The use of technology has been much discussed in the artistic field, especially with regard to emulating voices
It is impossible to deny that artificial intelligence technologies have definitively arrived in music. There are several ways of using it: perfectly emulating the voices of great artists in songs they never recorded, composing entire albums from a simple algorithm execution or other more technical forms of exploration, such as “cleaning” records with noise or something like that .
This, of course, has raised concerns among all those who are passionate about this art. What took Alice Cooper to share a curious opinion about the resource.
In an interview with Australia’s Studio 10 (via Blabbermouth), the doyen of shock rock joked that Paul McCartney is the only person in the world who should be allowed to use AI in music.
“I would make a law saying that the only person allowed to use AI would be Paul McCartney. It’s against the law for anyone else, but Paul McCartney, yes, you can use AI.”
The motivation is simple, in Cooper’s view: to allow an unreleased song from the Beatles reach the public.
“Who doesn’t want to hear a new Beatles song?”
The same argument was shared in another interview, when Stereogum. At the time, the artist commented:
“People keep asking, ‘well, what about AI?’ And I say: ‘the only person who shouldn’t have artificial intelligence is Paul McCartney’. It’s dangerous.”
The motivation for Alice Cooper’s speech
It is no coincidence that Alice Cooper makes such an association. Recently, Paul McCartney announced that he had worked on an unreleased Beatles song using artificial intelligence.
The news led to a lot of misinformation. Several fans thought he had created a song from scratch, using technology to pretend to be John Lennon It is George Harrison, both now deceased. None of that: the technology was only used to perform a kind of “cleaning” on old recordings full of noise. AI only had a technical role, improving something that already existed.
Although the composition has not been confirmed, it is believed to be “Now and Then”. Composed by Lennon in 1978, the track was later delivered to McCartney through Yoko Onowidow of the late artist, along with “Free as a Bird” It is “Real Love”.
In 1995, rumors suggested that “Now and Then” would be made available as a single from the project The Beatles Anthology (1995) – which released the aforementioned “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love” to the public. It was resumed several times, but ended up not being completed.
For the Twitter (via website Igor Miranda), Paul commented:
“It was great to see such an exciting reaction to our next Beatles project. No one is more excited than us to share something with you at the end of the year. We’ve seen some confusion and speculation about this. There seems to be a lot of guesswork out there. I can’t say much at this stage, but to be clear, nothing was created artificially or synthetically. It’s all real and we all touch on it. We cleaned up some existing recordings – a process that took years. We hope you love it as much as we do. More news soon.”
Source: Rollingstone
Earl Johnson is a music writer at Gossipify, known for his in-depth analysis and unique perspective on the industry. A graduate of USC with a degree in Music, he brings years of experience and passion to his writing. He covers the latest releases and trends, always on the lookout for the next big thing in music.
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