7:00 I feel like it's worth pointing out. For anyone who's looking for that "happy ending" Beatles song. I strongly recommend "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love" from the Anthology project in the 90s. It's 2 John demos (funnily enough Grow Old with Me was one of the potential songs to be used) that were "finished" by the other 3 Beatles. Also, in 2019 Ringo did a cover of Grow Old with Me with Paul on bass and backing vocals. I think it's pretty nice.
this!!! real love and free as a bird is the closest thing as a happy ending Beatles fans have tbh and it’s great ! If George wanted to record more with the band we could’ve had grow old with me and now and then too
Free As a Bird, my brother raved over it. To me, it sounded dreadful, the lyrics are so immature, and sounded like John & Paul sang with plastic bins over their heads! Don't get me started on Real Love.......
That "happy ending" thing happened to me seeing Paul "Duet" with John on "I've got a feeling" during his latest tour. I knew he used that trick, but when it happened, I still weeped.
Free as a Bird was a great song for 1995. Not that good compared to other Beatles, or Lennon, songs, but was very much appreciated when it was released. Way better than Christmas Time Is Here Again!
Man early solo Paul McCartney has been like a life lesson in being a dad and having a family. I listen to Ram like once a week now. Just wonderful stuff.
My Dad liked post Beatles music better then Beatles music. My mom preferred The Beatles, So I was raised with both. I still enjoy it all. So even as a hard core Beatles fan I like their solo stuff as well. Can't say I like it better but I like it enough to have no regrets they broke up. Heck leaving us with Abbey Road and Let it Be was epic. And the we got Ram... and not like Lennon, Ringo or Harrisons material were slouches. It's all good.
I actually remember hearing "Free as a Bird" for the first time when it was broadcast on the Beatles Anthology, and when Paul came into that song, it made me cry. Listening to the AI version of "Grow Old With Me" did give me quite a bit of feels.
We kind of got a nice send off with “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love” on the Beatles Anthology, which is when George was still with us and they recorded over a John demo. Those tracks definitely made me cry when I first heard them.
"The idea of having 3 musical creative business partners that are almost like your brothers like the Beatles had is something that i find myself just deeply longing for" That is my entire reason for me to become a musician and have a band. It's something that I deeply long for too...
The lads could bring anyone to tears of joy, and sadness. Your genuine and deep response, speaking as a musician's musician, you amplify their magic. Keep passing it all on, Sam.
Great video , you wear your heart on your sleeve and you’re emotional about life and music and how they entangle ….I’ve been brought to tears few times through tunes, had a really rough last couple years…. Baby mama drama, best friend since childhood basically partied himself to death , I’ve had all kinds of shit happen… anyways so this past winter I came across Privettrickers guitar videos and I was so freakin inspired and uplifted it was unreal. I’m 40, Havnt hardly touched a guitar in 25 years…. In 5 months I’ve got a dozen guitars, taught myself light luthier work, learning the instrument from the ground up , soaking up all these amazing guitar channels ….. it’s all so great for the soul and I can tell you’re a great dude with a good soul. Rock on brother!
Between the advancement of open AI and the tech that allows us to use artists' voices like instruments, it's easy to feel like we're only a couple steps away from being able to recreate and interact with someone's entire likeness with AI, which is... something that has absolutely insane ethical and social implications. It's really starting to feel like we're living in an episode of Black Mirror; I'm specifically reminded of "Be Right Back"
People will become self obsessed and will lose the interest in other peoples music... basically people wont write music anymore because it would be a waste of time,so yeah good on the AI 🤙
You simply described the same feelings I have for the Beatles. I totally understand what everybody felt during those great concerts they played in the 60's... I too only new the Beatles after John Lennon's terrible death. felt in love with their music ever after...
I’ve always been a metal head, thus my appreciation for the Beatles has been at a minimum for most of my life. But recently I decided to finally start listening to their music. My introduction to them was Eleanor Rigby. The darkness in the song gives me the same feeling as most metal songs. I have started to have a new appreciation for these 4 wonderful musicians
Yeah man, the beatles have something for everyone. They had such a influence over all different kinds of genres. If you're a metal head you'll prolly dig helter skelter as well as some of their darker tracks, parts of shes so heavy/i want you has always given me doom metal vibes
I love how raw this video is. I was skeptical of this track, but I had the exact same emotional reaction - I broke down for a moment. It’s so well done and it just sounds like The Beatles. Great song. Really wonderful dissection.
I've seen a ton of your vids, I'm a fan. I gotta say: This is my absolute favourite of your videos, ever. Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts so candidly and insightfully.
As a little kid, I listened to The Beatles a lot. My dad had unopened copies of albums that I actually opened and played. (Sorry dad) I remember being a little kid the day Lennon was killed. I sat in front of the tv in my room and cried. I truly understand your connection to them.
Being from Syria, I can't even get the free course... Oh well one day I'll get them all! I can still appreciate one the most chill guitarists on RUclips💙
The way I am wired, music makes me cry more than anything else can. Almost daily. There are certain songs that I can’t listen to without crying, so I don’t listen to them in front of others.
This literally just happened to me. Maybe five minutes before watching your video, I stumbled upon this reimagined beautifully clear version of that tune. I had been quite familiar with his post-humously released, poor piano recorded version…but when I heard “Paul” come in on the bridge and “Ringo” at the end, definitely brought tears I didn’t know existed. Thanks for sharing! Nice to know you’re not alone :)
I reckon The Beatles had some sort of happy ending through the songs Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight and The End I mean it was one of the most epic endings to an album in my opinion. Every Beatle sang and had their own solo at certain points throughout those 3 tracks. it might not have been the last tracks they recorded (I me mine was the last track they recorded) but still you get the point
If you got emotional with that song, try searching for "NEW" from Paul McCartney, somebody added John Lennon singing a verse and some backing vocals to the track (that already has a beatlesque feel to it). Not only that, but they used a younger model for Paul McCartney, so it actually sounds like stuff from their earlier years!!
As of recent I've seen this happen to some of Nirvanas demos as well. Similar story but with Kurt Cobain. It's cool at first but then it starts to feel eerie after a few listens.
It has the opposite effect on me. I *want* my voice to remain alive after I'm dead. I keep a braindump of nearly every useful thought that goes through my head - text file, notes apps, etc. I also explain in great detail my opinions and thoughts in texts/emails to friends/family/biz contacts. For an AI that goes through all that data it should be relatively simple to recreate me. I'm pretty predictable...despite producing massive amounts of data... I can envision myself being a "co-parent" or "tutor" or in the very least a super cool ancient ancenstor, talking to some of my far future offsprings I'll never get to meet... But they'll get to meet me...
I know exactly how you feel, especially when you talk about how the Beatles will (obviously) never get together again. I felt the same emotional gut-punch when Egon appeared in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife".
