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Yeah I can see that. Incidentally, this stuff is creeping into more mundane areas in life as well. Somehow the topic of AI came up in conversation when I was getting a haircut. The lady cutting my hair said that a couple of her clients are now feeding their image to an AI app to give them a...

I take your word for it and sorry to hear that. My super wild ass guess was that it was more a situation where the clients started demanding faster turnaround times from their composers(s) due to AI entering the space, and the composers simply falling in line by doing whatever it takes to keep...

I understand that there would be a more competition, but with the trained ears, musical knowledge, more refined taste, professional mixing setup, and established connections/relationships, a commercial composer(s) would still have the edge over a non-musician SUNO user no? (referring to...

I’ve been on Logic since the Emagic days (and only had to pay for 1 upgrade if I’m remembering correctly). However, I bought a license of Digital Performer 11.3 around a year ago because it came highly recommended, to scratch an itch I’ve had for a while to try a different DAW, and I was...

The only ones that are mildly annoying to me Mike are the flashing ads (wherever they are located, top, bottom or sides).

I don’t think it’s crazy. I’m guessing that writing the essays is allowing you time to think about the many aspects of the person and subject, a way to uncover observations, and deep dive into areas that would overload you if you were doing that and trying to write the song at the same time—a...

I’m not a synth V user, but like @Nekujak said, it is fascinating to me how different songwriters/composers come up with and refine their melodies. Not only how they create them from scratch, but how they evaluate their melodies is equally interesting: what is a keeper, and what get’s tossed...

Gotta love when that happens. That is indeed a fantastic version by Kurt Elling. Shines another golden light on the song, and IMHO also updates the song to a modern esthetic. Of course the vocal is top drawer--and the bass vamp, overall feel, piano playing in general—loving it. Blue Note...

I saw these guys play live recently (Count Basie Orchestra), and became aware of this fantastic arrangement of April In Paris. I heard the song growing up, but it remained in my peripheral awareness, and I suppose compartmentalized as a song "from another era". But hearing Count Basie live...

Or take a Billie Eilish, which I guess is a two person vision with her brother Finneas. A family connection in this case, which is part of the glue that holds it together I’d venture to say. My hunch is if someone did an in-depth study today, indeed, the non-corporate singer-songwriters would...

This is a good point and generally true I think. Yes, and nobody else is going to get inside my head and write my music for me. In one band I was in, we had two lyric writers, one vocalist, three drummer/percussionists, two bass players, three guitarists, one keyboardist--but only 5 people...

I think I’m naturally much more of a collaborator than a solo writer. I remember way back how much fun it was to co-write music in original bands. But the problem was the bands never lasted. I remember how much work we would put into writing the material, rehearsing, scraping gigs together, and...

Thanks for sharing, that is a unique song theme. For the life of me I can’t think of a single January song. A wedding in January never would have occurred to me. All I can think of is freezing my fingers huddled around a little hole chopped in the ice for countless hours, sharing coffee from a...

Here is something that is in-work apparently: a disclosure standard for disclosing where and how AI is being used, developed for Spotify by Digital Data Exchange (DDEX). "This standard gives artists and rights holders a way to clearly indicate where and how AI played a role in the creation of a...

But how would you know? According to Warren Huart (Rick Beato also) people are now using AI all over the place to help them write their songs, and then going back in and replacing the AI gen with real musicians/vocals. Presumably, to avoid an AI stigma, and not get rejected when trying to place...