Trending...
- Ironside HR Named Fastest-Growing Staffing Firm for Second Year
- Santa Monica Businesses Push Back on Bus Stop Relocation That Threatens Access and Safety
- Psychedelics for Vets? CCHR Cites History of Exploitation and Failed Science
Cambridge-based songwriter David Harrington challenges music industry norms with "Machine Soul Collective"
CAMBRIDGE, U.K. - JerseyDesk -- Cambridge, UK Retired enterprise developer and lifelong hobbyist songwriter David Harrington is shaking up the music world from his home studio in Cambridge. Under the artist name Machine Soul Collective, Harrington is using advanced AI tools as creative co-writers to write, produce, and release a fully coherent album, in a variety of genres, every single week—a pace virtually unheard of in the traditional music industry.
"I use AI as a creative tool to assist in my songwriting," Harrington explains. "It's like working with the most polite, talented, and well-informed co-writer you will ever meet."
Drawing from a personal archive of lyrics spanning over 35 years, Harrington fuses his past self with future-facing technology. He collaborates with AI tools to shape emotionally rich and musically adventurous work, often recycling and reframing lyrics often written decades ago.
More on Jersey Desk
"The lyrics are mostly my own or come from collaborators," he notes. "It's been very eye-opening to revisit words I wrote when I was a completely different person."
So why release an album every week? For Harrington, it's part artistic experiment, part technological statement.
"I'm convinced the general public still doesn't fully grasp what this technology is capable of—or how transformative it will be," he says. "So I decided to make the point as graphically as possible: by doing the unthinkable."
Albums released under the Machine Soul Collective name are already available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other major streaming platforms.
And while some industry voices claim AI-generated music lacks emotional resonance, Harrington challenges that idea outright.
"I have no desire to take anyone's livelihood," he clarifies. "But I strongly disagree with recent comments by prominent pop stars who say you can't get emotion into AI music. You can. My output proves it. Have a listen—see if you can tell the difference."
More on Jersey Desk
The project raises a provocative question for the modern music industry: If a retired hobbyist can create and release high-quality albums weekly, what does that mean for the future of mainstream music production?
"Does the music business have a big problem?" Harrington muses. "Well—yes. It really does."
www.machinesoulcollective.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nBWvb4v45GYOo6FoQMU6X?si=Ri_XmaowSJCoUPDBsvJ7fQ
"I use AI as a creative tool to assist in my songwriting," Harrington explains. "It's like working with the most polite, talented, and well-informed co-writer you will ever meet."
Drawing from a personal archive of lyrics spanning over 35 years, Harrington fuses his past self with future-facing technology. He collaborates with AI tools to shape emotionally rich and musically adventurous work, often recycling and reframing lyrics often written decades ago.
More on Jersey Desk
- Pixel Studio Productions Launches Same-Day Headshots in Houston
- What Are Chromatography Vials?
- The Theater Project's Kaleidoscope Kabaret '25 to Showcase Old Pros and Up-And-Comers
- The Theater Project's Kaleidoscope Kabaret '25 to Showcase Old Pros and Up-And-Comers
- Why Choose a USA-based manufacturer for laboratory vials
"The lyrics are mostly my own or come from collaborators," he notes. "It's been very eye-opening to revisit words I wrote when I was a completely different person."
So why release an album every week? For Harrington, it's part artistic experiment, part technological statement.
"I'm convinced the general public still doesn't fully grasp what this technology is capable of—or how transformative it will be," he says. "So I decided to make the point as graphically as possible: by doing the unthinkable."
Albums released under the Machine Soul Collective name are already available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other major streaming platforms.
And while some industry voices claim AI-generated music lacks emotional resonance, Harrington challenges that idea outright.
"I have no desire to take anyone's livelihood," he clarifies. "But I strongly disagree with recent comments by prominent pop stars who say you can't get emotion into AI music. You can. My output proves it. Have a listen—see if you can tell the difference."
More on Jersey Desk
- Exelon Leader Tamla Olivier Named 2025 Technologist of the Year by Waves of Change STEM Conference
- Be Part of the World's Largest Art Biennale | Moons, Castles, Trees | Copenhagen Chronotopes
- SeedList Launching Institutional Crypto Crowdfunding Project to Empower Retail Investors and Disrupt the VC-Dominated Crypto Fundraising Landscape
- Rent Like A Champion Acquires CollegeWeekends
- Sumter Landing Dental Care Launches Summer Special on Full Mouth Reconstruction
The project raises a provocative question for the modern music industry: If a retired hobbyist can create and release high-quality albums weekly, what does that mean for the future of mainstream music production?
"Does the music business have a big problem?" Harrington muses. "Well—yes. It really does."
www.machinesoulcollective.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nBWvb4v45GYOo6FoQMU6X?si=Ri_XmaowSJCoUPDBsvJ7fQ
Source: Machine Soul Collective
0 Comments
Latest on Jersey Desk
- $14M Deal with Famed David Lloyd for Sports, Entertainment & Gaming, AI Powered Fan Engagement Company; New Stock CUSIP; Creating Shareholder Value
- Disposable Vape Ban Spurs Hayati Innovation
- Prolific Hollywood "Unknown Actor" Leads 11 Day SoCal, Hands-On, Performer Employment Securing Residency that Shows Others How to Get More Work
- Dr. Harmon Completes Prestigious Zygomatic Implant Residency in Brazil
- Agreement to Deliver Thin-Film Solar Technology to Space Solar Array Provider, NASA Collaborative Agreement for Orbital Applications in Power Beaming
- Iterators LLC Honored with IST82 State Award for Accessibility in Massachusetts
- Josh & Heidi Share Upcoming "Spreading the Good BUZZ" Podcast Guests, Select Top Five Elopement Locations as Their Instagram Presence Grows Globally
- Opteamix Launches StackRewrite.AI to Transform Enterprise Legacy Modernization
- "The Pornified Generation": Dr. Chris Samuels Exposes the Toxic Alliance Between Bro Culture and Pornography That's Rewiring a Generation
- The Modern Insurance Store Expands Medicare Help Services for Seniors in Cincinnati
- Amy Gaccione Receives Certified Account Executive in Factoring Designation
- Ironside HR Named Fastest-Growing Staffing Firm for Second Year
- Inframark Continues to Build Its Community Management Capabilities and Multi-Disciplinary Presence in Arizona
- ICAST 2025: The Crystal-Clear Revolution Begins at Booth #3233
- Brindle Pet Supplies Now Carries Badlands Ranch Dog Food in Canada
- $10 Million Allocated to Establish Crypto Treasury Focused on High Value Ethereum (ETH) & Bitcoin (BTC) as Long-Term Holdings for Cybersecurity Leader
- Sing For Your Supper: A Night of Musical Comedy and Drag for a Great Cause
- Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies Celebrates New DBH Graduates
- $100 to $200 Million Equity Agreement with Top Digital Advisor Bitwise to Power Major Digital Asset Initiative for Bitcoin and Solana: OFA Group
- New Collaboration Launches Corporate ESG Solution for Responsible Decommissioning and Transparent Reporting