This video was very interesting and maybe even profound for me. I really enjoyed your thoughts and I found them insightful. As a person who grew up during the Beatles years, I was surprised at how well you understand what happened back then and the things that had to happen all together to make the Beatles what they were. I believe the Beatles and their music will stand the test of time better than any other contemporary rock band. I believe there was real genius there and that the Beatles were greater than the sum of their parts. I am trying to find the AI version of this song. I recently saw a video of this guy who makes these songs with AI and it was incredibly interesting. I do not remember where I saw it but it probably was on RUclips.
I love the fact that people younger then me appreciate the Beatles so much. This was my parents music.. and mine. Heck, Beatles albums, covers, and books were pretty much my babysitter. No regrets. I would do the same for my kids if I had any.
I just left you a comment down below.. just want to let you know I just went and played it again and when the original is playing nothing, but as soon as that AI version comes on the tears begin. I'm 67 years old and a huge John Lennon fan still miss him to this day so much. Someone told me the other day dude that was forty-three years ago it's time to move on, but they just don't understand.
It's simple: The Beatles were the greatest band of all time in every way. Musically, in their personalities, in the way they evolved, the way they looked and talked...and in their timing. The post-Kennedy assassination era in America was pretty bleak, and BANG! here come The Beatles. It lifted everyone, gave us something happy and new...and, did I mention they were the greatest band of all time?
There's also some John and Paul work from the mid 70s and not only that but the unfinished demos they worked on together in the 90e when John was gone obviously.
I played this about a week ago and it just tore me up. (Talking about grow old along with me). I'm not really wild about some of these A-I things but what they did with grow old along with me just blew me away. Very emotional.
Your extreme _ambivalence_ about all this 100% resonates with how I'm feeling right now. ALL of this AI stuff, be it visual art or music, is absolutely fascinating. Some of my favorite creative...creations...as of late, have been AI. And that's why.....it's terrifying _too._ I agree with you. I don't know what to think about all of this. I really don't. I'm just....floored by the realization that we've only just NOW hit the elbow of the exponential curve we've all been talking about as being just over the horizon. We just hit it. And up ahead....is a vertical infinite wall. That's....a lot to process. I don't know what to think. May we live in interesting times, huh?
Lennon appeared on the Tomorrow Show once, hosted by Tom Snyder. Haven't seen it in years, so I may be slightly misremembering, but Tom told a story to Lennon that is very appropriate now. He recalled a moment earlier in his career where he was observing someone do an audition as a TV news anchor. He said the person had a very strong southern accent and was conscious of it, so asked the soundman to filter out her accent from the microphone. Both Tom and John laughed and I think one of them said, "and we all know there's no technology available to do that.." or something to that effect. (Mid 1970's) Does anyone else remember this interview? It's probably on YT.
The best thing would be if the estates laid copyright claims to the song and demand it be taken down. It would be just as easy to make a The Beatles song with nothing but completely vile and disgusting lyrics. Don't let the good vibes fool you, this is not acceptable. It is possible to draw a line about how these tools are used, but it has to start now. They work by consuming every piece of text or art imaginable, ignoring the rights to those works so that tech startups can make money from that art without compensation to the artists. Worse case, the future exists in which no one bothers playing an instrument. Just have an AI mash up every guitar solo in existence to create 100 new solos that you can just pick your favorite from.
Right. Congratulations. The best video I've seen to this day about AI. I am 100% with you on all issues you discussed. (And I am generally never ever ever 100% with anyone ...) BTW: I am 66 years old and I encountered the spilt of the Beatles quasi live when I was 12 years old and at this point a electric guitar owner, aspiring rock star and a huge Beatles fan. So my background is way different than yours, but still I am 100% with you on this. Thanx for the video! :-)
This reminds me of the ABBA reunion and subsequent hologram concert... we have such an emotional connection to these artists and it makes sense that we would take any opportunity to revel, just as we used to, in that 1st moment of listening to something new... as if they were still creating. My fear is that the consequence of AI will dull the pain of losing their creative voice, as it can easily be imitated anew, over and over. In a broader sense, this is also what I fear about AI. That we use it to replace the finality of things that "end" with a panacea of extension, when there is no way if can be from the original source, the very reason we revere it in the 1st place. This is the "dulling", by definition of what it means to be human.
It’s called being hit by unexpected emotions. It happened several times with me, one of the earliest times was when I first heard Austin Roberts’ “Rocky”…then severely was when I first heard Boston’s “A Man I’ll Never Be”.
I've always found adding Vocaloid to this mix interesting, since that's effectively a vocal sampler of a specific singer. If it's licensable, should it not be fine? I'm a huge proponent of AI as a DSP tool though. Generating specific sounds and tambres is extremely exciting from the perspective of a massive synth nerd, and I think there's some incredible music that could be made with it. To me at the very least we're about to go through a revolution similar to the advent of the synth or the proliferation of good sampled instruments, which is very fun. Having said that though, it seems like rather than using it as a tool to do cool things, people really seem to want to have AI do *everything*, including the fun creative bit. I wish people were more focused on developing AI to replace drudge work and allow space for human creativity, rather than trying to replace human creativity lol.
Very well put! As someone who draws for a hobby, I get really frustrated by AI stuff- not because it's stealing my job (I could never do art for money), but because that work could instead be going into making the fill tool work the way I want, or separating layers automatically, or something more useful like that. Of course, the stealing the job aspect is very important too, and I don't mean to undermine that, especially as someone with so many friends who actually DO make art for a living
AI being used to make the Beatles sing their solo songs together, or make them sing songs that they gave away in the 1960s to other artists is the best sort of use of this technology.
Music 50+ years old. It still gets me to cry on occasion. I figure AI might do the same. But it's good cry though. It is not healthy to suppress emotions. And whatever it is The Beatles had it just inspires emotion. And on many levels. I always felt leaving us with Abbey Road and Let It Be was more then enough. But they did leave us wanting more regardless.
How I wish she could have grown old with me, but she was taken much much too soon and our time was much too short. I'll be growing old with the memory of her, and with enough of the love she gave me to last until i'm finally gone.
I don’t like the idea of where ai may be going in general. It’s just a scary thing that has many dangerous possibilities that we can’t even fathom right now. I’m a staunch advocate of live music because it’s just so real. But with that said, I so wanted to hear this song. When I heard the Beatles come alive and then heard Paul’s voice with the rest… I also felt very emotional. I loved it. To hear them altogether was so cool. And it’s such a good song amongst the 4 of them. Yep, I can’t wait to hear the full version!
There were a few "5th" Beatles. George Martin, Brian Epstein and the studio engineers to name a few. It took them all to be so timeless and spectacular. And as well raise them from a cover band playing endless gigs in dive bars for beer money to being pretty much the most famous people on earth. And the impressive amount of great music to enjoy.
