Alongside the rise of AI-generated music there's also some serious pushback, very visible around Reddit.

I'm curious about people's opinions around here.

I've only had a brief play with systems like Suno, where the AI models create mostly from their memories of what they were trained in. It may be better with a pro account, but I found it both amazing and disappointing. Amazing because you get quasi-finished tracks out of thin air, disappointing because there's always a familiarity, heard it before.

Ok, that's an extreme case of machine-assist.

I've recently been working a lot recently with generative plugins. None (as yet) actually incorporates AI at run time, but they are algorithmic. I have a bass line generator that operates according to certain rules (genre, key, scale etc), another that does counterpoint against it, another that adds chords, another that sequences drums.

I also now have an AI vocalist. A friend sent me a speaking toy AI bot which is hooked up to a language model in China. So I've strapped it to a microphone. I can tell it a prompt and it delivers its response into the mic. Great fun.

So, thoughts?

A tool is just a tool, you should use anything you like, still legit (my personal opinion)? Or do you draw the line somewhere, some systems are somehow *wrong*?

Here's a video I recorded yesterday making a lot of use of the generative plugins, together with the AI vocals : https://youtu.be/CCkw3s7abps?is=mZqG7rjYsmWFYeqx

The generative plugins are around here : https://github.com/danja/downspout

I just released an album that uses some of the plugins here and there : https://github.com/danja/attone

Hey there,

We at 88.7 Records just released a four way split. It's all noise music by 160m band, Uranomania, Naweed Hoshmand and Constant Variant.

All the profits from this release, physical and digital, will be going to the Union Mission homeless shelter in Memphis, TN.

And if you see anything else you like, use the promo code "INTERNMICHAEL" to get a discount.

Ciao!

88.7 RECORDS PRESENTS: BY THE SKIN OF MY TEETH, A FOUR WAY SPLIT FOR CHARITY (CASSETTE RIP) | Various artists | Radio Free Memphis

J$/333 - kkqwtpek (FULL ALBUM)

I wanted to share this 15-minute experimental project I put together during a pretty rough, sleepless night recovering from surgery. The atmosphere in the room was dense, and I decided to channel that weird post-op insomnia energy into sound.

Everything you hear was recorded entirely on my phone using just a few things I had around: a guitar, an ocarina, some whistles, and the sound of me hitting my bass strings with a lighter to get those metallic, heavy thuds.

After recording about two hours of raw audio, I threw it into Premiere, stretched the speed to the extreme, reversed tracks, and layered things both intentionally and completely at random to capture the chaos of that night.

It turns out that slowing down an ocarina or reversing a lighter hitting a bass creates some pretty haunting drone and noise textures. If you're into raw, lo-fi, and deeply atmospheric dark ambient, I’d love to hear what you think.

Thanks for listening!

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Альбом «Міжсьветы» - гэта гук, які нарадзіўся дзесьці паміж палескімі балотамі, старадаўнімі матывамі і тым, што звычайна прыходзіць толькі ў снах. Гэта падарожжа праз туман, агонь, памяць і цішыню.

Асаблівае месца ў альбоме займае сумесная праца Цішыні Успамінаў і Belle Morte «Шлях» - для тых, хто хоча пачуць беларускую музыку за межамі чаканага.

Гэта момант, дзе альбом «Міжсьветы» канчаткова перастае быць проста фолк-эмбіентам.

Трэк пачынаецца як туманная фолк-балада, але паступова ператвараецца ў цяжкую, амаль тэатральную містэрыю ў чатырох актах. Тут славянскія матывы сустракаюцца з дум-металам, чысты жаночы вакал - з гроўлам, а лірычная прыгажосць - з адчуваннем, зямля сыходзіць з-пад ног.

https://youtu.be/Bgfh2HEVXPw?si=t3KuzIFHuBwVMdhI

The magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake killed 63 people and caused billions of dollars in damage in northern California on October 17, 1989. I've sonified the data recorded by 70 USGS seismographs during that earthquake. This 4 minute Bandcamp album includes 10 short examples. Details on how I did it are in the Bandcamp album. Every track sounds different because each seismograph captured the resonances of the structures they were in along with the ground shaking. Sometimes the seismic waves sound a lot like water waves. Sometimes I seem to hear human voices or acoustic instruments in them, especially in the Seismic Mix tracks. I'm working on a piece of music where all of the sounds are derived from the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Free to listen to online at Loma Prieta Earthquake Sonification Examples

https://youtu.be/vkI07UbaLh4?si=Unj4kr22borf0y1L

This is a song about those little elves at the dealership that command our trust.

Recorded July - October 2024
Mixed December 2024

Musicians
TL - guitar, bass, sax, vocals, percussion, tape
DK - guitar, vocals
CD - drums, vocals

https://motherraspberry.bandcamp.com/album/free-lunch

In their new international campaign for world peace, General Waste makes this important statement. Direct, unequivocal and passionate surely we will see the birth of a new era of harmonious living?

https://generalwaste1.bandcamp.com/track/a-better-catastrophe

Hi guys, I composed this song for guitar, organ, bass, drums and symphony orchestra using an ottophonic scale also called the "scale of infinity", already used by Ligeti and Bartok. I hope you like it!

https://open.spotify.com/track/4N3eFllQGOXAkyjPDvS05A?si=F12WC-lTTG2HN0\_msZi6sQ

I’ve started a new YouTube channel as hakika focused on ambient and experimental music, and my goal is to reach 50 subscribers so I can begin livestreaming live ambient and experimental performances.

https://youtu.be/9ZyNpUE9Be0?si=KFRlQsu7\_hn9I4Hn

My music is restless, like the ghosts that rifle through my things, looking for their names. Come give listen, why don’t ya just?

https://wileysoule.bandcamp.com/album/heaven-utensil-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3oWgA0ttQ

I released a new album called Self Portrait Of Music and it's an experimental album where I mostly rap and sing a little bit. I tried my best to make this album an experience with my creativity, the lyrics are truthful and creative with observations. This album was inspired by Experimental Hip Hop, Rock and Roll, Also pop music. I sampled the sound of passionfruit rolling in a bowl and the sound of a bird and a power drill drilling.

Since some of ya'll enjoyed our first single a couple weeks back, our EP just got released and would love if any of you guys have the time to check it out! (hopefully mods approve this!)

https://open.spotify.com/album/7pjAcGEnVxcJXiLYbiB3lu?si=maj_RE28TFirhWjCm_Z8GA