy dental, imaginative and prescient, private … Read more

Voice Actors Are Combating Again In opposition to Generative AI

“We’ve bought to reject the concept that [AI] is simply one thing that’s going to occur to us and we are able to’t say something about it,” stated SAG-AFTRA nationwide govt director, Duncan Crabtree-Eire at the start of a panel specializing in AI and leisure. “I believe it positively might, the query is whether or … Read more

Daft Punk’s Last Music Video Is a Transhumanist, Sci-Fi Journey

Screenshot: Daft Punk It’s been over two years since Thomas Bangalter and Man-Manuel de Homem-Christo, the duo previously often known as the robotic digital musicians Daft Punk, introduced they’d be parting methods. However this month marks the tenth anniversary of their final album, Random Entry Recollections—and to have fun, there’s another slice of sci-fi-tinged goodness … Read more