The speed of AI… it can write hundreds / thousands of songs in a day, everyday. It can analyze enormous amounts of info to identify patterns and interpretations. Ozone plug-ins can already help make mixing and mastering decisions. We play guitar modelers (which approaches using Paul’s voice if you think about it from the original amp builder perspective). Strap yourself in because the next few years are going to be a wild ride.
I listened to the AI cover, and I didn't feel anything. I had gotten that feeling of a "happy ending" (though IMO, not one is needed) when Paul McCartney sang a duet with a video of John Lennon during I've Got a Feeling in his recent span of tours - and of course, it was from the real Paul. Why do we want a happy ending? Because of the emotions of the PEOPLE involved. There were no humans involved in the creation of the AI track as far as the performers are concerned, so the reunion was hollow. Additionally, we are projecting our own feelings of love when listening to it. The Beatles have sung a lot about love, and as a result, the public has caricatured it to mean that whenever any of the members of the Beatles talk about love, it must refer to the love they shared as a band. When we hear Grow Old with Me, does it really seem like he's talking about The Beatles? No, not at all. Twisting John's motivations when writing the song to be about Paul is another injustice the AI effort does. It's likely he was talking about Yoko or his family, given the stage of life he was at. There are songs that the Beatles have written that are specifically about each other - of course, Paul's "Here Today" is about his love for John. I'm also worried about the proliferation of AI music. At some point, AI recreations will outnumber the amount of genuine songs an artist has sung. It will bury their actual work in favor of shallow covers that don't even give insight into how they would even actually cover the song.
The "feed the entire spotify library to make the perfect song/genre" scenario wouldn't work. Brands have tried this a million different ways, trying to make the perfect spaghetti sauce is the most popular example. If you only have one product to make, it's cheaper... And then humans come in, and you have different tastes: some like it smooth, others want texture, there's different levels of spicy and seasoned, and the best you can do in the end is a palette. I'm also not super concerned with generational music tastes. I was born post-Beatles. I still love the Beatles. Since the invention of records, and the radio, and then tape recordings and digital recording, people have had more and more access to a wider variet of music. Not just in the sense of genre and creativity, but also in the sense of "Well, no one here can read third century indian music notation, guess we'll never find out how this sounded". We are learning how to read music that's older than Christ. Even if AI makes its own mega-music, the next generation, and the one after that, will have the choice to access either human or AI music, or both. Probably both. My main issue is with AI being trained on material of people who did not consent to it, and profit being made from that, potentially at the cost of the original artists not being paid because of it. Or, what is squicking me out a bit in this case, AI being used on people who can't consent in the first place, and maybe using "their" voice and "their" music to create something they might not have agreed to, or actively been against the creation of. As to how it was done... The channel JOLLY had a Ukranian tech company train an AI on their presenter without his knowledge and made a video of the simplified process. They have hundreds of hours of video to train it on, and only needed a few phrases to bridge some gaps in the end. From what I understand, the main problem for not being able to bridge those gaps artificially was the budget needed to pay a tech wizard for the time needed to fix it.
I love this video for a number of reasons: love for the Beatles, interest in AI songwriting, and discussion about art and music. what I really want to say though is how much I appreciate you giving free access to the pentatonic course, as someone who is really interested in taking your courses but can't afford them at the moment - thank you sincerely!
There was actually a lecture at Stanford today about this today. AI/ML/DL is not meant to offer answers, but options. These programs cannot express curiosity, surprise, and intrigue. They will AUGMENT our creativity, not replace it. An example was in playing chess. The masters were beaten by novices with an AI assistant because the novices knew how to prompt the AI tool very well. In the same way, while we must keep honing our craft, we should learn to prompt the AI tools to improve our creativity even further yet.
It's Paul McCartney's voice. He has a beautiful singing voice and it was at his peak when he was with the Beatles. His style changed after they broke up.
I definitely wouldn't want to listen to AI songs with my favorite singers who have passed away. It's like violating your personal sanctity for a moment of fun.
There are a number of other Lennon demos of the song...stolen by one of the Lennon's employees but bootlegged in a 2 CD set called "John Lennon At Home". Much better quality than the one we got on "Milk & Honey". Hopefully, it wasn't an impersonator, but one of these other demos . And, yeah, the song...as is...would have been a great way for The Beatles to finish things. (And, of course, the great irony...maybe a joke to The Beatles...is that you have a dead man asking us to grow old with him.) And, in fact, so many of us first grew up with The Beatles and here we realized that we also grew old with them.
the hype will wear off - eventually studios will be able to use these tools to create short demo's for real musicians to get insight from, or composer tools like you said for further audio manipulation - BUT nothing will replace live music and the feeling of being in a concert of a live band
I've had a very similar thing happen with a Freddie Mercury AI cover of Thriller and Let It Be. I just couldn't hold back tears, I've always imagined in my head what his voice may have sounded like singing other songs, and the quality of the AI tracks made it almost feel real, and it was just an emotional overload. Given I cry to beautiful music a decent amount, I get engrossed and immersed in emotional playing and meoldies and chord changes, even in instrumentals, almost espeically, in instrumentals. But this AI track, even though I know its not him, it felt like it was, it's such a weird feeling because I too have expressed dislike to people using deceased artists work to make new songs, but idk, I guess the covers just hit way too close to home.
Great discussion! You kind of entered in John Searle's "Chinese Room" argument posited on the question "Do AIs really think?" when you started questioning the intentionality of the music a computer program can create. Also when it comes to the music industry and AIs, just think of the most cynical ways to make a buck off of it and that's what we're going to see the most of, with other more interesting and moving results being eclipsed by that.
3 of the best songwriters of their time, with a ridiculous banger to filler ratio on each album, prodigious output, with incredible development in a short space of time. Just yesterday I was saying all this to my son.
I hope you told your son that Ringo was an integral part of the band even though he didn't write. He knew when and when not to play, and when _not_ to play. He also knew that on Sgt Pepper's he wasn't going to sing "Would you throw tomatoes at me" !🤣 Insightful comment man, if you considered those incredible feats I'm sure you'd defend Ringo's being the perfect drummer for The Beatles and, he was 25% of the band even if he he's endured some ball bustin' .✌️♥️🎸🎶🙏
@@stanphillips7277 yeah we've talked about Ringo before:;in fact, the same day we were talking about tomorrow never knows that slightly late snare, how consistently he plays it and what it adds to the song. I live Ringo 🤩, you're right that I shouldnt have left him out.
