To truly appreciate the track, it’s important to go beyond the long shadow of the Beatles’ version.
Now and Then finds a place alongside Beatles’ songs like We Can Work it Out or Girl which move between major-key and minor-key sections. A still from the song’s video.
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For their “last single” Now and Then, the remaining 2023 Beatles kept John Lennon’s chorus, but changed where it fell. This necessary “repair” meant losing some of Lennon’s most touching passages.
The Beatles have released a new track - using new technology to strip Lennon’s vocals out of an old demo casette tape. Will this be part of Beatles canon?
Musicians and producers can already utilize AI to realistically reproduce the sound of any instrument or voice imaginable.
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AI can streamline the painstaking work of mixing and editing tracks. But it’s also easy to see how AI-generated music will make more money for giant streaming services at the expense of artists.
The Beatles appear backstage at EMI studios in London in June 1967.
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Paul McCartney appears to compose the smash hit ‘Get Back’ from thin air in a clip from the Beatles documentary of the same name — but experts propose at least eight other factors behind it.
Through 154 songs, Paul McCartney gives us an insight into his life. There is an elegaic feel to this book, which showcases the many sides to McCartney’s songwriting.
For Paul McCartney, songwriting involved a convergence of memory, experience and happenstance.
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For many years now the UK has been a Eurovision laughing stock, despite a wealth of pop talent. What about if it was to pick one of these sure-fire rockstar winners instead?
British singer Sam Smith is known for his soaring falsetto.
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Technological advances in music production have all but obliterated the need for popular music to be transcribed into musical notation. So why is musical literacy still important?