The Beatles will release a final record, using John Lennon's voice via an AI assist

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For some time now, AI has been beginning to put music through an existential crisis.

But I dont know if it's at point yet where someone like Paul McCartney, a fukking Beatle, can responsibility lend it credibility like this.

Especially considering he's not using one of his own lost old recordings. Im sure there are plenty of Beatles era Paul tracks that he can restore into a complete song. He can use AI so it'll sound like the 60s in his prime Paul is singing it. That could be his way of contributing to the future.

Bur he's using John's

This is move that is reminiscent of why the Beatles really broke up in the first place. Paul trying to make executive calls without the other band members consent.

Personally, I never liked hearing demos for the most part or expanded anniversary releases with demo tracks. There's generally a reason why things are left on the cutting room floor.

If he would have wanted it released in any fashion, an artist on Lennon's level, would have reworked it to something he felt merited it.

At least it's coming from Paul. Theres only two people that this can be considered acceptable from.Him or Yoko, his two biggest partners, people them knew him better than anyone instead of a stranger looking to exploit him.

I dont think John, would dig the whole AI thing. I think he would pick out where it sounded synthetic, soulless, and artificial.

Kind of defeats the purpose and spirit of early Rock & Roll
 

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Faul ain't never been the same since he died.

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"All of that is kind of scary," McCartney said, "but exciting — because it's the future."
They should 3D print the gun Mark Chapman used and shoot Paul too if he's so enamored with the future. Dude's a complete sell-out with no soul.
 

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Yoko gave the demo with the words 'For Paul' on it to Paul to finish. The remaining members worked on it in 94 but gave up. Now the tech is there to finish it.

Still, its a slippery slope. Its a matter of time before somebody drops an official purely AI record of a deceased artist.
 

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No one ever reads articles. :mjlol:

They didn't use A.I. to create anything.

They had Lennon's voice in an unreleased track with other instruments that made it difficult to use.

A.I. is able to differentiate between the sounds in recordings and split them into multiple tracks. This isn't exactly new.
 

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Yoko gave the demo with the words 'For Paul' on it to Paul to finish. The remaining members worked on it in 94 but gave up. Now the tech is there to finish it.

Still, its a slippery slope. Its a matter of time before somebody drops an official purely AI record of a deceased artist.

It definitely is a slippery slope, because someone can claim old vocals and create something new. Or the "old vocals" are only someone's ad-libs...and who will actually remember that?

We all know this technology will be exploited shortly.
 
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