@@DonPasquale_ their time that they were writing as the beatles. Their output for that period was unparalleled, and yeah probably of all time but you know didn't want to be accused of hyperbole
@@GethinColes I figured as much... Tomorrow Never Knows is a fine example too. I know exactly the part you mean. Just a bit behind on the snare makes it work. Their are faster, heavier hitters like Neal Peart or Bonham but, they're perfect for their respective bands. I think because Ringo is surrounded by 3 of the greatest voices ever and, still sings on a few tracks that it's easy enough to make him the butt of a joke or two. The SNL show where they offer The Beatles $3,000 to come down and play 3 songs and divide it anyway they like..."If you wanna give Ringo less? That's up to you" comes to mind. He's thick skinned and quick witted though so Howard Stern sent his croonie stuttering John to a Ringo press conference. He said"Ringo, what did you do with the money?", Ringo said"What money!" John said"The money your mother gave you for singing lessons " (ouch!) and Ringo giving it no thought at all, sharply replied"I spent it all on fish and chips " 🤣 Ringo never took himself very seriously but, he took the music very seriously. He's one of the most unique drummers ever to play and, he sets up his drum kit backwards so it gives him a different approach (he explained...it's how he taught himself that way because he didn't _know_ he was setting up backwards but, even if he hadn't I think because he's truly gifted he'd have been an amazing drummer anyway) , unusual style coming out of "Skiffle", and God given instincts for the instrument (s?) . Alright Gethin, it's a cool dad who talks Beatles with his son. Keeps the torch burning. I'm sure you're "Not the only one" (couldn't be help_ed ...or that :) but, in this age of computerized, autotuned garbage, at least you're one of the good ones. Take it easy man ✌️❤️🎸🎶🙏
AI gives a real life after death presence, and nothing short of what they've shown before to us in media. Being able to hold on to something you love, after it's death. Though "letting go" is the moral ending, never have we had the ability to do so as much as now. It'll be a real test of humanity. I think it's fair to say we're now looking into the black mirror.
I think what made this interpretation so interesting is that it's not very far from what it could have been. It's not like a Beatles reunion singing W.A.P. or some such monstrosity. Although, truth be told, I would find that endlessly amusing.
I've often found I like live recordings better than the studio versions. I love the mistakes. I love the energy. The compromises that have to be made to render something live vs unlimited multitracking help make it real. And, of course, songs end vs fade (I always thought that was lazy writing/arranging). Will AI be able to do this? I think so actually. So what's my point? Not sure. But I'm betting we get some better music by using AI than we get out of producers using autotune. This whole generation of "anyone with a laptop can produce music, and it is all based on I IV V vi sequences" is not an era I will shed many tears over putting behind us.
I think that your attachment to The Beatles music, is the result of a combination of childhood referrences (your parents played it) and the comfort associated with that memory, the never-never land of imagining history (reading and learning about the Beatles influence on 60's culture), and the simplicity of being directed to one band (there was lots of great music produced, by other artists, particularly, in the 70s, but focusing on one band simplifies selecting music. Look at what the boomers did with blues, they went back to a few iconic early black blues players. ), and the current state of corporate cookie cutter music, dumbed down, and presented for mass use. These all add up to your orientation toward enthusiam for The Beatles and their music.
only the 2nd time you cried from listening to music? You cold unfeeling bastard! I cry every time I hear The Great Gig in the Sky. Still Loving You by Scorpions makes me cry. Black by Pearl Jam makes me cry. Mistral Wind by Heart makes me cry.
I've never heard the term "parasocial relationship" but that is a great term, defining this really important relationship in basically everyone's lives between them and people that they've never met. But I find your characterization of it as "one-sided" interesting. Because in some ways it's obviously one-sided, the youtuber, or musician, or celebrity has no idea who the fan even is. But... well, all relationships are transactional in some way, and if the relationship was truly one-sided, it couldn't possibly be as powerful. In fact, I would argue that if it's one-sided, it's actually the opposite way that you think. Sure, the celebrity may not know the fan, but the fan also doesn't give anywhere near as much of themselves as the celebrity does. A musician goes on stage and bares his soul, expressing his very being in his music. All the fan gives back is adoration, a very small and disposable part of oneself. lol Idk, I'm struggling to get across what I actually mean here. Maybe some of y'all will get what I'm trying to say. lol
Totally agree on all your layers, still I have a strictly selfish, consumer-perspectiive: I don't care about the artists if they finished their career, have nothing new to say. If the AI can supply me with more valuable and fresh emotions with my idol's voice and style - why not? It may have some chaotic period in the beginning, but I guess sooner or later we will come to a situation when every piece of art generated by AI undergoes a sort of public sorting and only the best of the best becomes valuable. Isn't it how real authors were creating their albums? So we will have new albums from The Beatles, Queen, Jackson and others, solid and excellent new song collections, which are perfectly aligned to current topics and trends. It is a sort of immortality only the real geniuses deserve and it would be a shame to prevent this from happening.
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It’s abnormal to have only cried two times in your entire life listening to a song.
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I feel like it's worth pointing out. For anyone who's looking for that "happy ending" Beatles song. I strongly recommend "Free As a Bird" and "Real Love" from the Anthology project in the 90s. It's 2 John demos (funnily enough Grow Old with Me was one of the potential songs to be used) that were "finished" by the other 3 Beatles.
Also, in 2019 Ringo did a cover of Grow Old with Me with Paul on bass and backing vocals. I think it's pretty nice.
this!!! real love and free as a bird is the closest thing as a happy ending Beatles fans have tbh and it’s great ! If George wanted to record more with the band we could’ve had grow old with me and now and then too
Free As a Bird, my brother raved over it. To me, it sounded dreadful, the lyrics are so immature, and sounded like John & Paul sang with plastic bins over their heads! Don't get me started on Real Love.......
That "happy ending" thing happened to me seeing Paul "Duet" with John on "I've got a feeling" during his latest tour.
I knew he used that trick, but when it happened, I still weeped.
Free as a Bird was a great song for 1995. Not that good compared to other Beatles, or Lennon, songs, but was very much appreciated when it was released.
Way better than Christmas Time Is Here Again!
@@mistermatix8241 I love both songs but each to their own lol
Man early solo Paul McCartney has been like a life lesson in being a dad and having a family. I listen to Ram like once a week now. Just wonderful stuff.
Ram pioneered dad rock
You have great 👍 taste my friend.
I moved to Japan in 2017 and met my now wife soon after. When we got married, Ram became our album for driving trips. It simply resonated with us.
My Dad liked post Beatles music better then Beatles music. My mom preferred The Beatles, So I was raised with both. I still enjoy it all. So even as a hard core Beatles fan I like their solo stuff as well. Can't say I like it better but I like it enough to have no regrets they broke up. Heck leaving us with Abbey Road and Let it Be was epic. And the we got Ram... and not like Lennon, Ringo or Harrisons material were slouches. It's all good.
