Nick Mason wants to use AI to create new Pink Floyd songs
nme.comNick Mason has expressed his desire to use AI to create new Pink Floyd songs.The drummer recently gave an interview to The Sunday Mirror (via Music News), where he discussed the potential to forge a Pink Floyd reunion via AI.
David Gilmour declared the band to be over in 2015, saying that the iconic prog-rock band had “run its course.”“It would be fascinating to see what AI could do with new music,” Mason told The Sunday Mirror. “If you tried to run it as a sort of ‘Where did Pink Floyd go after?’“The thing to do would be to have an AI situation where David and Roger become friends again,” he continued, adding: “We could be like ABBA by the time we’ve finished with it.”He also spoke of the feud between David Gilmour and Roger Waters, expressing disappointment that it had overshadowed the band: “In a 55-year career, most of it was great fun.
We were enormously privileged to be in a successful band and tour the world and hang out with really interesting people. It’s a gold card to meet all sorts of your favourite sportsmen and actors.”Mason, who currently plays some of Pink Floyd’s earlier music as Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets alongside Spandau Ballet‘s Gary Kemp and bassist Guy Pratt, also reflected on continuing to perform Pink Floyd songs.“The best thing about keeping the thing going is for our benefit,” he said. “It makes sense to keep it going rather than shutting it down.
Read more on nme.com