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Murphy Campbell plays public domain ballads, but YouTube accepted the copyright claim anyway.
It’s not just the country music scene that’s quietly embraced AI, artists across genres are using it to experiment with arrangements, demo new songs, and create sample material. But, songwriter Michelle Lewis told Rolling Stone, nobody wants to admit it. And producer Young Guru believes it’s more widespread than anyone realizes:
…it’s become common for hip-hop producers to make funk and soul samples out of AI, rather than license original music or hire musicians. Guru guesses that “more than half” of sample-based hip-hop is being made this way now.
[Rolling Stone]
Last week, Michael Smith pleaded guilty to creating hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs and then using bots to stream the songs “billions” of times. The scheme allowed Smith to earn over $8 million in royalties, according to the DOJ.
Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop
Deezer started labeling AI content last year. Now Qobuz is doing the same. It’s also enacting an AI charter promising “The heart of Qobuz is and will remain human,” saying curation and editorial won’t be AI-driven. It stopped short of banning AI content, which some customers have been asking for.
The anger over fake songs is boiling over into action.
Nashville’s writing rooms will never be the same.
Honestly, that’s insulting.
The AI music company just announced that it raised $250 million in its latest funding round, and its valuation soared from about $500 million last year to nearly $2.5 billion. That money might be going right back out the door, though, as all three major labels — Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Group — are currently suing Suno.
[Wall Street Journal]
In September, we wrote about the record deal scored by the human creator of a popular AI-generated R&B artist called “Xania Monet.” (And the copyright mess that comes with artistry primarily generated by AI.) At the time, only the manager of the human artist spoke to us on the phone.
Now, Monet’s creator, Telisha “Nikki” Jones, has gone public in an interview with Gayle King on CBS Mornings.
Model v5’s vocals are too close to perfection to be believably human.
The only human-made element behind Xania Monet’s act appear to be the lyrics.
Turns out copyright law in music is special — and the record labels are bringing out the big guns.
“The integration of WavTool’s technology will make Suno even more powerful for professional songwriters and producers, and continue to deepen Suno’s role in advancing music production,” according to a press release. Suno recently introduced a new editing interface.
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