Guitar Great Not Worried About Artificial Intelligence in Music
Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh is not worried about artificial Intelligence in the music industry. He’s not worried for one simple reason, they can’t trash a hotel room. In a sort of tongue-in-cheek answer to the question about A.I. making it’s way into music production.
@apnews Rocker Joe Walsh of The Eagles says he's not threatened by AI and has a very specific bar it needs to pass before he gets concerned. #joewalsh #theeaglesband #artificialintelligence
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Trashing a hotel room is a thing of the past, but if we take what Walsh is saying and remove the tongue from his cheek, he’s probably leaning towards the human element that is music. It’s a connection to life experiences that the artist is making with the consumer of the albums and songs. Artificial Intelligence may be able to give you a beat, some rhythm, etc., but it can’t relate to an audience’s shared experiences. People love music because we can tie it to an event, or a person that means something to us. There is a human aspect to our love of songs, an emotional or personal memory.
Walsh and the Eagles recently announced their farewell tour, The Long Goodbye. Which he says will be just that. There is not an actual end date to the tour yet. Walsh is basically saying why stop, when you can still play? In an interview with Variety at Ringo Starr‘s 83rd birthday celebration he said, “I think people like BB King set an example, which is, there’s no reason to stop unless you can’t do it,” he said. “And so we’re just announcing that we’re gonna just focus on playing quality shows and slow it down a little bit. And we’re gonna play until we can’t, or play until nobody comes, whichever comes first. But they’re still coming, so why stop? That’s the only thing we know how to do.”
The Eagles’ Long Goodbye tour kicks off Thursday, September 7th, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. A 2nd batch of shows were added after the tour was announce, but nothing in Philadelphia yet. If the band stays true to what Joe Walsh is saying regarding continuing to play, you can expect plenty more shows to be added to the “final” tour.
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