IN OUAGADOUGOU, LIA COMES IN SCENE: TO THE REMA, AFRICAN MUSIC DEFENDS ITS CREATORS
In the margins of the Rencontres Musicales Africaines (REMA)The Hotel Bravia in Ouagadougou hosted a forum on artificial intelligence in music creation. Professionals, students and experts discussed a central issue: how to take advantage of these new tools while preserving the rights of authors?
The room was full. Around the theme "Reinventing Creation, Visibility and Value", the forum of the Rencontres Musicales Africaines reviewed what artificial intelligence is already changing in studios and on platforms: new ways of composing and producing, new ways of introducing a work — and, mirroring, the essential issues of intellectual property and equitable remuneration for creators.
Cultural Administrator and Consultant, Luc Mayitoukou discussed the concrete possibilities that these tools open up, including for artists working with limited technical means: simulating instruments, working on sound, exploring new creative avenues; real potential, provided that they understand the rules of the game — including how existing works feed the models of artificial intelligence, and the recognition of the rights of those who created them.
The cultural journalist Youssef Ouedraogo has also spoken through the discussions. Chantal Kaboré ForgoSecretary General of the BBDA, the Burkina Faso Copyright Office, recalled the foundation of the entire industry: the protection of works and the fair remuneration of creators, at a time when technology is advancing faster than texts.
Interviews conducted in Ouagadougou, transmitted by Mory Touré , journalist and explorer of festivals — to be found in video in the subject of the JT of the Festivals below.
The subject of the JT of the Festivals
The JT of the Festivals — "Artificial intelligence at the heart of musical creation", REMA forum at the Hotel Bravia (Ougadougou). Elements: Mory Touré , journalist — Festival Explorer .
The voices of the forum
— Moïse 1er, the Festival Explorer