You may not even know it, but you’ve almost certainly come across songs made mostly or even entirely with AI. If you’ve scrolled through TikTok in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard “i run“A few times, but countless others are making their way around social and music platforms. AI tools in general, and Listen in particular, are becoming a bigger part of the music-making process. And nowhere is this more true than in the home of country music, Nashville.
But This episode of The VergecastNilay and David are joined by Charlie Harding, a music journalist and professor who also makes excellent co-hosts Pop on podcast. Charlie walks us through his reporting how songwriters are using Listen and other tools to turn ideas into semi-polished demos. They can be in any genre and sound like anyone – and while it seems like everyone is using AI to help make music, not everyone is so keen to talk about it. Charlie even composed a song for us and cleverly destroyed it with our cues.
After that, it’s time to make some AI music. And then, in the lightning round, we start with a celebrity guest appearance to talk about some font drama at the US State Department, with the only person we know. really deserves to break itAfter that, it’s time for another installment of Brandon Carr Is a Dummy, along with our take on the Pebble Index smart ring, the new Disco browser, the latest in the garage door wars, and much more,
If you want to learn more about everything discussed in this episode, here are some links to get you started, first on the Warner Bros. fight:
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