In an interview with Roda VIva, the singer and songwriter spoke about her concern with the use of technology and the relationship with the use of other artists’ songs
The singer and songwriter Vanessa da Mata was at the center of Roda Vivaone of the most traditional interview programs on Brazilian television, this Monday, the 6th. Among the various topics the artist spoke about, the relationship between artificial intelligence and the way it impacts copyright legislation was the topic of conversation.
The content director of Rolling Stone Brazil, Ademir Correaasked the artist about the way she sees the topic. Vanessa classified the topic as worrying and declared that “the new generation does not ask for permission to sing one of your songs.”
“The other day there was a song that I knocked down. I really knocked it down!” Said the artist about the unauthorized use of an excerpt from the song “Pride and nothing else“, followed by misogynistic verses. “The person took this and put it in a place completely out of context saying ‘Ah, but you fell in love because you wanted to, you’re a dog, you don’t know what…’ with all those words which is used a lot in funk and changed history completely.”
Vanessa said he suggested that the misogyny in the lyrics be toned down. “I was cursing myself for everything, because it was me, right? It was there, me with him, interacting. So it was me,” said the composer who spoke of the idea that art does not belong to her.
A good experience
If, on the one hand, the singer was already frustrated with the unauthorized use of her songs, a re-recording was a pleasant surprise. It was the case of João Gomeswhich launched a reinterpretation of one of the biggest hits of his career Vanessa“Amado”, even before the artist’s authorization.
She said she didn’t know piseiro, the rhythm sung by the artist, and thought he was much older. “When I heard it I thought ‘wow, this man must be around 80 years old’ with that voice. It’s a baritono. It’s as if he were a very fat guy, to have a huge diaphragm, or a much older person, whose vocal chords had already matured a long time ago.
The two later released a joint version of her songs in “Just You and Me/Beloved” and a re-recording of Belchior in “Commentary Concerning John“.
Source: Rollingstone
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