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Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:10 am Thanks for posting Corcovado! One of the best sounds of the sixties!

bill_g wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:48 pm If you haven't heard, The Girl From Ipanema, Astrud Gilberto, died this week. She was the sound of Samba and introduced millions to the music from Brazil. The Girl from Ipanema became immortal.



She had other hits that didn't go far in the US, but were applauded elsewhere.



I often mixed her and Elis Regina up. Loved them both.

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:10 am Thanks for posting Corcovado! One of the best sounds of the sixties!

Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record,” decades after the band broke up, Paul McCartney said Tuesday.

McCartney, 80, told the BBC that the technology was used to separate the Beatles’ voices from background sounds during the making of director Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary series, “The Beatles: Get Back.” The “new” song is set to be released later this year, he said.

Jackson was “able to extricate John’s voice from a ropey little bit of cassette and a piano,” McCartney told BBC radio. “He could separate them with AI, he’d tell the machine ‘That’s a voice, this is a guitar, lose the guitar’.”

“So when we came to make what will be the last Beatles record, it was a demo that John had that we worked on,” he added. “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI so then we could mix the record as you would do. It gives you some sort of leeway.”

McCartney didn’t identify the name of the demo, but the BBC and others said it was likely to be an unfinished 1978 love song by Lennon called “Now and Then.” The demo was included on a cassette labeled “For Paul” that McCartney had received from Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, the BBC reported.

Happy Father’s Day from Rome
Here’s my last performance of Father and Son in Italy, nine years ago

RVInit wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 8:44 pm That is one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums. That's pretty much what I say about almost every Pink Floyd song and album though. My all time favorite. I saw them at the Superdome in New Orleans for their Division Bell tour. Awesome.

Hear a Recently-Discovered 12,000-Year-Old Flute That Musically Mimics the Sound of Raptor Calls

northland10 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:42 pm In honor of African American History month, here is some organ music composed (and performed) by persons of color.

And here is some more Florence Price. The song is introduced and performed by Nicole Keller

Foggy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:04 am https: //youtu.be/FvVnP8G6ITs (Taylor Swift Tiny Desk)

I hate how much I adore this woman. There are so many reasons not to like her music, but damn.

The Victorian government has taken steps to prevent scalpers from reselling sought-after Taylor Swift concert tickets at exorbitant prices.

The state minister for tourism, sport and major events, Steve Dimopoulos, announced on Tuesday afternoon that the pop star’s 2024 Eras tour, which includes two concert dates at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, would be now designated a “major event”, which activates a number of restrictions under Victoria’s anti-scalping laws.
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One ticket for the Melbourne gigs was listed on Viagogo for $3,144 – 249% of the official maximum price for the most expensive ticket package through the official retailer, Ticketek.

Under anti-scalping laws in Victoria, tickets to a designated “major event” cannot be resold or listed for sale for more than 110% of their original value.