The context is purposefully vague
You’ve got imagination
So what signs are you holding out for
To affect the situation

These are surely uncertain times
Well, historically, they tend to be
High pressure against the hive mind
A big blow up is not an anomaly

If not now, when?
Take some action
If not now, when?
Let’s cause a reaction

I don’t presume to know your scene
Everyone one is different
As your peer against this mutual theme
Let’s do more than merely stop and think
      
You only live once, it’s fact
But a boring and selfish philosophy
No one’s perfect, I’m not saying that
A better world is clearly in our reach

If not now, when?
Take some action
If not now, when?
Let’s cause a reaction

Rubric

If Not Now, When?

The emergence of AI tools is very interesting to me, so I created this track which features prompt-based loops generated using Riffusion.

My takeaway is that using Riffusion to spit out songs would be a massive time-saver for non-musicians who do music production and know those tools well. But for experienced musicians like myself, who can already generate a lot of creative output as a starting point, it is not a time saver, but is a fun and engaging idea generator.

Fun Funkai

Same core track as Fun Funkai, with some bonus shoegaze treatment.

Fun Funkai (mushroomgaze mix)

This track continues my experimentation with Riffusion, but uses it in a much more subtle way.

Only during the “chorus” does a Riffusion riff appear. It came from several minutes into a longer Riffusion stream based on the text prompt “lucy bonham“ with some tweaks to both the diffusion and starting image (which I did not document, alas.)

Spoken word is from the theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, pitched down two steps since I felt it fit in better. Sorry, Michio, for making you sound different.

Looking Down From Hyperspace

Three of my favorites from my back catalog, remastered for a bit more punch.

One Twelve AM

Cognac

Blackout

Projects I've been involved with:

Passionflies
Sheets of Silver
Queen Anne's Revenge
Nigiri Kings
Dark as Day
Vo Tang
Transparency
e p i c u r e s
Slow Loris

Greg Jagiello