Can AI Bands Ever Play Live? With the rise of AI-generated music by apps like Suno and Udio, we must ask ourselves this question: how does an AI band perform live? One thing is having fake music generated by apps and using it to fill the silence, but another, and one of the greatest joys for a music fan like me, is to see your favorite band live and experience the real thing. Well, the…
A Radio Conversation About AI and Music I was recently invited to a Chilean radio show to discuss the legal and creative implications of AI in the music industry. The radio show was Rock al Cuadrado on Radio Til Til, hosted by Alejandro Huerta, Esteban Miranda, and Carol Kay. What We Talked About Who owns AI-generated music? Can AI be considered creative? Are artists being replaced without even realizing it? What…
Generic Music Created Just For You Just as if we weren’t living in a dystopian world already, now we have AI music created specially for each one of us. Spotify and other platforms are already experimenting with generative music, which is created specifically for you, based on your data, algorithm, and listening habits. With a simple prompt (instruction), you will ask these platforms to create a playlist of artificially generated music similar to the…
Music Rights Up to now, Music and art, as human creations, can be protected by copyright law as intellectual property. The owner of those rights can be the writers, composers, and even sometimes the record labels that own them. But also people with a lot of money who buy that music to receive royalties from people who use that protected music. I’ve been studying copyright law and intellectual property since law school. I even wrote…
The Band Bring Me the Horizon is a British rock band formed in 2004. They have released seven studio albums. They transitioned from deathcore with their debut album, Count Your Blessings (2006), incorporating experimental and electronic elements, to pop with subsequent albums, before returning to metalcore with their latest release, Post Human: Nex Gen (2024). Band Members Oli Sykes – vocals, keyboards, programming Matt Nicholls – drums, percussion Lee Malia – guitars Matt Kean –…
Our Current Times We are living in the age of artificial intelligence, and although it has been a great help in many ways, it also has negative effects. One of those negative effects has been its impact on music. Music is a creation, and it was mostly human until some AI apps that generate music like Suno or Udio started releasing bands, albums, and discographies commanded by its users. A person writes a prompt…
Skid Row is once again looking for a lead singer. And at this point… I have to ask: Why? Skid Row is an American heavy metal band formed in 1986. They became one of the biggest heavy metal bands of the late 80s, with songs like 18 and Life and I Remember You. They were a part of the hair metal, glam of the 80’s, but with a touch of punk and a little bit more aggressive…
Why Talk About Bad Bunny on a Metal Blog? I bet you never would have thought that I would ever write about Bad Bunny, but music is music, and when something important happens, it is worth mentioning. Every so often, a moment is so massive it deserves to be talked about, regardless of the genre. Music is music, and I love to talk about it, always. I’m a metalhead and a Latina, yet I…
I’ve been going to concerts (rock and metal) since I was 16, more than 28 years (and also a few others before that age, with my parents or friends), and at 1 a month, I guess I’ve been to around 300 concerts in my life so far to know what I’m talking about. The Bad I originally thought about the things I hate about concerts, yet hate is a strong word (maybe more…
The Band Tetrarch is an American nu metalcore (nu metal + metalcore) band from Atlanta, Georgia, now based in Los Angeles. The band was formed in 2007. They have released three albums and EPs. Their most recent album, The Ugly Side of Me, was released in 2025. The band name refers to the governor of one of the country’s four divisions or provinces. Band members Josh Fore – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Diamond…
