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I'm an artist and composer ?? who has been working with machine learning for many years. My last album PROTO(4AD,2019) was the first to utilize singing neural networks, and I completed my Doctorate at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, where my research focus was on the interplay between machine learning and the voice, and the implications of this technology for IP and vocal sovereignty??
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The recent introduction of projects like DeepMind’s Wavenet, Google’s Tacotron and others have advanced the field of voice generation sufficient to make me confident that generating convincing spoken and sung voices will soon become standard practice for artists and other creatives, as presaged by the popularity of celebrity vocal deep fakes already found all over YouTube.
Not all vocal models are equal. While it may be possible to generate an approximation of a voice by training a neural network from freely available audio found online, the deeper and more detailed the model is, the wider the range of expression available to create with ?️
[PhilNote: NFT justification]... This approach supports the “My Collectible Ass” principle, advocated for by ZORAand originally proposed by theorist McKenzie Wark. This principle states that the more prominent and visible/audible a work of art is, the more valuable the certified original becomes.
OpenLaw Tribute DAO Framework
The Holly+ DAO will make use of the OpenLaw Tribute DAO framework. You can learn more about OpenLaw, and their instrumental role in legally recognizing DAO's in Wyoming, on our Interdependence podcast here.
The ERC-20 VOICE tokens will come to represent voting shares in Holly+ DAO.
Should the DAO approve the work, an NFT will be minted, with 50% of initial and secondary sales shared with the creator of the new work. 40% of profits will be distributed amongst DAO members, and 10% will go to me directly, for rent!
Never Before Heard Sounds, founded by Chris Deaner & Yotam Mann, makes machine learning instruments and expressive audio tools.
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