Ram On!
I actually remember hearing "Free as a Bird" for the first time when it was broadcast on the Beatles Anthology, and when Paul came into that song, it made me cry. Listening to the AI version of "Grow Old With Me" did give me quite a bit of feels.
I really liked "Real Love",too.
The "Beatles" version of Paul's song "New" sounds incredible. Young Paul's voice, AI John's voice is superb.
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I also heard that and i imagined the early wings of macca ❤❤
Yep! I do wonder if Paul deliberately wrote that song as if John had written the AI lines....madness!
so true it's incredible!
I think this one (New) is the best of the Beatles AI- sounds totally like the Beatles and the voices sound so authentic
Hearing you ramble made me cry
We kind of got a nice send off with “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love” on the Beatles Anthology, which is when George was still with us and they recorded over a John demo. Those tracks definitely made me cry when I first heard them.
"The idea of having 3 musical creative business partners that are almost like your brothers like the Beatles had is something that i find myself just deeply longing for"
That is my entire reason for me to become a musician and have a band. It's something that I deeply long for too...
@@t-pops7326 Yeah! Ringo is the goat! but that's what he said in the video! not me!
The lads could bring anyone to tears of joy, and sadness. Your genuine and deep response, speaking as a musician's musician, you amplify their magic. Keep passing it all on, Sam.
Dae Lim’s AI cover of God Only Knows with the Beatles blew my fucking mind.
Great video , you wear your heart on your sleeve and you’re emotional about life and music and how they entangle ….I’ve been brought to tears few times through tunes, had a really rough last couple years…. Baby mama drama, best friend since childhood basically partied himself to death , I’ve had all kinds of shit happen… anyways so this past winter I came across Privettrickers guitar videos and I was so freakin inspired and uplifted it was unreal. I’m 40, Havnt hardly touched a guitar in 25 years…. In 5 months I’ve got a dozen guitars, taught myself light luthier work, learning the instrument from the ground up , soaking up all these amazing guitar channels ….. it’s all so great for the soul and I can tell you’re a great dude with a good soul. Rock on brother!
That's great, man, keep going
Between the advancement of open AI and the tech that allows us to use artists' voices like instruments, it's easy to feel like we're only a couple steps away from being able to recreate and interact with someone's entire likeness with AI, which is... something that has absolutely insane ethical and social implications. It's really starting to feel like we're living in an episode of Black Mirror; I'm specifically reminded of "Be Right Back"
People will become self obsessed and will lose the interest in other peoples music... basically people wont write music anymore because it would be a waste of time,so yeah good on the AI 🤙
You simply described the same feelings I have for the Beatles. I totally understand what everybody felt during those great concerts they played in the 60's... I too only new the Beatles after John Lennon's terrible death. felt in love with their music ever after...
I’ve always been a metal head, thus my appreciation for the Beatles has been at a minimum for most of my life. But recently I decided to finally start listening to their music. My introduction to them was Eleanor Rigby. The darkness in the song gives me the same feeling as most metal songs. I have started to have a new appreciation for these 4 wonderful musicians
Yeah man, the beatles have something for everyone. They had such a influence over all different kinds of genres. If you're a metal head you'll prolly dig helter skelter as well as some of their darker tracks, parts of shes so heavy/i want you has always given me doom metal vibes
@@wesst.422 coroner has an awesome cover of she’s so heavy!
I mean, Helter Skelter by The Beatles is one of the songs attributed to the birth of heavy metal/rock. Maybe give them another chance?
I love how raw this video is. I was skeptical of this track, but I had the exact same emotional reaction - I broke down for a moment. It’s so well done and it just sounds like The Beatles. Great song. Really wonderful dissection.
I've seen a ton of your vids, I'm a fan. I gotta say: This is my absolute favourite of your videos, ever.
Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts so candidly and insightfully.
As a little kid, I listened to The Beatles a lot. My dad had unopened copies of albums that I actually opened and played. (Sorry dad) I remember being a little kid the day Lennon was killed. I sat in front of the tv in my room and cried.
I truly understand your connection to them.
Being from Syria, I can't even get the free course... Oh well one day I'll get them all! I can still appreciate one the most chill guitarists on RUclips💙
The way I am wired, music makes me cry more than anything else can. Almost daily. There are certain songs that I can’t listen to without crying, so I don’t listen to them in front of others.
So glad to see you back..
The Beatles will always have a place in my heart. Beautifully said💚
Yes!
As a camera nerd, I am greatly excited to be the first to point out that I can hear your autofocus hunt at 15:13!
This literally just happened to me. Maybe five minutes before watching your video, I stumbled upon this reimagined beautifully clear version of that tune. I had been quite familiar with his post-humously released, poor piano recorded version…but when I heard “Paul” come in on the bridge and “Ringo” at the end, definitely brought tears I didn’t know existed. Thanks for sharing! Nice to know you’re not alone :)
I reckon The Beatles had some sort of happy ending through the songs Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight and The End
I mean it was one of the most epic endings to an album in my opinion. Every Beatle sang and had their own solo at certain points throughout those 3 tracks. it might not have been the last tracks they recorded (I me mine was the last track they recorded) but still you get the point
If you got emotional with that song, try searching for "NEW" from Paul McCartney, somebody added John Lennon singing a verse and some backing vocals to the track (that already has a beatlesque feel to it). Not only that, but they used a younger model for Paul McCartney, so it actually sounds like stuff from their earlier years!!
That's an amazing mix. It took me a few listens to notice, but they actually added George's vocals to the last verse.
That one was actually also made by Dae Lims. As well as a version of It don't come easy by Ringo, but with John, George and Paul added
Thank you for the course discount! You made my day!
The links worked so nicely, thank you
As of recent I've seen this happen to some of Nirvanas demos as well. Similar story but with Kurt Cobain. It's cool at first but then it starts to feel eerie after a few listens.
It has the opposite effect on me. I *want* my voice to remain alive after I'm dead. I keep a braindump of nearly every useful thought that goes through my head - text file, notes apps, etc. I also explain in great detail my opinions and thoughts in texts/emails to friends/family/biz contacts. For an AI that goes through all that data it should be relatively simple to recreate me. I'm pretty predictable...despite producing massive amounts of data...
I can envision myself being a "co-parent" or "tutor" or in the very least a super cool ancient ancenstor, talking to some of my far future offsprings I'll never get to meet... But they'll get to meet me...
hey @Samuraiguitarist ... I wasn't expecting to be hurt like this today. thank you, it was beautiful!
I know exactly how you feel, especially when you talk about how the Beatles will (obviously) never get together again.
I felt the same emotional gut-punch when Egon appeared in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife".
