A fascinating project called Amadeus Code promises to out-Tay-Tay Tay Tay and out-Bon Bon Iver. The AI-based system uses data from previous musical hits to create entirely new compositions on the fly — and darn if these crazy robot-songs aren’t pretty good. The app, which is available from the iTunes Store but doesn’t seem to… Read more »
This Sunday, Paul McCartney will appear in his first 60 Minutes profile. Reporter Sharyn Alfonsi spent two days with the Beatles songwriter at his U.K. recording studio, and a press release describes the pair’s interviews as “surprisingly intimate,” with Macca sharing “rare details from the Beatles years” and getting misty about the band’s final concert atop… Read more »
Listen and subscribe via iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | YouTube | RSS Twenty years after her landmark album Little Plastic Castle, seasoned songwriter and activist Ani DiFranco speaks with Kyle Meredith about the “prophetic” qualities of songwriting, the vital importance of getting into the voting booth, and when she decided to stop reading press coverage about herself. DiFranco also discusses the origins… Read more »
Last week Stockholm-based pop polymath Sophia Somajo released an intimate bleakpop reimagining of Tina Turner’s 80s behemoth Private Dancer, and in the coming weeks she’ll be featured on a fairly high profile collaboration with a song she wrote in the same way she’s written music for many massive pop artists in the past — she… Read more »
We’ve heard plenty of aspiring singers on reality TV — now it’s time to meet the people responsible for writing all those lyrics. NBC has ordered a new reality competition series, Songland, that aims to “find the next generation of hit songwriters,” with The Voice coach Adam Levine on board as an executive producer, TVLine… Read more »
Loco has revealed some interesting things about his royalties! The rapper recently appeared on the October 18 broadcast of MBC FM4U’s “Two O’Clock Date With Ji Suk Jin” as a guest. During the show, DJ Ji Suk Jin asked, “Woo Won Jae said a few days ago that he bought his mother a house with the royalty fees… Read more »
“I don’t listen to rock bands” The 1975 Matty Healy, frontman of The 1975, has opened up about his songwriting techniques, why he doesn’t listen to rock bands, his problems with addiction and more in a new interview. Speaking to The New York Times about the band’s forthcoming third album ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online… Read more »
