Where Songwriting & Tech Meet

Show notes This week on the podcast, Mike has 2 fantastic discussions that both discuss the crossway of innovation and songwriting, though in extremely various methods. Up, is a chat with Olga Vechtomova, a teacher and scientist in the University of Waterloo’s Natural Language Processing Lab, who led a group that produced LyricJam. It’s a real-time system that utilizes expert system (AI) to produce lyric lines for live crucial music. Olga exposes how and why LyricJam was developed, the capacity for AI to both develop music and be an assistant to human music developers, and a lot more. The 2nd interview is with John Williamson, the CEO and Co-founder of a business and online platform for customized tunes called Songfinch. The platform links clients with songwriters to produce customized tunes that mark a celebration, from a birthday or wedding event anniversary, to even a separation. John himself has actually had an extremely fascinating profession that covers the DIY indie music scene, operating in music positionings for Coca-Cola, and co-founding a when highly-publicized B2B sync licensing business. John informs his distinct music market story, and how those previous lessons resulted in the development of Songfinch. He then breaks down how the business works, how their songwriters run, how the cash is divided, and a lot more. Hosts Mike Raine Michael Raine is the Editor-in-Chief for Canadian Musician, Professional Sound, and other publications. He’s a fan of long discussions about music and the music market. Visitors

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