Steel City Con pop culture convention in Pennsylvania, bassist Geezer Butler discussed the production of his upcoming solo album, including a curious detail: its vocalist was generated by AI.
“Since the last Black Sabbath , I’ve been going through all the material I wrote from the 1980s onward, updating everything. What was holding me back was the fact that I didn’t have a singer in-house, but AI arrived (laughs). So, I started using an AI vocalist to bring the lyrics to life,” he said.
However, artificial intelligence will not be involved in the final product, according to Butler. “I’ll take this to the singers I’ll be working with, to show them what I want on the album and so they have a clearer idea of it. Before, I’d just play a riff on the bass, ask ‘Can you sing this?’ and they’d answer with a hesitant ‘Yes…’ (laughs).”
"It's much better now, you can sit in the studio, do everything with artificial intelligence and bring it on to real musicians, let them take care of everything. It helped me a lot. Many people think that's cheating," he concluded.
Geezer Butler talks about the possibility of collaborations with former Black Sabbath members
When asked by a fan about possible collaborations with guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward , his Black Sabbath colleagues, the bassist mentioned that Iommi is currently working on a "great album."
“I think it’s in the mixing process, so it should be released soon. It has an excellent Swedish vocalist on the album. Tony wanted me to play three bass tracks, but he’d like that to be done in England, and I can’t go there until June. If he can wait that long, maybe a collaboration will happen,” he revealed.
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