An Annan musician has generated a musical tribute to the town’s football club.
Jamie Grant has combined Annan Athletic match footage with music, vocals and his own drone footage to create Golden Shadows by alter ego JamieG.
But a big-money recording contract is unlikely to be coming his way – because the song was created using artificial intelligence (AI).
Jamie – who was a drummer for many years with local bands – said: “It takes so long in the studio to get the sound right – never mind writing the song.
“I was just amazed at these new AI tools. Within seconds you can create a song, it’s terrifying.
“I have great respect for professionals but it totally undermines their skillset.
“I thought there would be a mixing desk and you had to set things up but it took seconds.
“You tell it what sort of song you want and it comes back and does it – you can change it and republish it again if you want.”
“Someone asked me who the vocalist was. It’s AI, so I said it was Andy Inglis – AI – but they didn’t clock it!”
Jamie has recorded more than 150 drone videos of Dumfries and Galloway locations for his YouTube channel Solway Videos at www.youtube.com/@solwayvideos, which he has been running for eight years.
However, finding a soundtrack has proven difficult for copyright reasons – but using AI solves all that.
He added: “I’ve got some drone shots of the ground, I’ve been to a few games and I watch the videos. They score some incredible goals.
“I thought it would be great to mix it with the sound.
“When you publish something, it’s amazing how much is banned because it’s copyrighted, but this is free of all that.
“When you do 150 videos you get some pretty good ones.
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“I did one recently of the tall ship La Malouine when it was in Annan harbour, it was a really good day.
“The drone company in China even came back to me and asked if they could use my video on their site.”
Jamie worked for the Ministry of Defence at RAF Carlisle for nearly 20 years, being trained in radio and radar before moving to software development.
When the base was closing, he worked for TC Farries before going on to an IT job at Cumbria County Council, taking early retirement after 19 years.