Perhaps you already know this but while the simple minds version isn’t a cover, they didn’t write it.

It was written for them by a composer and a producer pair.

Thanks. That was precisely my point. The tools used to make this are irrelevant. It’s fucked up regardless.

Why does that matter in this context?

This is inarguably horrible but the use of AI seems irrelevant. You could make this same thing with any animation tool. It’s the idea that’s disgusting.

Do you think AI is mentioned because it makes the article seem more up to the minute and in keeping with current tech trends?

“A man drew a disgusting picture of a horrible event using pencils and paper this week.”

“Pencils and paper are so awful.”

Just “Wings.” No “the.” Although maybe Paul will see this and it’ll annoy him a little. In which case, it’s “Paul MacHeartnay and the Wings.”

Thanks!

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I think it’s most likely to take the role of the commercial songwriters that write formulaic pop. The people that team up with folks like Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi to squeeze an album out of them in time to fulfill their contracts.

The formulaic pop won’t be much different. The pop stars will be much the same with up to date fashion. The people at the label will make more money because there will be fewer people to pay.

Writing music as a commercial venture is already pretty icky in my mind. It’s sort of the artistic equivalent of learning pickup lines and using them on people rather than having an interesting conversation.

Music as art won’t die but jobs as commercial composers and songwriters will dwindle.

What is a DIY music format?