Grammy-winning musician Imogen Heap is collaborating with AI platform Jen to offer fans a new way to create music using her distinctive style and voice. This innovative project includes AI models based on Heap’s music, allowing users to generate compositions inspired by her work.
StyleFilter, one of the tools developed, utilizes AI trained on Heap’s singles "What Have You Done To Me" and "Last Night of an Empire." The tool lets users blend Heap’s unique stylings into their own music through adjustable AI prompts. “I wanted to enable the fans to come in and generate a piece of music based on my piece of music,” Heap shared during an on-stage discussion at Web Summit in Lisbon, calling the concept “an actual working song as a service.”
Additionally, Jen and Heap have created an AI voice model trained on the artist’s vocals. Jen emphasizes ethical practices and claims its AI models adhere to copyright compliance, using only licensed material. Heap noted her initial struggle to find a generative platform ethically sourcing music until she found Jen, which integrates blockchain technology for compliance. Each newly created track receives a timestamped cryptographic hash logged on The Root Network’s blockchain, preserving its creation's integrity.
“The landscape is different now,” Heap explained, highlighting the influence of blockchain, social media, and distributed technologies that enable musicians to empower themselves. Heap, known for innovations like motion-tracking music gloves and Creative Passport digital ID service, has also developed an AI persona, Mogen, trained on her interviews and speeches. Heap envisions creating an AI “companion” that evolves and collaborates with other artists to produce ethical, collective music models. “If we can just create these base pieces,” she said, “then we can build anything from it in an ethical, wholesome, and exciting, creative way.”
Source: Musician Imogen Heap Is Offering AI-Powered ‘Songs as a Service’