Category: Music
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The TotalAI True Legend of Fast Cars
Contrary to a widely held belief, the greatest lost track of all time is not the Late Greats’ “Turpentine.” It is “Fast Cars (and Money)” written by a songwriter who, to this day, never got played on the radio. At least not yet. Our hero wrote songs his whole life, pouring thoughts and melodies and…
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The TotalAI True Legend of TONka
TONka didn’t try to be ignored. It just sort of happened. In the early-’90s, in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, the streets smelled of damp concrete, unbridled ambition. and a hint of urine. North Avenue was a border, Ashland Avenue was the challenge and the neighborhood signage warned “No Prostitution”. TONka rehearsed in a low-ceilinged,…
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SwindAILed: ChatGPT Transforms Prog Rock into John Coltrane
The first time I exclaimed “Frikkin AI” with true conviction, I was giddy from recent success with helpful AI code assistance and much fun AI text and image generation. For me personally, the next level on my AI journey would be music. I was going to be a pioneer using ChatGPT to rearrange heavy heavy…
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DAImonds in the Groove
Allow me to introduce myself, I’m a record player needle. Some call me a stylus, others say pickup. But between us, I’m just the slender soul who rides the grooves and gives vinyl its voice. Most of my time, I’m perched gently in what you might call the arm rest , a cozy little cradle…
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Backyard ParadAIse, an AI tune
[Verse] Sun’s out we’re feeling alright In the backyard pool day and night Crystal water shining bright Family laughs it’s a beautiful sight [Verse 2] Grill’s fired up it’s time to eat BBQ and good vibes can’t be beat Friends gather round sharing stories sweet Splashing joy in this summer heat [Chorus] Backyard paradise under…
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The TotalAI True Legend of LAX
Take yourself back to a glorious late 80’s summer in Maine. The writing was on the wall. Two childhood friends, just out of high school, now separated by distance, realized they would never again play music in front of a live audience. The solution was obvious. Record a punk rock masterpiece using cutting edge four…
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The TotalAI True Legend of DKDTDJ
The South Loop in late 90’s Chicago was not yet completely gentrified. Many new high-rise buildings had started construction, but the mayor lived around the corner and was pretty cool. Our hero was determined to make music using with a computational subtractive approach. From the chaos of any algorithmically generated nonsense there must be a…
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“Were The Beatles AI?” Right. And I suppose Elvis was a ToAIster.
Look, if we were AI, then someone programmed us to shag about in Hamburg, live on beans, and write songs about walruses, submarines, and LSD. What kind of silicon chip dreams that up? We didn’t need algorithms — we had Ringo. You can’t code that kind of drumming. Believe me, they’ve tried. Besides, if we…