Musicians are expressing alarm at finding their music listed in sets of data that might’ve been used to train AI models. The Atlantic’s AI watchdog project ignited the conversation and Nashville-based digital strategist and songwriter Charles Alexander weighs in with senior music writer Jewly Hight.
AI music platform launched in Nashville puts songwriters in control
Soundbreak, an AI songwriting platform, gives users an approximation of co-writing with artists they admire.
AI country hit ‘Walk My Walk’ built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics
An AI-generated country song, “Walk My Walk,” recently topped Billboard’s country digital song sales chart. It’s credited to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust, but the vocal style is based on Grammy-nominated country artist Blanco Brown.
An AI landmark, more deepfakes, and MTV changes in this week’s music news | Key Changes
On a global scale and here in our backyard, the music industry is evolving at a dizzying pace. “Key Changes” is a quick-hit music news roundup.
Songs of Love writes personalized music for kids — but can AI carry the tune?
For nearly 30 years, the nonprofit Songs of Love Foundation has created custom songs for kids with terminal illnesses. Now it has harnessed AI to expand its services to older adults with memory loss.
If AI in music sounds like sci-fi, this Nashville law professor is the expert to explain the latest
AI-powered tools in music-making have proliferated. So have lawsuits brought by record labels and publishing companies. It’s contentious territory that’s still large unregulated, and in many ways, unprecedented.
With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here’s how his first song post-stroke came to be.
With artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis has his voice back. In 2013, the Travis was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy and later suffered a stroke. He now has aphasia, a condition that limits his ability to speak. It’s why his wife Mary Travis assists him in interviews. It’s also why he hasn’t released new music in over a decade, until now.
AI music isn’t going away. Here are 4 big questions about what’s next.
Tennessee just passed the first U.S. law regulating generative AI in music. But the technology, adept at copying real artists’ voices and styles, is moving too quickly for one law to keep up with.
Nashville tech startup provides new licensing and tracking tools for the AI era
In the age of generative AI, the music business is becoming something much closer to a tech business. Now a new Nashville tech startup called ViNIL has rolled out a digital licensing and tracking service that wouldn’t have been needed just a few years ago.
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