on 8/12/2024, 14:03:45, in reply to "This Could Be A First For Radio Caroline"
https://onlineradiobox.com/uk/radiocaroline/
It's from the first of these presumably AI created albums on Bandcamp from December 2023. This "band" is from Georgia, Their 10th digital album on Bandcamp ends with New Rhythms of Creation, album description includes "The crescendo arrives as a climactic duel of melodies, where Steamstruck's unique sound reshapes the sonic landscape, redefining the very essence of creation in their steam-driven universe." All albums available for a minimum of $1, they have no followers.
Surprised Bandcamp apparently allows this material on their website, as many will know bands/artists use them as they get better revenue from sales there as well as being able to sell merchandise directly.
As many will have seen Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Records have launched legal action against these companies.
"Suno and Udio have committed copyright infringement on an "almost unimaginable scale".
They claim the pair's software steals music to "spit out" similar work and ask for compensation of $150,000 (£118,200) per work."
They've also got the finances to pursue this action unlike the many independent labels which many bands/artists Caroline features use.
The company's defence of "fair use" is to me ridiculous. As the article says defence of tracks such as Prancing Queen are absurd.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckrrr8yelzvo
A few days ago there was a report saying that music sector workers would lose nearly a quarter of their income over the next four years due to AI. Many musicians now need a second source of income.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/music-sector-workers-to-lose-near-a-quarter-of-all-work-over-next-four-years-says-study-3818880
Quote from Music Alley on their response to the current legal action.
"In a statement to Music Ally responding to Suno’s and Udio’s filings, the RIAA said that the companies failed to obtain appropriate consent to use copyrighted works before bringing their tools to market, unlike competing services like YouTube. “There’s nothing fair about stealing an artist’s life’s work, extracting its core value, and repackaging it to compete directly with the originals,” said the RIAA. “Their vision of the ‘future of music’ is apparently one in which fans will no longer enjoy music by their favorite artists because those artists can no longer earn a living.”
Among the Top Ten songs played by Caroline is one by Francis Rossi who has recently supported the Ross Revenge Charity as has Chris de Burgh. "Radio Caroline allowed many bands like ours to be heard – and I am glad now to repay the favour by lending my own voice in support of this project."
Am sure like other musicians he supports the legal action being taken against these companies and would not wish Caroline to play any AI generated music when there are so many bands and artists creating their own music and playing it live out there.
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I am not sure if they are aware of it, but on Monday, December 2nd, Radio Caroline scored a first for playing an AI track during the Pat Edery show at 11:49 a.m.
The band was called "Steam Struck" and was described as a cross between Country music and steampunk. This band (person) has likely produced this track in either Udio AI or Suno, two online music-generating programs that can produce music from a description or series of prompts. I know this as I recognise the various nuances of reused phrases that are generated within the vocals. I make 500 to 1,000 monthly tunes with these two programs, so I have become very familiar with spotting this.
Maybe this band were given a song that was made by UI by another person and they have performed it but bear in mind this is the 10th album this band have produced in the last year.
Maybe Pat is testing us out and will say it was AI in a future Show.
Message Thread This Could Be A First For Radio Caroline - John Morris 4/12/2024, 17:33:58
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