Google announces MusicLM: a model to generate music from text. Here are some crazy things it can do:
1. Given audio of a melody, it can generate new music inspired by that melody customized by prompts! Here's someone humming bella ciao turned into a cappella chorus, EDM, etc.
2. Generate audio with stories and progression:
electronic song played in a videogame (0:00-0:15)
meditation song played next to a river (0:15-0:30)
fire (0:30-0:45)
fireworks (0:45-0:60)
3. Generate music from paintings:
The Persistence of Memory- Salvador Dalí
"His melting-clock imagery mocks the rigidity of chronometric time. The watches themselves look like soft cheese—indeed, by Dali s own account they were inspired by hallucinations after eating..."
4. Generate music from any text description
Prompt: "The main soundtrack of an arcade game. It is fast-paced and upbeat, with a catchy electric guitar riff..."