Canadian artist Grimes is embracing the popular trend of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in music and has made her very own app for creators.
Music lovers are recreating already popular songs using the voice of unrelated artists, for no reason at all but to join in on the internet phenomenon.
Last week, recording artist Grimes told her followers on Twitter that she was willing to split 50 per cent of the royalties earned on AI songs made with her voice, sharing that the collaborations would be the same arrangement she has with other artists.
“I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings,” the tweet reads.
In a subsequent tweet Grimes said, “I think it’s cool to be fused w a machine and I like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright.”
Elon Musk’s ex-girlfriend decided to double down on her proposition and announced her “Elf.Tech: GrimesAI-1 Voiceprint” app via Twitter on Sunday.
According to her tweet, the app will distribute songs created by artists while they earn royalties from their creations.
In a series of tweets, Grimes says the app is a beta app for creators to test, and hopes to improve the app over time.
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“This is all a beta test so it may be imperfect at first. But! Let’s try this out! If you go to ht/elf.tech u can upload ur voice singing or record directly into the app (click the “create” button to do this). It will output the same audio but with my voice,” she explained.
On the app, registered users can record their own voice and create a song or upload songs to recreate in Grimes voice to create a WAV file.
GrimesAI-1 will not own the rights to any sound recordings unless they are a cover of a Grimes song.
Created songs can be uploaded to digital streaming platforms (DSP) via the elf tech app for $9.99 a year.