This video was very interesting and maybe even profound for me. I really enjoyed your thoughts and I found them insightful. As a person who grew up during the Beatles years, I was surprised at how well you understand what happened back then and the things that had to happen all together to make the Beatles what they were. I believe the Beatles and their music will stand the test of time better than any other contemporary rock band. I believe there was real genius there and that the Beatles were greater than the sum of their parts. I am trying to find the AI version of this song. I recently saw a video of this guy who makes these songs with AI and it was incredibly interesting. I do not remember where I saw it but it probably was on RUclips.
I love the fact that people younger then me appreciate the Beatles so much. This was my parents music.. and mine. Heck, Beatles albums, covers, and books were pretty much my babysitter. No regrets. I would do the same for my kids if I had any.
I just left you a comment down below.. just want to let you know I just went and played it again and when the original is playing nothing, but as soon as that AI version comes on the tears begin. I'm 67 years old and a huge John Lennon fan still miss him to this day so much. Someone told me the other day dude that was forty-three years ago it's time to move on, but they just don't understand.
They just don't get it. It's ok, I miss him too
It's simple: The Beatles were the greatest band of all time in every way. Musically, in their personalities, in the way they evolved, the way they looked and talked...and in their timing. The post-Kennedy assassination era in America was pretty bleak, and BANG! here come The Beatles. It lifted everyone, gave us something happy and new...and, did I mention they were the greatest band of all time?
This is the best video you have ever done.
I want the universe to make Dhani Harrison and Sean Lennon to make a song together so bad. Imagine if they did it for charity!
There's also some John and Paul work from the mid 70s and not only that but the unfinished demos they worked on together in the 90e when John was gone obviously.
This is a wonderful analysis.
Great analysis, bro. I also love what Dae has done.
I played this about a week ago and it just tore me up. (Talking about grow old along with me). I'm not really wild about some of these A-I things but what they did with grow old along with me just blew me away. Very emotional.
Thank you for the free course Sammy G! I can now add another to my practice routine 😈
So smart "linkage"!🎵🌸
Well done, bro!
Your extreme _ambivalence_ about all this 100% resonates with how I'm feeling right now.
ALL of this AI stuff, be it visual art or music, is absolutely fascinating.
Some of my favorite creative...creations...as of late, have been AI. And that's why.....it's terrifying _too._
I agree with you. I don't know what to think about all of this. I really don't. I'm just....floored by the realization that we've only just NOW hit the elbow of the exponential curve we've all been talking about as being just over the horizon. We just hit it. And up ahead....is a vertical infinite wall. That's....a lot to process. I don't know what to think.
May we live in interesting times, huh?
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I agree, that' a tear jerker. Ive felt that way about a few other songs including "Alone Again Naturally", especially now that my parents are gone.
Lennon appeared on the Tomorrow Show once, hosted by Tom Snyder. Haven't seen it in years, so I may be slightly misremembering, but Tom told a story to Lennon that is very appropriate now. He recalled a moment earlier in his career where he was observing someone do an audition as a TV news anchor. He said the person had a very strong southern accent and was conscious of it, so asked the soundman to filter out her accent from the microphone. Both Tom and John laughed and I think one of them said, "and we all know there's no technology available to do that.." or something to that effect. (Mid 1970's)
Does anyone else remember this interview? It's probably on YT.
Music makes me cry all the time, im surprised its so rare for you
The things that comfort us.
Wow! Thanks
I love this Adam nealish format
The best thing would be if the estates laid copyright claims to the song and demand it be taken down. It would be just as easy to make a The Beatles song with nothing but completely vile and disgusting lyrics. Don't let the good vibes fool you, this is not acceptable.
It is possible to draw a line about how these tools are used, but it has to start now. They work by consuming every piece of text or art imaginable, ignoring the rights to those works so that tech startups can make money from that art without compensation to the artists.
Worse case, the future exists in which no one bothers playing an instrument. Just have an AI mash up every guitar solo in existence to create 100 new solos that you can just pick your favorite from.
Right. Congratulations. The best video I've seen to this day about AI. I am 100% with you on all issues you discussed. (And I am generally never ever ever 100% with anyone ...) BTW: I am 66 years old and I encountered the spilt of the Beatles quasi live when I was 12 years old and at this point a electric guitar owner, aspiring rock star and a huge Beatles fan. So my background is way different than yours, but still I am 100% with you on this. Thanx for the video! :-)
Fuck that made my eyes filled with water what a lovley song
This reminds me of the ABBA reunion and subsequent hologram concert... we have such an emotional connection to these artists and it makes sense that we would take any opportunity to revel, just as we used to, in that 1st moment of listening to something new... as if they were still creating. My fear is that the consequence of AI will dull the pain of losing their creative voice, as it can easily be imitated anew, over and over. In a broader sense, this is also what I fear about AI. That we use it to replace the finality of things that "end" with a panacea of extension, when there is no way if can be from the original source, the very reason we revere it in the 1st place. This is the "dulling", by definition of what it means to be human.
It’s called being hit by unexpected emotions. It happened several times with me, one of the earliest times was when I first heard Austin Roberts’ “Rocky”…then severely was when I first heard Boston’s “A Man I’ll Never Be”.
Great video and commentary.
I've always found adding Vocaloid to this mix interesting, since that's effectively a vocal sampler of a specific singer. If it's licensable, should it not be fine?
I'm a huge proponent of AI as a DSP tool though. Generating specific sounds and tambres is extremely exciting from the perspective of a massive synth nerd, and I think there's some incredible music that could be made with it. To me at the very least we're about to go through a revolution similar to the advent of the synth or the proliferation of good sampled instruments, which is very fun.
Having said that though, it seems like rather than using it as a tool to do cool things, people really seem to want to have AI do *everything*, including the fun creative bit.
I wish people were more focused on developing AI to replace drudge work and allow space for human creativity, rather than trying to replace human creativity lol.
Very well put! As someone who draws for a hobby, I get really frustrated by AI stuff- not because it's stealing my job (I could never do art for money), but because that work could instead be going into making the fill tool work the way I want, or separating layers automatically, or something more useful like that.
Of course, the stealing the job aspect is very important too, and I don't mean to undermine that, especially as someone with so many friends who actually DO make art for a living
I had that with the song "New" had to listen over and over
This is so crazy! The use of AI has definitely many different opinions but this is really well done
One of the last people I expected to see here. Really is a small world
AI being used to make the Beatles sing their solo songs together, or make them sing songs that they gave away in the 1960s to other artists is the best sort of use of this technology.
I think it’ll be “Now & Then”, which is an excellent song indeed.
Music 50+ years old. It still gets me to cry on occasion. I figure AI might do the same. But it's good cry though. It is not healthy to suppress emotions. And whatever it is The Beatles had it just inspires emotion. And on many levels. I always felt leaving us with Abbey Road and Let It Be was more then enough. But they did leave us wanting more regardless.
