Tag: Music Canada
It’s time for London to tune up its bona fides as a music city. But how?
The numbers didn’t add up for Graham Henderson. Toronto had four million people and a music economy of $500 million a year. Austin, Texas had a fifth of the people, 800,000, and three times the music economy, $1.5 billion a year. As president of Music Canada at the time, Henderson set out to figure out […]
Owen Riegling, Linsey Beckett win Canadian country music awards
A pair of Grey-Bruce artists have won big at the Canadian Country Music Association awards. Rising country music star Owen Riegling of Mildmay was named both the Songwriter of the Year and Breakthrough Artist or Group of the Year, while Linsey Beckett who grew up near Kemble, was named Fiddle Player of the Year. Not […]
Q+A: London musician creates AI tool to help write songs, lyrics
Western University music school graduate Jeff Lupker has developed an artificial intelligence tool, dubbed Staccato AI, that generates lyrics and melodies. It’s hit the right notes with Silicon Valley investors, has partnered with music label AMG and has a motto that sums up the goal: “Think of it as an AI Lennon to your McCartney.” […]