“AI companies know the song matters more than the recording.” Some of the most powerful AI models have been trained on songs without credit, attribution or clarity on rights. At The Ivors Academy Summit, David Israelite, President and CEO of the National Music Publishers'

Looking at the Mirror of the Moon #Contemporarymusic #SoundCloud #voice and #strings on.soundcloud.com/tN0bvn6v9PY0Sr…

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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Philip Glass's "Songs From Liquid Days," Lincoln Center and New Latin Wave present the album's first revival in four decades, on stage at David Geffen Hall. lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln…

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Gloucester. First stop on the BBC Radio 3 Breakfast roadbtrip ...

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Fear not, for I am with you - for unaccompanied SATB sung beautifully by the ⁦LFCCM⁩ Singers at ⁦Southwark Cathedral⁩ #newmusic #choir lfccm.com/media/recordin…

Back with some old friends yesterday - #towerstories #mere #wiltshire

As a former chorister at Gloucester Cathedral and a Gloucester Rugby 🍒 fan, I absolutely love this!

An entirely fake Gen AI album trained on scrapings from Emily Portman's music has been illegally released on Spotify, iTunes and online platforms. Portman says it feels like "the start of something pretty dystopian" - and highlights a lack of legal safeguards for artists.

A bit late in the day, but here's a guest blog post for Thoroughly Good that I wrote in January 2023 about the threat of AI to our creative industries: blog.thoroughlygood.me/2023/01/31/gue…

Voyager 2's last image was taken on this day in 1989. Here Neptune is on the left, and its moon Triton on the right. From this position, farther from the Sun than Neptune, most of the sunlit sides face away from the departing spacecraft. With no more targets for the optical

It's just a week before internationally-acclaimed vocal ensemble Gents of St John's are giving a concert in St Peter’s Church Dorchester (DT1 1XA) on Sat 6 Sep, 7-8.15pm (no interval). Tickets are going fast. Don't miss out! ticketsource.co.uk/st-peters-chur…

Thank you to Marc, our captain, for everything.

Organ Recital: John Challenger (ADoM, Salisbury Cathedral), Tuesday 2 Se... youtube.com/live/ETtPpdcCD…

"AI cannot 'create' without our music. We never consented to having our music used to build a multi-billion dollar technology. We have not been asked, we have not been paid, but we have been robbed, disrespected and mocked by rich technocrats. This fight is bigger than music." -

As you plan your weekend, don't forget Choral Eucharist at St Peter's Church Dorchester (DT1 1XA) this Sunday 7th September, 10.30am. Gorgeous choral music by Tavener, Haydn and Mozart. This service is free to attend and all are very welcome. More info at musicatstpetersdorchester.org

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