'The primary instruments' is going to start arguments in studios. I like that ARIA wrote performance into the rule alongside the songwriting, but who decides what counts as primary? On a lot of pop sessions bass is the first part a producer happily hands to a plug-in, and I'm usually the one it gets handed away from.
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- 0:00Australia's recorded music industry says tracks wholly generated by A.I. will be
- 0:05barred from official charts, as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists'
- 0:10livelihoods. The Australian Record Industry Association announced the crackdown on Tuesday
- 0:24as a variation of Madonna's pop hit Like a Prayer, created by an Australian producer
- 0:30using A.I.-generated vocals and drums, has spent 16 weeks in the charts.
- 0:36The association said some A.I.-assisted music will remain eligible as long as
- 0:41humans wrote the song and performed the lead vocal and the primary instruments,
- 0:46alongside other requirements.
