It was a surprise, if not a shock, back in August 1978 when a prominent Detroit concert promotion firm accused Electric Light Orchestra of using taped enhancements during a pair of stadium concerts.

For decades, trumpet players have relied on static piano backing tracks for standards like 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and 'Minuet and Trio.' But in 2026, the landscape has shifted dramatically with ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - So, all you rock fans, it seems at least a couple of times a year there’s a kerfuffle concerning bands and artists using backing tracks during their shows. If you have no idea what ...

YouTube is testing AI tools to generate music and improve comment moderation, enhancing creator control and safety.

Google has trained an artificial intelligence, named SingSong, that can generate a musical backing track to accompany people’s recorded singing. To develop it, Jesse Engel and his colleagues at Google ...