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WORMBURNER is the First Philadelphia Eagles Deathcore Album Produced by Artificial Intelligence
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I used Suno’s artificial intelligence to make a deathcore album celebrating the two-time Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles:
Not bad, right? The A.I. did a good job with it. Early reviews have been mostly positive. It seems like the negative feedback is coming primarily from New York Giants fans, which is predictable. Not only does their team stink, but they have poor musical tastes. Nobody will ever make an artificial intelligence deathcore album about the Giants because the Giants are terrible.
It’s been really interesting diving into this A.I. world. Some people absolutely hate it, which is understandable. They think A.I. is an affront to musicians who write and record their own stuff, and it’s hard to disagree with that. The good news, in my limited experience working with these platforms, is that A.I. is never going to turn out a Hotel California or Stairway to Heaven. It can do limited snippets of certain genres, like this project, or create rudimentary beats for EDM or similar. I think it’s going to ultimately wind up being a supplementary song writing tool, for instance, you’ve got some ideas floating around in your head and/or you have a framework for a song written out but can’t get to the finish line. These music apps can whip up some new riffs and hooks and patterns and maybe provide the final step that leads you to a finished product. It can remix your uploads and move song sections around and spit out some vocal patterns based on lyric prompts. That’s how it’s likely going to be used. You’re probably not going to see legitimate bands touring off of songs that were 100% produced and mixed by A.I.
Honestly, there’s probably a deeper conversation to be had about technology in music production. Where does one draw the threshold? If A.I. is going to be shunned, then what about autotuned hip hop vocals or using Pro Tools to put a thousand filters on a track? At what point has a raw track been altered to the point where it’s unrecognizable from the original? I guess the answer to these questions depends on who you ask!
Ultimately, this is much like A.I. use across the entire spectrum of disciplines. Take writing, for example. Crossing Broad and our sister sites have dabbled in A.I. for game previews and stat-heavy articles. Those tend to come out looking decent enough. But A.I. isn’t putting together award-winning column writing, or all-22 video breakdown stories, or high-quality blog posts, like Who Farted on the Sixers Bench?
disclaimer: This one-off side project is NOT for commercial use. All monetization has been turned OFF and any money accidentally made from this music will be donated to the Eagles Autism Foundation. Go Birds!
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com