Beatles Music, the first person to be made with the help of AI Grammy

The Beatles Band officially left in 1970, but the British quartet is still Grammy won last Sunday (02). In addition to history, the award has an additional technological curiosity: The first and winning piece to be produced with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).

Made of old and modern records, music Now and againStarted at the end of 2023, it became a winner in the category Best rock performance. Beatles won active and popular artists, including groups such as Black keys, Pearl Jam and Green Day.

HE Eighth Grammy Award won by the British groupIn historical formation, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were members. All three of them were given and released by an anthology released in 1997 after the end of the group.Free like a bird“The same year.

How helped the creation of AI Beatles song

As Bassist Paul McCartney announced by releasing the track, AI was not used to create new quotes or to create non -existent and completely artificial content. He and Ringo are currently the only living members of the group, and all of them have joined the finishing and launch steps.

In this case, technology was adopted in recording rescue processes: “Now and again“He was that Written by John Lennon in the form of demo in the 1970s and recordedHowever, it was not used in the singer’s solo career. Paul, Ringo and George took the original tape and decided to turn the idea into a song almost twenty years laterTo save new vocal and entire instrumental part.

The project became paralyzed and continued only a few years ago when a contemporary technology became an ally of the group. The same process used by filmmaker Peter Jackson ( The Lord of the Rings) To emphasize the sounds of musicians in the Get GET documentary Lennon’s original recording was reused to isolate and “clean”Low quality and made with piano melody.

Appeal Use its own algorithms that remove the components of a sound range that helps remastering. Old or damaged records. This material Later, it was combined with the contributions of other members, which resulted in a “unpublished” piece. Beatles. The following video, which is a kind of makeup of the whole project, shows how the feature works in practice.

Despite the victory, the person responsible for Grammy’s own existence was worried about the use of AI in music, especially without arrangement, concerns about the creation of a copyright or completely artificial thing – by the praised, praised organizer himself.