Finally, a New Idea in Rock and Roll

"Earlier this year, a new band called the Velvet Sundown released a song that sounded like it was made by a Benadryl-drowsed peer of the Eagles and Led Zeppelin. It earned more than 3 million streams, a rare feat for an unknown band. Except it wasn't actually a band-it was (according to an official statement) a "synthetic music project" that had been composed and voiced using AI."

"one track from the solo album of the lead singer, Cameron Winter, became a TikTok hit, garnering more than 7 million Spotify plays. The band's new release, Getting Killed, stages an intense and unpredictable melee between punk and free jazz. It's the result of humans collaboratively making decisions that no one else would make, just because they feel like it-an album that seems capable of piercing through even the most serious cases of burnout and brain fog."

"The members of Geese are part of the first generation of music nerds to be raised with streaming services at their disposal, which gives them something in common with AI: They've studied tons of old records and can raid all of them. Geese's songs blend Frank Zappa-style zaniness, the simmering swagger of the Rolling Stones, the jumpy surrealism of Pixies, and many other influences."

A purported new band, the Velvet Sundown, released a song that amassed over 3 million streams but proved to be an AI-composed and voiced "synthetic music project." That example prompted questions about rock's vitality, yet young musicians continue to innovate. Geese, a Brooklyn quartet signed soon after high school, and lead singer Cameron Winter achieved significant streaming success, including a solo track with over 7 million Spotify plays. Geese's album Getting Killed fuses punk and free jazz into intense, unpredictable arrangements produced by human collaborative choices. The band draws on wide influences cultivated by streaming-era listening habits.

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