Suno - a company that trained on "essentially all music files of reasonable quality that are accessible on the open Internet", and argues it does not need to pay to do so - is now valued at $5.4 billion.
They will pay for GPUs, and for engineers, but not, apparently, for the music they use - other people's music - without which their models would not work.
I know lots of musicians who will be upset. I am with them.
Honoring "Prince" in his hometown while keepin' the P-Funk alive! I will be their with the panel Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on the 4th. Then for the 1st time in history, I'm recording Ms. Dionne Warwick, at Paisley Park Studio.📷 Gonna be a trip U Don't want to miss! Bootsy baby!!! @PaisleyPark #NewPowerGeneration @TheRevolution #bootbackarack #brownmark #PaisleyPark
Remembering Curtis Mayfield today on what would have been his 84th birthday (born June 3, 1942) | Explore his musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: https://t.co/WmyaG778zn
@CatHobbs@SJG99 I live in Whitstable and nothing has been coming out of our taps for over a week. I'm 84 and deemed vulnerable. A few deliveries of water in plastic bottles have been dumped in front of our house in hot sun. Nobody even rings the door bell to tell us they are there.
What sort of government has off-the-record meetings with bosses of water companies that they know are breaking the law on an industrial scale.
First, the regulators and now the government, embroiled in the dirty business.
What did you talk about with the Thames Water Chairman who diverted over £1billion of customers' money out of investment to reduce pollution to the benefit of him and the owners instead, Environment Secretary @EmmaforWycombe ?
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49 Years Ago, @DCOfficial introduced a new hero-- The HUNTRESS in DC Super Stars #17. Created by Paul Levitz, Joe Staton and me. Here’s a new sketch cover I did for an upcoming convention. #JSA#Huntress
Al Green and Chicago performing "Tired of Being Alone" at Caribou Ranch, Colorado, 1973.
Green was recording nearby when he heard the band rehearsing his song and walked in. Filmed for the Chicago in the Rockies TV special.
Rest in peace, Dexter Wansel…
Philly soul & jazz fusion pioneer, masterful keyboardist, producer & arranger whose cosmic vision shaped the Sound of Philadelphia.
From “Love T.K.O.” & “Nights Over Egypt” to the cult classic Life on Mars, his grooves left an indelible mark.