The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

the new AI Music Assistant feature is designed to generate background music for long-form YouTube videos, and it is rolling out to some US-based creators now.

She also mentioned that she didn’t use streaming services. Chapman said: “I only buy music in physical form. Artists get paid when you actually buy a CD or the vinyl. That’s important to me.

In 2019, he and musician friends also started Hyphen Dash to explore their love of free-form music that broke free of pop constraints. Merely playing that music was a statement in itself ...