JPF Home Page Forums General Messages General Message Forum Just say no to Suno

I think the best music is whatever someone loves. Who cares how it was made. People buy a zillion products a day made literally by slaves and do not care a bit. Soem of those same people rant about AI use. It is not and will not even be a living thing, nor remotely as smart 1 to 1 as a human. It has no autonomy. It has no soul. It is a mechanical tool made entirely by hard working humans. Was it fed the internet, libraries and research? Yes. Those same tools COULD be read by all of us, but the internet could too, but fortunately google finds what we want so we don't have to search. So does AI. My art is not being a producer. I am an average keyboard player (i.e. I played live shows in 48 states and nearly 40 countries, I played in dozens of bands and did solos shows both, that makes me right about average) and a limited but in tune singer. Due to health issues, I can't sing anymore nor play well enough to do a live show all the way through anymore. It is what it is. AI is part of my DAW process. I get it as far as I can via Ableton, then I upload it to suno with my lyrics and produce it in the various characters I am writing about. I have ample content now for a lot of offshoot stuff. I am still crafting the main storyline to get it just right and I am writing new songs (with a few people familar here) also to fit scenes as underscore. I am trying to fit in full albums for 16 primary characters per season and additional albums for each recurring artist. So far I have about 500 purpose written songs. Many came from my decades in music, about 200 came in the past 2 years written exclusively for this project. I am working on a way to start sharing the process. If health allows I hope by the end of this year to share some teaser content. It is a BIG undertaking and I am the insane guy who took on a music awards in 2009 that received 565K songs, 42K albums from 185 countries and in over 100 distinct genres. It was free to enter and every song got judged by a group of over 10K judges, including thousands who used to come to this message board. And even with all that work which we lovingly did 100% for free and it took us nearly 2 calendar years, this project is way bigger than that. It is super ambitious. The only thing that will stop me is health. If it does, it does, but I have tried to do so much work on it that someone else, should someone exist to try, has all they need to see it through. If not, it will go to my Wife and my Granddaughter who is the target for it in the first place. Not now, at 9 years old, but hopefully by the time she hits 14. That is my goal. AI is the only reason any of it is possible. I do not have the time to do it any other way, even if I had unlimited money. I am directly overseeing this music and all the character development and the wider world in which they exist. I am pouring every memorable experience I have had into. I wish more of you would use it to take your ideas and make them real. Have demos laying around? Produce them and at leaswt oversee making them sound the way you may have dreams but couldn't for whatever reason. I know one hit writer I have helped who has 24K songs of his own over a 50+ many hit career. He is now producing stuff so when he is gone, it is all airplay ready. It also is a valuable asset because this guy is no joke and his songs are still getting cut and so many more could in the future if they are made available. It is a tool folk. So are many other things you use daily that someone out there turns their nose up at. Good for them, but that doesn't need to include you. It isn't a boogeyman. It is like walking to the store each day or driving. Why not drive? A walk is nice when you want a walk, but it consumes a lot of your time if you don't have enough to do what you want already. Just a thought anyway. -Brian