Composer of music for media, film and installations. I tweet about music and technology.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined September 2009
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Hi everyone, taking a break from X for a bit. I'll be working on a new research project this winter and will most likely return then. Be kind, be safe.
If you are a musician, music industry professional or a music lover take a moment to read to the motions filed against Suno and Udio. See links in @ednewtonrex ‘s analysis below
The 3 major record labels are suing AI music companies Suno and Udio. Here are the two lawsuits in full.
- They accuse Suno & Udio of “willful copyright infringement on an almost unimaginable scale”
- They provide evidence that both companies trained on their music, including outputs that closely resemble their recordings (ABBA, Michael Jackson, Green Day, James Brown, & many more)
- They outline why this is not fair use
- They say this “wholesale theft of… copyrighted recordings threatens the entire music ecosystem and the numerous people it employs”
- They include unknown co-defendants who assisted in copying/scraping
- They demand a jury trial
If you do one thing today, read the full complaints.
🧵 of some of the outputs 👇
Suno: s3.documentcloud.org/documen…
Udio: s3.documentcloud.org/documen…
"How can AI enable the musicians of tomorrow?” I'm thrilled to dive into this topic with @navreyort @zlbdad and Carlos Arana at the "Educating the Next Generation of AI-Enabled Musicians" panel at next week’s AES Symposium on AI and The Musician aimusicpreneur.com/ai-music-…
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The rollout of AI summaries instead of search results threatens to undermine any collective sense of shared history, thereby unraveling the threads that bind us, & abandoning truth as a guide.
On both a literal & philosophical level, what happens when we stop searching?
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On World IP Day, a reminder that the internationally agreed Berne Convention forbids copying that “unreasonably prejudice[s] the legitimate interests of the author.” Fair use, and other copyright exceptions, have to meet this standard.
Copying people’s work to build a generative AI model that competes with them clearly unreasonably prejudices their interests. It reduces their opportunities and decreases their income. This is already apparent.
Most of the gen AI world may have adopted this approach. But that doesn’t make it legal, and it doesn’t mean we should normalize it.
AI startups talking about how they will 'democratize' music making (or art in general) is just as cringe as Facebook/Meta's "move fast and break stuff" mantra of their early years. rollingstone.com/music/music…
The first session of my new lecture and discussion series starts today! Very excited to talk about and learn more about our student’s perspectives on generative AI and Music.
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After an unreleased performance of the Tomasz Stanko Quintet was found, @AstigmaticRec turned to AudioShake to create stems of the 50-year-old recording. More on our work helping to master this radio broadcast turned vinyl album, “Wooden Music II”: audioshake.ai/post/astigmati…
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This blew me away today: a singing cow gate!
Geophony (strong wind) meets antrophony (cow gate), with a sprinkle of biophony (passing jackdaws and a late bumblebee!).
I was taken aback at how musical this sounded as the wind flowed through the nooks & crannies. Just beautiful
Read this, understand this. Embrace your limitations, your imperfections your humanity. This is it folks, the only way forward.
My "Letter to a A Young Artist" - how to survive in #GenerativeAI era? One possible strategy based on my 50 years in the arts.
New AI music tool, #SplashPro can generate music based on samples in its library and add vocal performances based on lyrics that you input or generate. I made this clip in about 15 seconds.
pro.splashmusic.com/link/2Lj…
I’m working on content for a Music Entrepreneurship course, this is a sentiment and mindset that is so important for young people to think about.
Eventide SplitEQ in Action: Drums, Bass, Guitar and Vocals Plug-in Demo youtu.be/Jo7eGeuclck