How I wish she could have grown old with me, but she was taken much much too soon and our time was much too short. I'll be growing old with the memory of her, and with enough of the love she gave me to last until i'm finally gone.
I don’t like the idea of where ai may be going in general. It’s just a scary thing that has many dangerous possibilities that we can’t even fathom right now.
I’m a staunch advocate of live music because it’s just so real. But with that said, I so wanted to hear this song. When I heard the Beatles come alive and then heard Paul’s voice with the rest… I also felt very emotional. I loved it. To hear them altogether was so cool. And it’s such a good song amongst the 4 of them.
Yep, I can’t wait to hear the full version!
There were a few "5th" Beatles. George Martin, Brian Epstein and the studio engineers to name a few. It took them all to be so timeless and spectacular. And as well raise them from a cover band playing endless gigs in dive bars for beer money to being pretty much the most famous people on earth. And the impressive amount of great music to enjoy.
The speed of AI… it can write hundreds / thousands of songs in a day, everyday. It can analyze enormous amounts of info to identify patterns and interpretations. Ozone plug-ins can already help make mixing and mastering decisions. We play guitar modelers (which approaches using Paul’s voice if you think about it from the original amp builder perspective). Strap yourself in because the next few years are going to be a wild ride.
Hearing covers esp oasis by Beatles singing don't look back in anger made me cry
I listened to the AI cover, and I didn't feel anything. I had gotten that feeling of a "happy ending" (though IMO, not one is needed) when Paul McCartney sang a duet with a video of John Lennon during I've Got a Feeling in his recent span of tours - and of course, it was from the real Paul. Why do we want a happy ending? Because of the emotions of the PEOPLE involved. There were no humans involved in the creation of the AI track as far as the performers are concerned, so the reunion was hollow.
Additionally, we are projecting our own feelings of love when listening to it. The Beatles have sung a lot about love, and as a result, the public has caricatured it to mean that whenever any of the members of the Beatles talk about love, it must refer to the love they shared as a band. When we hear Grow Old with Me, does it really seem like he's talking about The Beatles? No, not at all. Twisting John's motivations when writing the song to be about Paul is another injustice the AI effort does. It's likely he was talking about Yoko or his family, given the stage of life he was at.
There are songs that the Beatles have written that are specifically about each other - of course, Paul's "Here Today" is about his love for John.
I'm also worried about the proliferation of AI music. At some point, AI recreations will outnumber the amount of genuine songs an artist has sung. It will bury their actual work in favor of shallow covers that don't even give insight into how they would even actually cover the song.
The "feed the entire spotify library to make the perfect song/genre" scenario wouldn't work. Brands have tried this a million different ways, trying to make the perfect spaghetti sauce is the most popular example. If you only have one product to make, it's cheaper... And then humans come in, and you have different tastes: some like it smooth, others want texture, there's different levels of spicy and seasoned, and the best you can do in the end is a palette.
I'm also not super concerned with generational music tastes. I was born post-Beatles. I still love the Beatles. Since the invention of records, and the radio, and then tape recordings and digital recording, people have had more and more access to a wider variet of music. Not just in the sense of genre and creativity, but also in the sense of "Well, no one here can read third century indian music notation, guess we'll never find out how this sounded". We are learning how to read music that's older than Christ. Even if AI makes its own mega-music, the next generation, and the one after that, will have the choice to access either human or AI music, or both. Probably both.
My main issue is with AI being trained on material of people who did not consent to it, and profit being made from that, potentially at the cost of the original artists not being paid because of it. Or, what is squicking me out a bit in this case, AI being used on people who can't consent in the first place, and maybe using "their" voice and "their" music to create something they might not have agreed to, or actively been against the creation of.
As to how it was done... The channel JOLLY had a Ukranian tech company train an AI on their presenter without his knowledge and made a video of the simplified process. They have hundreds of hours of video to train it on, and only needed a few phrases to bridge some gaps in the end. From what I understand, the main problem for not being able to bridge those gaps artificially was the budget needed to pay a tech wizard for the time needed to fix it.
I love this video for a number of reasons: love for the Beatles, interest in AI songwriting, and discussion about art and music. what I really want to say though is how much I appreciate you giving free access to the pentatonic course, as someone who is really interested in taking your courses but can't afford them at the moment - thank you sincerely!
I listened. I also cried! 😮
There was actually a lecture at Stanford today about this today. AI/ML/DL is not meant to offer answers, but options. These programs cannot express curiosity, surprise, and intrigue. They will AUGMENT our creativity, not replace it.
An example was in playing chess. The masters were beaten by novices with an AI assistant because the novices knew how to prompt the AI tool very well. In the same way, while we must keep honing our craft, we should learn to prompt the AI tools to improve our creativity even further yet.
It's Paul McCartney's voice. He has a beautiful singing voice and it was at his peak when he was with the Beatles. His style changed after they broke up.
I definitely wouldn't want to listen to AI songs with my favorite singers who have passed away. It's like violating your personal sanctity for a moment of fun.
You made me cry 😢…
There are a number of other Lennon demos of the song...stolen by one of the Lennon's employees but bootlegged in a 2 CD set called "John Lennon At Home". Much better quality than the one we got on "Milk & Honey". Hopefully, it wasn't an impersonator, but one of these other demos . And, yeah, the song...as is...would have been a great way for The Beatles to finish things. (And, of course, the great irony...maybe a joke to The Beatles...is that you have a dead man asking us to grow old with him.) And, in fact, so many of us first grew up with The Beatles and here we realized that we also grew old with them.
The man bun never ceases to amaze me.
the hype will wear off - eventually studios will be able to use these tools to create short demo's for real musicians to get insight from, or composer tools like you said for further audio manipulation - BUT nothing will replace live music and the feeling of being in a concert of a live band
I've had a very similar thing happen with a Freddie Mercury AI cover of Thriller and Let It Be. I just couldn't hold back tears, I've always imagined in my head what his voice may have sounded like singing other songs, and the quality of the AI tracks made it almost feel real, and it was just an emotional overload. Given I cry to beautiful music a decent amount, I get engrossed and immersed in emotional playing and meoldies and chord changes, even in instrumentals, almost espeically, in instrumentals. But this AI track, even though I know its not him, it felt like it was, it's such a weird feeling because I too have expressed dislike to people using deceased artists work to make new songs, but idk, I guess the covers just hit way too close to home.
"Did these guys write the original diss tracks?" haha, never thought about it! But looks like they did!
Listen to the live A Tooth and a Snore when Paul played with John in the mid 70s
You’re not alone, man.
The Space Oddity Beatles AI one blew my mind. Check that one oout.
Great discussion!
You kind of entered in John Searle's "Chinese Room" argument posited on the question "Do AIs really think?" when you started questioning the intentionality of the music a computer program can create.
