To what extent am I still the original creator of a song where the AI programmed the drums, prepared the chord combination, generated the melody, and then did the mix and master? It can already do all that at a very high level. | Photo: Possessed Photography
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"I am really looking forward to the show of Billie Eilish, who has never played in our region before," says Tamáš Kádár. | Photo: archive Sziget
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Radovan Macho in the workshop. | Photo: archive of R.M. pickups
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"Bonnie is as true-blue an artist as anyone before or since. She might be singing pop or she might be singing R&B, but she’s never far from the source. She has become part of the source herself. She’s a master," said Raitt B.B. King about Bonnie. | Photo: Boz Bros (Flickr)
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The French electronic duo Air live in Ferrara (Italy) in 2004 | Photo: Flickr (Wikimedia Commons, CC 2.0)
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Of course, some dudes will tell you that the most important thing is to never have any doubts, but I think that's bullshit. | Photo: Unsplash
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Sometimes it's just easier to create hype than to compose high-quality music. | Photo: Unsplash
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The Aussie post-punk band Tactics | Photo: https://www.i94bar.com/interviews/tactics
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Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between a perfectly normal effort to make enough money to run a band and survive and pure greed and opportunism.| Photo: Austin Neill (Unsplash)
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B.B. King, the King of the Blues, didn't have just one Lucille – he has given that name to all of his guitars since the 1950s. | Photo: Gibson archives
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Garry Cobain of The Future Sound of London | Photo: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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