01/16

 

someone asked about yesterday’s piece (0115 “parkour”).. “your composition? not AI?”

Yes, It’s my own composition. I can’t stand generative AI and will never use it. I can show my work if there is ever any doubt, I can show the DAW screens and show the original recorded sounds and processes that went into putting it together. I save all my work, so if anyone wants proof, I can provide it. The visuals are done using my phone camera, screen captures by OBS Studio (the free version) and DaVinci Resolve (also the free version). Assistive AI is another matter. I sometimes use an Ozone mastering plugin which uses assistive AI processes to polish the overall sound of things, but none of the musical or creative content is done by AI. I don’t do prompts or anything like that. If you want my full unhinged rant on why, just sit me down with a beer and I’ll bore you to death with it. 

Or perhaps you agree..?

Doing a project like this through something like ChatGPT or UDIO or the like is pure nonsense.. you don’t get to call yourself a composer or songwriter if you do that. Because you’re not. And the billions that are made in the pop music industry churning out one thoroughly derivative piece of crap after another and hoping that enough people think it’s impressive is ridiculous and frankly a con game.

generative vs. assistive

No. I do not use generative AI. Everyone (at least unknowingly) uses assistive AI in some form because it’s baked into almost everything now, and I don’t have a problem with that. If you don’t already know.. go ahead and ask your favorite AI chatbot about the difference between generative and assistive AI.

AI vs. generative music

I do make generative music using PureData, but it’s not AI. It’s more akin to what a windchime does.. you make the chimes and the beater and the thing that catches the wind, you set it outside and the wind “plays” the instrument you’ve designed. That’s more or less what my PureData pieces do, with varying sets of controls governing how and how much random processes get involved in the sound production. (see “aleatoric music” which has been a thing for ages) I can explain this in copious detail upon request. I’ll have coffee with you (I’m serious) if you want to talk about any of this. (within reason, of course.. I live in Korea).