Its a strange feeling for me to be writing this right now. If you're a musician this is an interesting read for you.

Lets start with the basics:
1 - The performance in this song is AI generated (the vocals are sung by AI, guitars, drums, etc...)

2 - This is my song. I wrote the lyrics, song structure, the vocal inflections, the tempo, the style... Its all mine. I have been playing this on my acoustic guitar since I wrote it around 6 years ago. The original song is one of my favorite pieces I ever wrote, not to mention one of the first.

3 - This is not the final product that the AI spat out at me, the mix, master and cuts/edits all had to be done by me to produce the song you're listening to now.

4 - I used a reference track of my own voice singing and playing the song. I wrote the prompt and set the specific weights that caused the AI to generate this.

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If you've known me for a while, you've almost certainly heard me play this song on guitar, sing it, hum it or whistle it around you. Its one of my favorite songs I've ever wrote, not because its the best (lyrics are cringe in some parts when I listen now, but I didn't change them from the original); this song lives rent free in my head forever because the things I felt when I wrote it were so real, and the song tells the story of one of the most significant moments in my life to date.

It feels surreal to hear the song as I've always imagined it, with a full band arrangement, a good sounding production, and a (subjectively) emotional vocal performance. Yet, it also feels so wrong. Because, this was performed by a computer, not by me, not by my band, not by a friend of mine... A computer. In a way, it feels slightly like I've ruined the joy of actually being able to produce this fully in real life, without AI.

So, is this art? Is this real music? I don't know. It sure sounds like real music. It sounds better than anything I've been able to produce (again... subjective). If you listen closely, are looking for it, and have experience with AI then its fairly easy to tell that this is AI generated (the vocals aren't perfect, the guitars sound weird at times, etc...)

That being said, I spent a good amount of time editing/mixing and mastering this to get it to sound the way I wanted. Not to mention the time I spent recording the song myself to be able to give the AI a reference. These are my lyrics, its my songwriting.

Making music with AI tools feels a bit like having a full professional band at your fingertips, but they all hate each other, don't listen well and aren't receptive to feedback.

This is my song, no doubt about that. Is it weird? Yes, very. Is this really music? I'm not sure but I think, yes. Can we enjoy listening to it? For sure. Does a part of me hate that this is even possible now? A little bit...

Last year, this tech was crap and obviously AI when you heard it. Now, to someone who's not looking for it, its getting close to indistinguishable from traditionally recorded music. So, what happens next year? When the tech gets even better.

At the end of the day, it's still my song. I wrote the lyrics, I wrote the melody, I wrote the hook, I produced it.

If you actually read this whole thing to the end, thanks, and I hope you enjoy the song. Feel free to comment or message me your thoughts, I'd love to hear what others think.

Fall For You

horse trank

old account got was deleted so here we are...
back to square one!

I make songs with strange progressions...

Fall For You

Trankd