What’s more important, the melody or the lyric?

By Barry DeVorzon Some people think melody rules and others think it’s the lyrics and there are strong arguments that support both beliefs. I’ve been a songwriter all of my life and I am privileged to have been able to do what I love most and to be successful at it. I would have to […]

Learning How to Write Songs

By Barry DeVorzon Learning how to write songs is not unlike learning how to play an instrument. The difference is, you have a teacher when you’re learning to play an instrument and you don’t have one when you’re learning to write songs. Almost anyone can learn to play an instrument, but not everyone can learn […]

The Ten Commandments of Songwriting

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Can a melody created by artificial intelligence be copyrighted?

By Barry DeVorzon Damien Riehl and his partner Noah Rubin seem to think so. Damien Riehl is an attorney and self-described musician/songwriter and Noah Rubin is a programmer and self-described musician/songwriter. They created a program and an algorithm that they claim has written every melody possible. They further claim that since they put this vast […]