Oasis is back! However, it is not. But thanks to artificial intelligence, his iconic ’90s band is definitely back in the news. British rock band Breather’s new album ‘AIsis: The Lost Tapes’ has remarkably captured the atmosphere of Oasis and has amassed over 40,000 views on YouTube since it was uploaded on Friday. .
It sounds like Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher is killing it on the vocal track, but he wasn’t involved in the project at all. All music and lyrics were written and performed by Breezer.
“With advances in AI technology and the models people have been building, we thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to have Liam on these songs?’” says Breezer co-founder and guitarist Chris. Woodgates said. Decryption in an interview.
“Originally, we didn’t expect anyone to pay attention to our project,” says Woodgates. “We shared it with our peers who liked it, uploaded it to YouTube and it went viral.”
Founded in 2021, Breezer began when Woodgates and co-writer Bobby Geraghty began writing songs in 2013.
Woodgates said the “AIsis” project, which used AI to generate a replica of the Oasis frontman’s voice, was intended to pay tribute to Oasis.
“I think this conversation has opened up in the music industry about what it’s going to be like,” Woodgates said. I think it will immortalize the singer.”
But Woodgates acknowledges the legal gray area around copyright that “AIsis” and similar projects currently face.
On Monday, an AI-generated collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd that never happened, “Heart on My Sleeve,” was released following Universal Music’s allegation that the work created by digital artist Ghostwriter was infringed. Removed from Apple, YouTube, and Spotify. copyright law.
The music industry has changed a lot over the years, from vinyl records to cassette tapes to CDs and now to digital downloads and streaming. Cover songs and samples blur the line between tribute and imitation. But using artificial intelligence to create new recordings of famous musicians without their participation raises serious questions about the future of music. This is similar to the problem posed by using computer-generated recreations of deceased actors in films.
The AI copyright debate isn’t the first time the music industry has gone head-to-head with technology and the internet. Heavy metal band Metallica sued popular file-sharing platform Napster in 2000, alleging copyright violations after discovering the band’s music was being freely shared online without permission. It’s famous. Other recordings involving Dr. Dre followed with lawsuits from his artists and several record companies.
“This is not a direct copyright issue, but may involve issues related to trademark and patent law based on the way the AI was trained to read, extract and write data.” said Andrew Rossow, attorney and CEO of AR Media. Decryption.
“While standard infringement analysis can be applied to an AI program and its order to assess ‘substantial similarity,’ courts are concerned with questions of ‘copyright’ and AI algorithms themselves, starting with jurisdiction. We have to deal with it,” Rossow said.
Woodgates said the band is not against using AI in future songs, but will wait and see how the “AIsis” project unfolds.
“I think we’re going to see a backlash,” Woodgates said. “So let’s see how it goes. But we definitely want to do more. I think it’s going to be interesting.”
