Last month I read Dada Drummer‘s post “Musicians Need Labor Rights More than Copyrights” – AI is a New Technology, but an Old Fight. APR 18, 2023. Why we need both copyright and labor rights.
Since it’s publishing I’ve talked and discussed this post with various competent people. Here is one long and comprehensive comment by musician, composer and musician rights advocate Ken Hatfield which I want to share with you, my dear readers.
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An Editorial by Dawoud Kringle – originally published in Dawoud’s Soapbox – reprinted by permission (https://dawoudtherenegadesufi.substack.com/p/the-ais-are-coming?sd=pf)
Remember those sci-fi movies about thinking machines? It’s not fiction anymore. It’s here and it’s changing our world forever.
For those few of you who are unaware, artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence in machines. The goals of artificial intelligence include learning, reasoning, and perception. Many industries, organizations, governments, businesses, and private individuals are making use of this technology.
Text by Dawoud Kringle
We were just beginning to recover from the news of the passing of Wayne Shorter and Harry Belafonte. Then another iconic musician is called home, reminding us of the fragility of life, and how the age many of us grew up with is drawing to a close.
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Gordan Lightfoot was born November 17, 1938 in Orillia Ontario. His mother recognized Lightfoot’s musical talent early on and schooled him to become a successful child performer. He appeared periodically on local Orillia radio, performed in local operettas and oratorios, and gained exposure through various Kiwanis music festivals. At the age of twelve, after winning a competition for boys whose voices had not yet changed, he made his first appearance at Massey Hall in Toronto.
As a teenager, Lightfoot performed extensively throughout high school, learned piano, and taught himself to play drums and percussion. He held concerts at a resort in Muskoka. He moved to California in 1958 to study jazz composition and orchestration for two years at Westlake College of Music in Hollywood.
Text by Dawoud Kringle
American musician, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte has died.
Belafonte was a popular and well respected singer and actor. His more famous songs included “Day-O,” and “Jamaica Farewell.” His roles in movies such as Carmen Jones, Island in the Sun, and White Man’s Burden cemented his place among the great American Actors.
Text by Bruce Gallanther (DMG Newsletter for April 14th, 2023)
“The Garden of Earthly Delights” performed by The United States Of America, released in 1968. Written by Joseph Byrd and Dorothy Moskowitz
Poisonous gardens, lethal and sweet
Venomous blossoms
Choleric fruit, deadly to eat
Violet nightshades, innocent bloom
Omnivourous orchids
Cautiously wait, hungrily loom
