Written by Shim Sona
SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) — Genie Music, a leading music streaming service based in Seoul, on Wednesday announced the country’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-based music arrangement service, along with local technology startups.
A subsidiary of domestic telecom giant KT Corporation and AI-based startup Juice, which specializes in the music sector, launched the service in beta at a press conference at the former’s headquarters in southern Seoul.
The service, called genie.Re:La, is designed specifically for users interested in composing and arranging music, the companies said.
Genie Music CEO Park Hyun-jin held a press conference at the headquarters in southern Seoul on June 28, 2023, announcing Korea’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-based music arrangement service. (union)
It provides the ability to generate a digital score instantly when a user uploads an MP3 file. Even if you have no knowledge of composing or arranging, you can easily edit the score to your liking.
The music industry hopes the service will lower the barrier to entry for aspiring creators interested in both fields.
However, due to copyright protection, Genie Music says it will only allow uploads of officially distributed music, and the creations will be stored on its servers. Uploading songs that the original creator does not want to create secondary creations is also restricted.
Genie Music will allow users to release their arrangements to the market later this year. For this reason, we will establish a highly transparent accounting system for secondary and secondary works so that the profits can be distributed to the original authors.
Genie Music CEO Park Hyun-jin was asked about how the profits will be distributed. There are no specific rules about what to do, but there are market rules.” . “In order to protect the copyright of the original composer, we will distribute the royalties in an appropriate proportion according to the regulations.”
(From left) Mr. Junho Kim, CEO of Juice, Hyunjin Park, CEO of Genie Music. K-pop music composer Kim Hyun Suk poses with Korea’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-based music arrangement service during a press conference at Genie Music headquarters in southern Seoul, June 28, 2023. I take the. (union)
Regarding the copyright protection policy, he said, “In principle, we only handle songs for which the copyright holder has given permission to create scores.”
He added that about 70% of the 19 million songs on the streaming service are licensed.
After the beta testing phase, the company plans to move to a paid service through discussions with other players in the industry.
To promote AI-based music arrangement services, the two companies will soon launch a joint music remake project with a music IP platform run by renowned composer Kim Hyun-suk, who owns about 1,400 K-pop songs. .
The project, named ‘I am Re-born’, aims to remake Kim’s hit song through genie.Re:La and release the work through Genie Music in the second half of the year.
At the press conference, a string quartet performed a live version of “I Believe,” one of Kim’s hits. The song was arranged in the style of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven using the genie.Re:La service.
After hearing the performance, Kim asked how long it took the AI-based system to arrange the song.
“Wow!” he exclaimed when the host said it only took 30 seconds. “For me, it takes about two days to complete this task, even though I majored in classical music in college,” he said. “I don’t think a composer’s talent is determined by whether or not they can compose right away. think.”
Genie Music will also introduce a premium service for professional K-pop artists later this year that will provide tools to aid in the creative process.
This allows you to convert spontaneous performances into sheet music immediately, or record hums of sudden musical ideas and later convert them into sheet music.
“AI has endless possibilities for collaborating with musicians,” said Park. “Starting with genie.Re:La, we will build an AI-based music ecosystem where original creators, (arrangement) creators, and platforms can thrive together.”
sshim@yna.co.kr
(end)
