It feels like the right time for me to move away from the generative/algorithmic and back towards improvisation.
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It feels like the right time for me to move away from the generative/algorithmic and back towards improvisation.
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It feels like the right time for me to move away from the generative/algorithmic and back towards improvisation.
@williamfields Please tell me what has led you to this decision.
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@williamfields Please tell me what has led you to this decision.
@t36s I realized that I started to depend too much on the machine to make music for me. I became too much of a passive consumer of an endless generative stream of music. It started to feel dehumanized and overwhelming. I would sit there hitting the button over and over again like I was addicted to a slot machine.
And it felt like a microcosm of what is happening in the wider world, with AI slop and endless feeds. It started to feel gross.
After I made that decision and posted that, I watched this video, which captures a lot about what I was feeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk
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@t36s I realized that I started to depend too much on the machine to make music for me. I became too much of a passive consumer of an endless generative stream of music. It started to feel dehumanized and overwhelming. I would sit there hitting the button over and over again like I was addicted to a slot machine.
And it felt like a microcosm of what is happening in the wider world, with AI slop and endless feeds. It started to feel gross.
After I made that decision and posted that, I watched this video, which captures a lot about what I was feeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk
@williamfields @t36s thank you for posting this
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@williamfields @t36s thank you for posting this
@eesn @williamfields @t36s next follow-up question: knowing a little bit about how you perform based on interviews, i am curious about where you are looking to improvise within your system.
as in, is there a particular parameter space you plan to start improvising in?
i tend to fall into a trap where when i hear the word "improvise" and immediately think about note/rhythm selection. but you could obviously improvise over other parameter spaces, some simple like dry/wet ratios on effects or other macro/abstract mappings...
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@eesn @williamfields @t36s next follow-up question: knowing a little bit about how you perform based on interviews, i am curious about where you are looking to improvise within your system.
as in, is there a particular parameter space you plan to start improvising in?
i tend to fall into a trap where when i hear the word "improvise" and immediately think about note/rhythm selection. but you could obviously improvise over other parameter spaces, some simple like dry/wet ratios on effects or other macro/abstract mappings...
@stephenmeyer @eesn @t36s I can control and improvise with ALL parameters defined in my system. Let's discuss in SF
