Juke Box Zero
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. That joke doesn’t hold up as well in the age of AI, when you might be able to become a successful musician (or at least music maker) simply by becoming practiced in the art of typing directives. And then, you can tell everybody that this is your song. You didn’t need to put the words and the melodies together, you just share a few vibes and let the software write the songs that make the whole world sing. Think you can be a juke box hero? Have goals related to becoming a shooting star? See yourself joining Guitar George and being a sultan of swing? So you wanna be a rock and roll star, then listen now to what I say: Get an electric guitar, take some time and learn how to play Just download an app. The leader of the band is Suno, “a generative artificial intelligence startup in Cambridge that lets people be rock stars without ever picking up an instrument. Users type a few words into the app—’I want a walk-up song for my Little League at bats,’ say—and Suno will spit out a complete tune…Paying users can train Suno on their voices, so their creations can even sound like they’re singing them.” The company’s founder argues that “Suno will do for music what Instagram did for photography. Not everyone can be Ansel Adams, but anyone can post a selfie. Not everyone can be Olivia Rodrigo, but now anyone can crank out a ballad.” Bloomberg (Gift Article): AI Music Startup Suno Bets Anyone Can Be a Rock Star. Of course, your rock stardom is based entirely on the prior work of other artists. “Suno argues that its technology is designed to create new songs, not rip off existing ones, and it’s acknowledged training its models on copyrighted material. Whether that’s legal is an open question.” It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll. You can get to the slop a lot faster.
+ As you might imagine, many music publishers are reacting to the realization that, “They’re playing our tune” with lawsuits. But others are ready to turn the page. Variety: AI Music Generator Suno Strikes Licensing Deal With BMG as It Preps New Label-Backed Models. You might prefer that old time rock and roll, but everybody’s talking ’bout the new kid in town.
