It clicked in as Abba really got into their stride. I mean, it sounded wobbly at the beginning, but then suddenly the voice clicked. What Ludo did was use an AI algorithm to create a voice that sounded like Tom Waits singing Abba. You may be wondering, did Ludo call Tom Waits and convince him to sing Dancing Queen by Abba? He did not. Recently our pop music critic here at the FT, Ludo Hunter-Tilney, did something very un-Tom Waits. To get a sense, here’s a beat from his song Downtown Train. He’s one of those musicians that other musicians idolise because he’s gritty and experimental and hard to pin down. The legendary musician Tom Waits has always been known for this growling voice and for songs that tell stories. We’ve done it to illustrate just how much AI is influencing the music industry. We want to be clear that it does include material that’s been generated by FT journalists using AI tools. Britain did recently appoint the first woman director of GCHQ, but it wasn’t one of the women interviewed for this story.Īlso a note on this episode, which is about AI and music. And in the intro we said that Britain recently appointed one of the women in the story to director of GCHQ. Last week we ran a rerun about women spies. A quick correction before we start the show. This is an audio transcript of the FT Weekend podcast episode: ‘ AI hits the music industry ’
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