Also when it comes to the music industry and AIs, just think of the most cynical ways to make a buck off of it and that's what we're going to see the most of, with other more interesting and moving results being eclipsed by that.
3 of the best songwriters of their time, with a ridiculous banger to filler ratio on each album, prodigious output, with incredible development in a short space of time. Just yesterday I was saying all this to my son.
Their time lol? More like all time
I hope you told your son that Ringo was an integral part of the band even though he didn't write. He knew when and when not to play, and when _not_ to play.
He also knew that on Sgt Pepper's he wasn't going to sing "Would you throw tomatoes at me" !🤣
Insightful comment man, if you considered those incredible feats I'm sure you'd defend Ringo's being the perfect drummer for The Beatles and, he was 25% of the band even if he he's endured some ball bustin' .✌️♥️🎸🎶🙏
@@stanphillips7277 yeah we've talked about Ringo before:;in fact, the same day we were talking about tomorrow never knows that slightly late snare, how consistently he plays it and what it adds to the song. I live Ringo 🤩, you're right that I shouldnt have left him out.
@@DonPasquale_ their time that they were writing as the beatles. Their output for that period was unparalleled, and yeah probably of all time but you know didn't want to be accused of hyperbole
@@GethinColes I figured as much... Tomorrow Never Knows is a fine example too. I know exactly the part you mean. Just a bit behind on the snare makes it work. Their are faster, heavier hitters like Neal Peart or Bonham but, they're perfect for their respective bands.
I think because Ringo is surrounded by 3 of the greatest voices ever and, still sings on a few tracks that it's easy enough to make him the butt of a joke or two. The SNL show where they offer The Beatles $3,000 to come down and play 3 songs and divide it anyway they like..."If you wanna give Ringo less? That's up to you" comes to mind.
He's thick skinned and quick witted though so Howard Stern sent his croonie stuttering John to a Ringo press conference.
He said"Ringo, what did you do with the money?", Ringo said"What money!" John said"The money your mother gave you for singing lessons " (ouch!) and Ringo giving it no thought at all, sharply replied"I spent it all on fish and chips " 🤣
Ringo never took himself very seriously but, he took the music very seriously. He's one of the most unique drummers ever to play and, he sets up his drum kit backwards so it gives him a different approach (he explained...it's how he taught himself that way because he didn't _know_ he was setting up backwards but, even if he hadn't I think because he's truly gifted he'd have been an amazing drummer anyway) , unusual style coming out of "Skiffle", and God given instincts for the instrument (s?) .
Alright Gethin, it's a cool dad who talks Beatles with his son. Keeps the torch burning. I'm sure you're "Not the only one" (couldn't be help_ed ...or that :) but, in this age of computerized, autotuned garbage, at least you're one of the good ones.
Take it easy man ✌️❤️🎸🎶🙏
Check out "A Toot and a Snore in '74" for the real 'happy ending' reunion of John and Paul.
AI gives a real life after death presence, and nothing short of what they've shown before to us in media. Being able to hold on to something you love, after it's death. Though "letting go" is the moral ending, never have we had the ability to do so as much as now. It'll be a real test of humanity. I think it's fair to say we're now looking into the black mirror.
I think this proves that AI has the power to move people. It's all about how people use it, not the technology itself.
i cry from music often
I think what made this interpretation so interesting is that it's not very far from what it could have been. It's not like a Beatles reunion singing W.A.P. or some such monstrosity.
Although, truth be told, I would find that endlessly amusing.
it sound a lot like Beatles for my ears, and thats amazing. I thought AI might have problems
I've often found I like live recordings better than the studio versions. I love the mistakes. I love the energy. The compromises that have to be made to render something live vs unlimited multitracking help make it real. And, of course, songs end vs fade (I always thought that was lazy writing/arranging). Will AI be able to do this? I think so actually. So what's my point? Not sure. But I'm betting we get some better music by using AI than we get out of producers using autotune. This whole generation of "anyone with a laptop can produce music, and it is all based on I IV V vi sequences" is not an era I will shed many tears over putting behind us.
Just wait a couple months till you hear Now and then 😢
I think that your attachment to The Beatles music, is the result of a combination of childhood referrences (your parents played it) and the comfort associated with that memory, the never-never land of imagining history (reading and learning about the Beatles influence on 60's culture), and the simplicity of being directed to one band (there was lots of great music produced, by other artists, particularly, in the 70s, but focusing on one band simplifies selecting music. Look at what the boomers did with blues, they went back to a few iconic early black blues players. ), and the current state of corporate cookie cutter music, dumbed down, and presented for mass use. These all add up to your orientation toward enthusiam for The Beatles and their music.
only the 2nd time you cried from listening to music? You cold unfeeling bastard! I cry every time I hear The Great Gig in the Sky. Still Loving You by Scorpions makes me cry. Black by Pearl Jam makes me cry. Mistral Wind by Heart makes me cry.
this ai music is brilliant and terrifying, "You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension" -Nikola Tesla
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I just realized: the impact of AI on future generations will depend entirely on what uses we reward today.
I've never heard the term "parasocial relationship" but that is a great term, defining this really important relationship in basically everyone's lives between them and people that they've never met.
But I find your characterization of it as "one-sided" interesting. Because in some ways it's obviously one-sided, the youtuber, or musician, or celebrity has no idea who the fan even is.
But... well, all relationships are transactional in some way, and if the relationship was truly one-sided, it couldn't possibly be as powerful. In fact, I would argue that if it's one-sided, it's actually the opposite way that you think. Sure, the celebrity may not know the fan, but the fan also doesn't give anywhere near as much of themselves as the celebrity does. A musician goes on stage and bares his soul, expressing his very being in his music. All the fan gives back is adoration, a very small and disposable part of oneself. lol
Idk, I'm struggling to get across what I actually mean here. Maybe some of y'all will get what I'm trying to say. lol
Wait, you have TWO kids?! I didn't know that. Super late congrats, probably. lmao
Hey, you've got a little band together there. lmao
Portrait of Youth and Agawam Skyline were both made with Midjourney 5
Totally agree on all your layers, still I have a strictly selfish, consumer-perspectiive: I don't care about the artists if they finished their career, have nothing new to say. If the AI can supply me with more valuable and fresh emotions with my idol's voice and style - why not? It may have some chaotic period in the beginning, but I guess sooner or later we will come to a situation when every piece of art generated by AI undergoes a sort of public sorting and only the best of the best becomes valuable. Isn't it how real authors were creating their albums? So we will have new albums from The Beatles, Queen, Jackson and others, solid and excellent new song collections, which are perfectly aligned to current topics and trends. It is a sort of immortality only the real geniuses deserve and it would be a shame to prevent this from happening.