Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) - The Associated Press reported last week (Aug. 31) that Oliver McCann, a music creator from the U.K., had a meeting last month with the independentRecord Company Hallwood Media has signed a contract.Become the first in the industry to work with a record labelcontractof"AI musician”.
Oliver McCann, 37, known by his stage name imoliver, is a visual designer by trade.He can't sing.,musical instrument,No musical background whatsoever.He started out using AI song-generation tools (note: Suno, Udio, etc.) to inspire him to turn his own lyrics into real songs, covering indie-pop, country-rap, and electro genres.
But McCann only epitomizes the popularity of "AI music". According to music streaming platform Deezer, 18% of the music uploaded by its users every day is generated entirely by AI, but the number of plays of these songs is generally very low, and not many people actually listen to them, while mainstream platforms such as Spotify refuse to disclose any AI-generated music data. Mainstream platforms like Spotify refuse to disclose any AI-generated music data.
It's worth noting that the "Big Three" of the recording industry - Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group - filed a copyright lawsuit last year against AI music-generating platforms such as Suno and Udio.In June of this year, the "Big Three" also started negotiations.,Hopes for future agreement on AI songwriting split.
The Associated Press said that the field of "AI music" is still in a "copyright vacuum", and that in the future, the major record companies will certainly reach a consensus on this field, so that the music will become more "formal". AI music" is still in a "copyright vacuum", the AP said.