Category: Music

Singing from memory shows most people can actually sing pitch perfect or very very close

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Psychologists from UC Santa Cruz wanted to study “earworms,” the types of songs that get stuck in your head and play automatically on a loop. So they asked people to sing out any earworms they were experiencing and record them on their phones when prompted at random times throughout the day. When researchers analyzed the Read more about Singing from memory shows most people can actually sing pitch perfect or very very close[…]

Sonos releases new but hugely broken, incomplete app causing shitstorm

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Sonos launched a new version of its app this week, altering the software experience that tens of millions of users rely on to control the company’s premium home wireless home speaker systems. Turns out, people really hate it! The response from users on Reddit, on audio forums, and on social media has been almost total Read more about Sonos releases new but hugely broken, incomplete app causing shitstorm[…]

EU says music streaming platforms must pay artists more

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The European Parliament is calling for new regulations to ensure streaming services pay artists fairly. The proposal also calls for more transparency around how algorithms generate suggestions for which artists to stream and what tracks get the most promotion. The proposed changes will be designed to ensure smaller artists are compensated fairly. Currently, royalty rates Read more about EU says music streaming platforms must pay artists more[…]

The Grammys will consider that viral song with Drake and The Weeknd AI vocals for awards after all

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The person behind an AI-generated song that went viral earlier this year has submitted the track for Grammy Awards consideration. The Recording Academy has stated that such works aren’t eligible for certain gongs. However, Ghostwriter, the pseudonymous person behind “Heart on My Sleeve,” has submitted the track in the best rap song and song of Read more about The Grammys will consider that viral song with Drake and The Weeknd AI vocals for awards after all[…]

Grimes invites AI artists to use her voice, promising 50 percent royalty split

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Canadian synth-pop artist Grimes says AI artists can use her voice without worrying about copyright or legal enforcement. “I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with,” she tweeted on Sunday. “Feel free to use my voice without penalty. Read more about Grimes invites AI artists to use her voice, promising 50 percent royalty split[…]

MusicLM generates music from text descriptions – pretty awesome

Posted on by Robin Edgar

We introduce MusicLM, a model generating high-fidelity music from text descriptions such as “a calming violin melody backed by a distorted guitar riff”. MusicLM casts the process of conditional music generation as a hierarchical sequence-to-sequence modeling task, and it generates music at 24 kHz that remains consistent over several minutes. Our experiments show that MusicLM Read more about MusicLM generates music from text descriptions – pretty awesome[…]

These Two Mictic Bluetooth Bracelets Put an Entire Orchestra of Virtual Instruments in Your Hands (IOS only :'( )

Posted on by Robin Edgar

[…] the Mictic One are two Bkuetooth bracelets equipped with movement sensors. The bracelets connect to a mobile device (only iOS at the moment, but the Android version is under development). From the Mictic application, we can select different musical instruments and control the sound they produce by moving our hands and arms. Think of Read more about These Two Mictic Bluetooth Bracelets Put an Entire Orchestra of Virtual Instruments in Your Hands (IOS only :'( )[…]

The AI software that could turn you in to a music star

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If you have ever dreamed of earning money from a stellar music career but were concerned you had little talent, don’t let that put you off – a man called Alex Mitchell might be able to help. Mr Mitchell is the founder and boss of a website and app called Boomy, which helps its users Read more about The AI software that could turn you in to a music star[…]

Winamp to die!

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Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date via Download Winamp Media Player – Free MP3, Video, and Music Player – Winamp. That is hugely depressing!

Turning birds into music

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Looking at birds on a powerline and turning that into a musical score is one thing. The fact that it’s quite attractive music is fairly amazing! Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo. This Clip is Proof That Birds Are Secretly Composers – Musical birds – Gizmodo.

KITT in a video clip

Posted on by Michiel

I’d heard rumours that David Hasslehoff made music and had some ego problems, but that left me unprepared for his latest foray into the realm of popular culture. wtf? Take your time and watch the whole thing. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3382491587979249836

The ultimate showdown

Posted on by Michiel

.. of Ultimate Destiny! http://ldopa.net.nyud.net:8090/wp-content/uploads/TheUltimateShowdown.swf They certainly needed a lot of superheroes to defeat Chuck! You can grab the mp3 here – http://www.eviltrailmix.com/lemondemon/downloads.html

American Edit

Posted on by Michiel

Someone went and remixed Green Day’s American Idiot and threw in the Doctor Who theme, Bush ranting about evil, hip hop, samples from all over and some other random stuff. Although sounding like a recipe for disaster, this stuff actually works. Fire up your iPod and give this one a shot: http://www.americanedit.net/